Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B6: Product identity requirement 

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 

Description of the measure

188.Butter shall be the fatty product derived exclusively from milk; may contain see Part III of the Nineteenth Schedule), permitted neutralizing salts for pH adjustment (see Part X of the Nineteenth Schedule) or harmless lactic acid producing bacterial cultures; and shall have not less than 80 per centum of milk fat, not more than 2.0 per centum of milk solids-not-fat, 3.0 per centum of salt and 16 per centum of water. When obtained wholly or partly from a milk origin other than a cow, butter shall be so designated along with such a word denoting the animal from which the milk has been derived. 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 188 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Butter 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries