Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A22: Restricted use of certain substances in foods and feeds and their contact materials
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: Beef sausages and beef sausage-meat—
(a) shall be composed of clean, sound and wholesome skeletal musculature and fat, primarily of the bovine, and the total meat content shall be not less than 75%, and the meat protein nitrogen shall be not less than 1,75%; and
(b) shall not contain more than 6% of starch; and
(c) may contain permitted preservatives, spices, harmless-flavouring substances and added phosphates not exceeding 0,5%.
Reference of the measure: Art 5(4)(c)
Measure also domestic: Yes

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

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