Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A22: Restricted use of certain substances in foods and feeds and their contact materials
Date when the measure came into force: 11 May 1965
Publication where the measure is specified: The Republic Of Kenya, Laws of Kenya
Regulation where the measure is specified: Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act.
Country/Region applying the measure: Kenya
Coded list of objectives: A: Protection of human life and health
Description of the measure: 3. Prohibition against sale of unwholesome, poisonous or adulterated food

Any person who sells any food that—
(a) has in or upon it any poisonous or harmful substance; or
(b) is unwholesome or unfit for human consumption; or
(c) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, disgusting, rotten, decomposed or diseased substance or foreign matter; or
(d) is adulterated,
shall be guilty of an offence
Reference of the measure: Part II section 3
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 7	Food products	No		11 May 1965

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world	11 May 1965

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