Non-Tariff Barriers

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

Mixed meat sausages and sausage-meat—
(a) shall be composed of clean, sound and wholesome skeletal musculature and fat of any animal used as food, 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(6)(a) and (b) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Mixed meat sausages and sausage-meat 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries