Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B6: Product identity requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

01 February 2001 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 30 of 1991 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food and Food Standards (Canned Vegetables) Regulations, 1991. 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

The rationale of the measure

These regulations shall apply to all canned vegetables which are sold or manufactured for sale in Zimbabwe. 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

9 (1).No product shall be described as tomato puree unless it is prepared by concentrating tomato juice or from the liquid obtained from the residue of tomatoes after the partial extraction of juices.
(2) Tomato puree shall—
(a) not contain stems, skins, seeds or other coarse or hard portions or tomatoes;
(b) bestrained or passed through a sieve of aperture size not greater than 850 micro-mtrs;
(c) not contain a soluble tomato solid content, exclusive of added salt, of not less than 12% when determined by a refractometer at 20° C uncorrected for acidity and read as degrees Brix on the international sucrose scale.
(2) Tomato puree may contain salt, sodium bicarbonate and, subject to the Food and Food Standards (Food Additives and Prohibited Substances) Regulations, 2001, any other ingredients. 

Reference of the measure

Art 9(2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Tomato puree (include tomato pulp) 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries