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NTM classification: B7: Product quality, safety or performance requirements
Date when the measure came into force: 01 November 1972
Publication where the measure is specified: Milk and Milk Products Act
Regulation where the measure is specified: Milk and Milk Products Regulations
Country/Region applying the measure: Malawi
The rationale of the measure: No specific objective stated
Coded list of objectives: X: For purposes n.e.s.
Description of the measure: “4. Adulteration of Milk
“(1) No person shall sell, keep or offer for sale or supply milk or any milk product which has been adulterated.
(2) Except as is provided in these Regulations, milk shall be deemed to have been adulterated
if—
(a) any water has been added thereto;
(b) any preservative or colouring matter has been added thereto;
(c) any product or thing foreign to milk has been added thereto; or
(d) any constituent of milk has been removed therefrom.”
Reference of the measure: Paragraph 4
Measure also domestic: No

Products affected by the measure.

Code	Product	Partial coverage
0401.10.00	Milk and cream, not concentratednor containing added sugar orother sweetening matter: Of a fat content, by weight, notexceeding 1%	Yes
0401.20.00	Milk and cream, not concentratednor containing added sugar orother sweetening matter: Of a fat content, by weight,exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6%	No
0401.40.00	Milk and cream, not concentratednor containing added sugar orother sweetening matter: Of a fat content, by weight,exceeding 6% but not exceeding 10%	No
0401.50.00	Milk and cream, not concentratednor containing added sugar orother sweetening matter: Of a fat content, by weight,exceeding 10%	No
0402.10.00	Milk and cream, concentrated orcontaining added sugar or othersweetening matter: In powder, granules or other solidforms, of a fat content, by weight,not exceeding 1.5%	No
0402.21.00	Milk and cream, concentrated orcontaining added sugar or othersweetening matter: In powder, granules or other solidforms, of a fat content, by weight,exceeding 1.5%: Not containing added sugar orother sweetening matter	No
0402.29.00	Milk and cream, concentrated orcontaining added sugar or othersweetening matter: In powder, granules or other solidforms, of a fat content, by weight,exceeding 1.5%: Other	No
0402.91.00	Milk and cream, concentrated orcontaining added sugar or othersweetening matter: Other: Not containing added sugar or othersweetening matter	No
0402.99.00	Milk and cream, concentrated orcontaining added sugar or othersweetening matter: Other: Other	No
0403.10.00	Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream,yogurt, kephir and other fermentedor acidified milk and cream,whether or not concentrated orcontaining added sugar or othersweetening matter or flavoured orcontaining added fruit, nuts or cocoa: Yogurt	No
0403.90.00	Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream,yogurt, kephir and other fermentedor acidified milk and cream,whether or not concentrated orcontaining added sugar or othersweetening matter or flavoured orcontaining added fruit, nuts or cocoa: Other	No

Description: “milk” means exclusively the normal mammary secretion obtained from one or more milkings from cows and other bovines without either addition thereto or extraction therefrom;

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Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

Description: Entire world

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