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
Processed meat—
(a) shall contain no foreign substances other than common salt, sugar, vinegar, spices, permitted colouring matter, saltpetre and sodium or potassium nitrite:
Provided that the final product shall contain not more than 200 mgs per kg of total nitrite, calculated as sodium nitrite, and shall contain not more than 500 mgs per kg of total nitrate, calculated as sodium nitrate;
(b) may, if packed in any container, contain fat, agar-agar and/or gelatine as a packing medium. 
Reference of the measure
Art 5(7) (a) and (b) 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
1602.10.00 Homogenised preparations No    
1602.20.00 Of liver or any animal No    
1602.31.00 Of turkeys No    
1602.32.00 Of fowls of the species gallus domesticus No    
1602.39.00 Other No    
1602.41.00 Hams and cuts thereof No    
1602.42.00 Shoulders and cuts thereof No    
1602.49.00 Other, including mixtures No    
1602.50.00 Of bovine animals No    
1602.90.00 Other, including preparations of blood of any animal No    
Description
Processed meat - i.e meat which has been subjected to cooking, curing, drying or smoking, or any combination of such processes, and includes bacon, barn and other similar meats 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description
All countries