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Procedure NameImport Health Clearance
Description
Category Import Health Clearance
Responsible Agency The Ministry of Health
Address:Ndeke House, Haile Selassie Avenue,
PO Box, 30205, Lusaka
Phone: +260 211 253040 – 5
Email: info@moh.gov.zm
Legal base of the Procedure The Food Safety Act, 2019
Fee ZMW 100

Required Documents

No. Type of information Note
1 Application Form (Clearly indicating port of entry/exit) Documents necessary
for the application
2 Application fee Proof of payment
3 A certificate of analysis from the food safety laboratory from the country of origin
4 If possible, a manufacturers’ health/safety manual for the product in question
5 Phytosanitary Certificate
6 Inventory list

Note:
The health clearance permit is valid for 6 months from the date of issuance.
Process Steps

Step 1 The Applicant proceeds to complete the application form, he/she must also gather all supporting documentation.
Step 2 The Applicant then pays the prescribed fee and submits application form with supporting documents to the policy registry at the Ministry of Health (MOH).
Step 3 The policy registry then forwards the application to the Director responsible for food safety for review.
Step 4 The Director responsible for food safety then forwards for review to the Assistant Director responsible for food safety who then reviews, signs and forwards the
application to the Chief Environmental Health Officer for food safety.
Step 5 The Chief Environmental Health Officer for food safety then reviews the application and requests for additional information from the applicant if need be or issues

 

CategoryProcedure

The following form/s are used in this procedure
TitleDescriptionCreated DateUpdated DateIssued By
This form is required for health clearance for Imports, Transits and Exports20-05-202020-05-2020 This is Dowload File
This procedure applies to the following measures
NameMeasure TypeAgencyDescriptionCommentsLegal DocumentValidity ToMeasure Class
(Training) Import Health Clearance Permit requirementPermit Requirement A person shall not import, export, manufacture, label, store, promote, transport, advertise, pack, package, sell, distribute or dispose of an article or any material or substance used for the manufacture of an article except under, and in accordance with, a health clearance certificate issued by the Committee in the prescribed manner and form.No person shall import any item, material or substance for the manufacture of an item without a health clearance certificate.(Training) The Food Safety Act, 201909-09-9999Good