Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 December 1972 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Law of Zambia; Republic of Zambia 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food and Drugs Act 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zambia 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

94.Beer, ale, stout, porter, lager beer and black beer shall be that food produced as a result of alcoholic fermentation of an extract derived from barley malt or cereal grain or starch or saccharine matter and hop derivatives in potable water with other suitable ingredients in such a manner as to possess the aroma, taste, and character commonly attributed to the relevant food; and if food additives are used in the course of their manufacture, their use and limits shall conform to those specified in the Nineteenth Schedule, and they shall contain-
(a) absolute alcohol, not less than 3.2 per centum;
(b)total solids, not less than 3.5 percentum weight by volume; and
(c)total ash, not less than 0.12 percentum weight by volume
95.Near beer shall be the beer that contains, not withstanding regulation 94, not less than 0.96 and not more than 2.0 per centum of absolute alcohol; and, 100 millilitres of light beer measured at a temperature of 20ºC shall yield not less than 0.12 grams of total ash.
96.Opaque beer or chibuku shall mean the potable liquid derived by the fermentation of a mash of cereal grain or vegetables or grain or vegetable products with or without the addition of sucrose and containing the mash or the residue of the mash from which it is derived in such a manner as to possess the aroma, taste, and character attributed to it, and shall contain not less than 2 per centum and not more than 6 per centum of absolute alcohol. 

Reference of the measure

part II para 94, 95 &96 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Beers 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries