Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
B7: Product quality, safety or performance 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
Boerewors—
(a) shall be composed of the clean, sound and wholesome musculature and fat of the bovine, sheep or pig, or a mixture thereof, and the total meat content shall be not less than 90%, and the meat protein nitrogen shall be not less than 2%; and
(b) may contain cereal substances, spices, harmless flavouring substances and permitted preservatives; and
(c) may contain sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite or potassium nitrite, alone or in combination:
Provided that the final product does not contain more than 200 mgs per kg of total nitrite, calculated as sodium nitrite, and not more than 500 mgs per kg of total - nitrate, calculated as sodium nitrate 
Reference of the measure
Art 5 (3) (a) to (c) 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
1601.00.00 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products No    
Description
Boerewors 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description
All countries