Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A83: Certification requirement 

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 the quality standards for diluents and fortificants, independently or mixed are in accordance with the standards set out in the latest edition of Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), United States Pharmacopoeia, (USP), British Pharmacopoeia (BP), European Pharmacopoeia, (Ph Eur), Merck Index (Ml), United States National Formulary (NF), or General principles for use of food additives, Codex Alimentarius, Volume 1; 

Reference of the measure

Regulation 6(2) b 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

diluents and fortificants 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.