Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A41: Microbiological criteria of the final product 

Date when the measure came into force

17 January 2003 

Publication where the measure is specified

Standards (Import Inspection) Regulations, 2008 (SIIR) 

Regulation where the measure is specified

BOS 72: 2003 Pasteurized cow’s milk 

Country/Region applying the measure

Botswana 

The rationale of the measure

Protection of human life by controlling the quality of the products covered by the scope of BOS 72. 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

A person shall not unload for the Botswana market, any pasteurized cow's milk that does not meet the requirements of BOS 72. 

Reference of the measure

Subregulation 10. (1) of the SIIR 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Homogenized or unhomogenized pasteurized cow's milk 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.