Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B11: Prohibition for TBT reasons 

Date when the measure came into force

11 May 1965 

Publication where the measure is specified

Act No: CAP. 254 Act Title: FOOD, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES 1965 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

8. Prohibited sale of drugs
Any person who sells any drug that—
(a) is adulterated; or
(b) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased substance or foreign matter,
shall be guilty of an offence.
11. Prohibition against sale of drugs not of nature, substance or quality demanded
Any person who sells to the prejudice of the purchaser any drug which is not of the nature, or is not of the substance, or is not of the quality, of the article demanded by the purchaser shall be guilty of an offence 

Reference of the measure

Part II section 8 & 11 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Drugs 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

all countries