Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A33: Packaging requirements 
Date when the measure came into force
20 October 2009 
Publication where the measure is specified
Presidential Order N° 67/01 Of 20/10/2009 Establishing Food Supplements Regulation 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Presidential Order N° 67/01 Of 20/10/2009 Establishing Food Supplements Regulation 
Country/Region applying the measure
Rwanda 
The rationale of the measure
This order concerns food supplements marketed as dietary foodstuffs and presented as such. 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
Food supplements should be packaged in accordance with the requirements of these regulations

Food supplements shall be delivered to the ultimate consumer only in a pre-packaged form. 
Reference of the measure
Art 11 paragraphs 2 and 3 
Measure also domestic
No 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
2106 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included. Yes Food supplements    
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent. Yes Food supplements    
Description
Food supplements

A food supplement is a product that:
is intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: vitamins; minerals; amino acids; a herb or other botanical product, a dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the diet by increasing the total daily intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or
combinations of these ingredients;
is intended to be taken orally in the form of tablet, capsule, powder, soft gel, gel cap, granules or liquid;
is not represented for use as a conventional food or as a sole item of a meal or the diet;
is labelled as dietary supplement. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

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