Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 June 2014 

Publication where the measure is specified

Asparagus-Specification 

Regulation where the measure is specified

The Malawi Gazette Suppliment, dated 13th February 2015 

Country/Region applying the measure

Malawi 

The rationale of the measure

Protection of consumer 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

Minimum requirements of the product, Classification of the product (extra class, c;ass 1, class 11), sizing requirements of the product (sizing by length, sizing by diameter), grading requirement of the product (quality tolerances, size tolerances), contaminants requirements, hygiene requirements, presentation requirements (uniformity, packaging, ) , Marking and labelling. 

Reference of the measure

Clauses 4-10 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Notes

na 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Shoots of commercial varieties of asparagus grown from Asparagus officinalis L, of the Liliaceae family, to be supplied fresh to the consumer, after preparation and packaging. It covers green and violet asparagus of more than 3 mm diameter and white and violet asparagus of more than 8 mm diameter, packed in uniform bundles or unit packages. Asparagus for industrial processing is excluded. 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.