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

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

214.Lard shall be the fat rendered from fresh, clean, sound fatty tissues from swine (Sus scrofa). The tissue shall not include bones, detached skin, head skin, ears, tails, organs, windpipes, large blood vessels, scrap fat, skimmings, settlings, pressingsand the like, and shall reasonably be free from muscle tissues, and blood. Lard shall have its characteristic odour and taste and be free from foreign odours and tastes and, when subjected to processing may, as long as it is so declared on the label in a descending order of proportion, contain refined lard, lard stearine and hydrogenated lard, and shall have the composition and quality factors set out in the Fifteenth Schedule 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 214 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Lard 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries