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 

Description of the measure

245.Canned (naming the vegetable) shall be the product obtained by heat processing in an appropriate manner before or after being sealed in a container so as to prevent spoilage of the named fresh vegetable after it has been properly prepared, and it may contain sugar, invert sugar or dextrose, in a dry or liquid form, salt, a firming agent (seePart VI of the Nineteenth Schedule), if declared by name on the label, and other suitable ingredients which are not food additives, or food colours as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule or, if the ingredients are food additives, their use shall conform to the limits specified in the Nineteenth Schedule and, if they are food colours, their use and limits shall be as prescribed in Part I of the Seventeenth Schedule. 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 245 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Canned vegetables 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries