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.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
20 Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants Yes Canned vegetables    
Description
Canned vegetables 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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