G/TBT/N/SWZ/6  
14 November 2019  
(19-7785) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ESWATINI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Eswatini Dairy Board  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Dairy 
produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal o rigin, not elsewhere 
specified or included (HS 04); Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or 
vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than 
edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 15.16  (HS 1517); Other sugars, including 
chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not 
containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed 
with natural honey; caramel (HS 1702); Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, 
meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight 
of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food 
preparations of goods of headin g 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa or containing less 
than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified 
or included (HS 1901); Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa 
(HS 2105); Food prep arations not elsewhere specified or included (HS 2106); Albumins 
(including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 
80% whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin 
derivatives (HS 3502); Mil k and milk products (ICS 67.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Dairy 
Regulations, 2019 (223 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Regulations to provide for the control and improvement of the 
dairy indu stry, its products and for incidental and connected matters.  
These regulations were also notified to the SPS Committee.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. Dairy Act of 1968 as amended.  
2. Public Health Act 1969.  G/TBT/N/SWZ/6  
 
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  3. Eswatini Government Gazette  
4. Public Health (Food Hygiene) Regulations 1973  
5. Dairy Regulations 1941.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Eswatini Dairy Board  
P.O. Box 2975 Manzini, The Kingdom of Eswatini  
Tel: 00268 25058262/3/4  
Email: info@dairyboard.co.sz  
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