Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A64: Storage and transport conditions 

Date when the measure came into force

10 November 1959 

Publication where the measure is specified

Food and Drugs Act CAP 278 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food and Drugs ( FoodFortification) Regulations , 2005 

Country/Region applying the measure

Uganda 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

b. ensure that fortificants and fortification mixes are stored under the appropriate conditions to prevent loss of their potency;

c. ensure that strict stock rotation procedures are adhered to in order to prevent old stock losing potency and to comply with the shelf life expiry date. 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 5 (2) b, c 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Fortificants and fortification mixes 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.