Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B84: Inspection requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2012 

Publication where the measure is specified

The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya 

Regulation where the measure is specified

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 

Country/Region applying the measure

Kenya 

Coded list of objectives

A: Protection of human life and health 

Description of the measure

158. Supervision of importation or manufacture of vaccines, etc.
(1) The Minister may provide for the inspection, sampling and examination,
by officers of the Medical Department, of vaccines, vaccine lymphs, sera and
similar substances imported or manufactured in Kenya and intended or used for
the prevention or treatment of human diseases, and may prohibit the importation,
manufacture or use of any such substance which is considered to be unsafe or to
be liable to be harmful or deleterious. 

Reference of the measure

158. Supervision of importation or manufacture of vaccines, etc. 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Vaccines, vaccine lymphs, sera and similar substances 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.