Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

18 June 1976 

Publication where the measure is specified

Laws of Botswana Chapter 74:06 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Sorghum (Classification and Grading) Regulations (Chapter 74:06) 

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

5(2) Subject to the allowable deviations prescribed in regulation 6, sorghum of any of the grades referred to in subregulation (1) shall comply with the requirements prescribed in subregulation (3).
(3) The sorghum shall-
(a) be free from any musty, sour or other objectionable odour;
(b) be free from foreign matter;
(c) be of a standard which makes it suitable for the manufacture of sorghum products for human consumption;
(d) be of the colour of the respective class;
(e) not contain weather-stained sorghum;
(f) not contain sorghum of another class;
(g) be free from defective sorghum;
(h) be free from unthreshed sorghum;
(i) not be distinctly blackened by smut or not contain 10 or more smut balls or parts of smut balls which are collectively equivalent to 10 or more smut balls per 100 grammes of sorghum;
(j) be free from live weevils or other live insects injurious to stored grain, irrespective of whether such insects are in the sorghum or on the containers thereof;
(k) be free from poisonous chemical substances which may render such sorghum unsuitable for human or animal consumption; except if such sorghum is intended for seed purposes and the container in which the seed is packed is clearly marked to indicate that it contains sorghum which has been treated with a chemical substance;
and
(l) have a moisture content not exceeding 12 percent (weight by weight). 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 5(2) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Grain sorghum 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries and regions