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.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
1501.10.00 - Lard No    
Description
Lard 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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