Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: B22: Restricted use of certain substances
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: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: 20. Adulteration of chemical substances
Any person who sells any chemical substance 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.
Reference of the measure: Part II para 20
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
3401	Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or c	Yes	germicide, antiseptic, disinfectant, detergent
3402	Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 34.01.	Yes	germicide, antiseptic, disinfectant, detergent
3808	Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wi	Yes	pesticide, vermicide

Description: Chemical substances (germicide, antiseptic, disinfectant, pesticide, vermicide, detergent and similar products)

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world	11 May 1965

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