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 

The rationale of the measure

to protect the public against health hazards and fraud in the sale and use of food 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

100.Cacao beans or cocoa beans shall be the seeds of the cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao L.) which may or may not have been fermented.
101.Cacao nibs, cocoa nibs or cracked cocoa shall be the product obtained from cocoa beans which have been cleaned and freed from shells as thoroughly as is technically possible; and shall contain, calculated on the fat-free dry matter, not more than-
(a)4 per centum of cocoa shell;
(b)0.3 per centum of ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid; and
(c)8.0 per centum of moisture 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 101 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cacao beans, cocoa nibs or cracked cocoa 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries