Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2001 

Publication where the measure is specified

Statutory Instrument 25 of 2001 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food And Food Standards (Alcoholic Beverages) Regulations, 2001 

Country/Region applying the measure

Zimbabwe 

The rationale of the measure

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

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

4(2) Opaque beer shall be the potable liquid derived from the fermentation of a mash of cereal grain or vegetables of grain or vegetable products with or without the addition of sucrose or honey and containing the mash or the residue of the mash from which it is derived in such a manner as to possess the aroma, taste and character attributed to it, and shall contain not less than one comma seven per centum of absolute alcohol by volume. 

Reference of the measure

Art 4(2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Notes

Date of implementation not stated in the document downloaded from www.ecolex.org. The date entered is arbitrary to allow NTM registration. This shall be edited when the actual date has been provided by the NTM Manger. 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Opaque beer 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

All countries