Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain (non-microbiological) substances
Date when the measure came into force: 03 September 1993
Publication where the measure is specified: Laws of Botswana Chapter 65:05 Food Control
Regulation where the measure is specified: Food Control Act
Country/Region applying the measure: Botswana
The rationale of the measure: No specific objective stated
Coded list of objectives: A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure: 12. Offences and penalties
(1) Any person who sells any food that has in or upon it any poisonous or harmful substance, or consists in whole or in part of any filthy, dirty, tainted, putrid, rotten, decomposed, or diseased substance or foreign matter, or is in any way adulterated or otherwise unfit for human consumption, shall be guilty of an offence.
Reference of the measure: Sub-article 12(1)
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 7	Food products	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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