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
106.Sweet chocolate or sweet chocolate coating shall be chocolate mixed with sugar or with a combination of not less than 75 per centum of sugar and not more than 25 per centum of dextrose; may contain cacao butter, spices, other flavouring material (see regulations 219 to 243) and not more than a total of 1.5 per centum of emulsifying agents in the finished product (See Part IV of the Nineteenth Schedule); and shall contain, on the dry, sugar-free and fat-free basis, no greater proportion of crude fibre, total ash, or ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid respectively than does chocolate on the dry, fat-free basis. 
Reference of the measure
Part II para 106 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
1806.90 - Other Yes Sweet chocolate or sweet chocolate coating    
Description
Sweet chocolate or sweet chocolate coating 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world 01 December 1972  
Description
All countries