Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A83: Certification requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

31 December 2008 

Publication where the measure is specified

Laws of Botswana Chapter 37:01 Disease of Animals 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Diseases of Stock (Quarantine and Compensation) Regulations 

Country/Region applying the measure

Botswana 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective stated 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

18. Import of butter and cheese
Butter and cheese may be imported from Zimbabwe into and in transit through Botswana:
Provided that-
(i) the milk or cream used for the manufacture of the butter has not been derived from herds within a radius of 40 km from the nearest foot-and-mouth infected area and that such milk or cream has been pasteurised;
(ii) the butter has been kept entirely separate and distinct from butter manufactured for consumption in Zimbabwe;
(iii) the milk used for the manufacture of the cheese has not been derived from any herd infected with foot-and-mouth disease or from any herd in the neighbourhood of an infected herd;
(iv) each consignment is accompanied by a certificate issued by a Government veterinary officer of Zimbabwe to the effect that the above-mentioned conditions have been complied with. 

Reference of the measure

Article 18 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Butter and cheese 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Zimbabwe