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

234.Orange essence, orange extract or orange flavour shall be the essence,extract or flavour prepared from sweet orange peel, oil or sweet orange or terpeneless oil of sweet orange, and shall correspond, in flavouring strength, to an alcoholic solution containing 5.0 per centum by volume of oil of sweet orange,the volatile oil obtained from the fresh peel of Citrus aurantiumL., that shall have an optical rotation, at a temperature of 25ºC, of not less than +95º, using a tube 100 millimetres in length 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 234 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Orange essence, orange extract or orange flavour 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries