Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
P14: Product quality, safety, or performance requirements 
Date when the measure came into force
14 November 2014 
Publication where the measure is specified
Statutory Instrument 162 of 2014 
Regulation where the measure is specified
Farm Feeds Regulations, 2014 
Country/Region applying the measure
Zimbabwe 
The rationale of the measure
Not specified in the regulations 
Coded list of objectives
X: For purposes n.e.s. 
Description of the measure
3(1) An application for the registration of a farm feed shall be made by -
(a) submission of a sample; and
(b) completing form F.F.1 specified in the First Schedule in triplicate and submitting it to the registering officer; and
(c ) accompanied by the container and a reproduction of any label or inscription on the container in which the feed will be sold.
(2) Renewing of registration is made by sample submission and undergoing the same process as in subsection (1) and is done annually.
(8) Where an applicant wishes to register constituents claimed to have nutritive or prophylactic value or growth - stimulating properties, other than those set out in the Second Schedule, the application for registration shall state -
(a) in the case of inorganic constituents other than salt, the percentage of the constituents other than salt, the percentage of the constituent expressed in terms of the elementary form; and
(b) in the case of salt , the maximum percentage expressed as NaC1; and
(c) in the case of added vitamins, antibiotics, drugs and hormones the content of the active constituent;
and all shall be used at the levels accepted by the Medicine Control Authority of Zimbabwe and the registration number shall be quoted on the application for registration.
(10). An application for the registration or for the renewal of a registration of a farm feed containing any ingredient of animal origin shall contain a certificate stating that such substance has been sterilised in the manner prescribed in the Fertilizers and Farm Feeds (Sterilisation of Animal Products) Regulations , 1976, published in the Rhodesia Notice 1127 of 1976.

7(3) All exports of farm feeds shall ensure that-
(a) they comply with the requirements of section3 of these regulations ; and
(b) the feed and feedmill must be registered prior to application for export permit. 
Reference of the measure
Art 3(1), (2), (8), (9), and (10)
Art 7(3) 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
2308.00.00 Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included No    
2309.10.00 Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale No    
2309.90.10 Of a type used primarily for the feeding of dogs, cats, cage birds or aquarial fish No    
2309.90.20 Vitamins, additives or substances specially prepared for use in the manufacture of stockfeeds, excluding pure substances of chapter 29. No    
2309.90.90 Other No    
Description
Farm feeds 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
All countries