Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A22: Restricted use of certain substances in foods and feeds and their contact materials 

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

104.No person shall sell a cacao product that is processed with hydroxides or carbonates of magnesium unless-
(a)the main panel of the label carries, immediately preceding or following the name of the cacao product and without intervening written, printed, or graphic matter, one of the following phrases: "Processed with Alkali”;” Processed with (naming the alkali)"; or "Alkali Treated"; and
(b) the total weight of such processing agents used with each one hundred parts by weight of cacao nibs used in the preparation of such cacao products shall not be greater in neutralising value, calculated from the respective combining weights of such processing agents, than theneutralising value of three parts by weight of anhydrous potassium carbonate.
105.The ash limits provided for cacao products in regulations 99 to 109 may be increased for cacao products processed with alkali as provided in regulation 104 by the amount of ash from the processing agent used 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 104&105 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cacao products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries