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

221.(Naming the flavour) flavour shall be a preparation, other than a flavouring preparation described in regulation 219, of sapid or odorous principles or both, derived from the aromatic plant after which the flavour is named; may contain a sweetening agent (see regulations 337 to 343), food colour (see Part III of the Nineteenth Schedule), Class II Preservative (see Part XIB of the Nineteenth Schedule), Class IV Preservative (see Part XID of the Nineteenth Schedule), a stabilising agent (see Part IV of the Nineteenth Schedule), an emulsifying agent (see Part IV of the Nineteenth Schedule), or a density adjusting agent (see Part VIII of the Nineteenth have added to it water, ethyl alcohol, glycerol, propylene glycol and edible vegetable oil 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 221 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

flavour 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries