Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

04 July 1997 

Publication where the measure is specified

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA Acts Supplement to the Gazette ISSN 0856-0331X 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Plant protection ACt No 13 of 1997 

Country/Region applying the measure

Tanzania 

Coded list of objectives

B: Protection of life and health of animals 

Description of the measure

20.-(1)Every registered plant protection substance, distributed, sold, offered or exposed for sale shall bear on the container thereof, in understandable Kiswahili and English, a distinguishing name, a true description of its active ingredients in relation to its net weight or volume, a list of crops that it is to be applied to, a description of precautions to be taken on its use, instructions on disposal of used plant protection substance containers and information on disposal of spills, any appropriate warning symbols or pictograms, the registration number, the name and address of the holder of the registration certificate or, of the provisional clearance, the formulation and "use before" date, batch number and the., name of the registration authority.
28. Plant resistance improvers shall only be used if:
(a) they have no harmful effects on the health of man, animals and improvers
the environment;
(b) have been registered and published in the Gazette;
(c) have been labelled according to section 20 of this Act

(2) Any person who distributes, sells, offers or exposes for sale any registered plant protection substance which does not conform with the requirement of this section or of any regulation made under the requirement of this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not less than two million shillings but not exceeding ten
million shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both such fine and imprisonment. 

Reference of the measure

Part III section 20 & 28 (c) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Plant and plant products 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.