Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B31: Labelling requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 August 1975 

Publication where the measure is specified

Rhodesia Government Notice No. 82 of 1975 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food and Food Standards (Meat and Preparations of Meat) Regulations, 1975 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

The rationale of the measure

These regulations shall apply only to meat and preparations of meat which are sold or intended for sale in Zimbabwe. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

4 (1) Canned meat products shall bear a label on the package, stating—
(a) the name of the product contained therein;
(b) the name and business address of the manufacturer, producer, importer or retailer on whose behalf such product is packaged;
(c) a packing-number and/or the date on which the product was packaged, or a code-number or marking which signifies such date:
Provided that an inspector shall, on request, be informed by the manufacturer or producer of the date which such code-number or marking signifies;
(d) the ingredients set out in descending order in relation to their percentage of the total content, and, when required by .the *Food and Food Standards (Food Additives and Prohibited Substances) Regulations, SI 136/2001 the name and nature of any preservative;
(e) the type of meat present in the container:
provided that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of corned meat;
[proviso inserted by RGN 13/76 with effect from the 9th January,1976]
(f) in the list of ingredients, that the product contains edible offal if any class 2 edible offal, as defined in the Schedule, is present.
(2) Where the total meat content of the product is less than 25%, the package shall be labelled “ with meat" or " ................and meat", the other principal ingredient or ingredients being inserted in the space: for example, "vegetables with meat" or "vegetables and meat":
Provided that the actual type of meat used may be specified on the label instead of the word "meat".
(3) The particulars required to be printed on a label in terms of—
(a) paragraph (d) of subsection (1) shall be printed in type no smaller than 8 point;
(b) paragraph (e) of subsection (1) shall be printed in type no smaller than 12 point;
(c) paragraph (d) and paragraph (e) of subsection (1) shall be printed in such colour or colours as to afford a distinct contrast with the background.
(4) Words which qualify the name or trade name of the product, or are an essential part of the description thereof (for example, "corned beef with cereal"), shall be printed on the label in letters of the same size and prominence as the name of the product.
(5) The ingredients of any product shall be set out on the label in type of a uniform size and prominence throughout.
(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), words which are required to be in type of a certain size may, subject to the approval of the Secretary, be printed in smaller type where the size of the package is so small as to render compliance with the provisions of subsection (3) impossible.
(7) The words "vitaminized", "vitamin-fortified", "vitamin-enriched" or "enriched", or any other word which may be construed as indicating that such fortifying ingredients have been added to or produced in the product so labelled, shall not be used on any label without the written approval of the Secretary.
(8) Meat ,other than that of bovines, sheep and pigs, shall bear a label indicating its type:
provided that this paragraph shall not apply in the case of corned meat;
[proviso inserted by RGN 13/76 with effect from the 9th January,1976]
(9) Any preparation or mixture of meat shall bear a label indicating the type, composition or origin of the meat. 

Reference of the measure

Art 4 (1) to (9) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Meat and preparations of meat which are sold or intended for sale in Zimbabwe. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries