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

177 Cheddar cheese shall be the cheese made from the matted and milled curd of milk by the cheddar process, or from milk by another procedure that produces a finished cheese having the same physical and chemical properties as the cheese produced by the cheddar process; and shall contain, on the dry basis, not less than 50 per centum of milk fat 

Reference of the measure

Part II para 177 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cheddar cheese 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries