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 and X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

189.Butter oil (ghee) shall be the product obtained exclusively from butter or cream and resulting from the removal of practically the entire water and solids-not-fat content, may contain Class IV Preservatives (antioxidants) (see Part XID of the Nineteenth Schedule), and shall have not less than 99.3 per centum of milk fat and not more than 0.5 per centum of water. 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 189 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Butter Oil 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries