Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A22: Restricted use of certain substances in foods and feeds and their contact materials 

Date when the measure came into force

01 January 2000 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Notice 173 of 1999 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Food Regulations 1999 

Country/Region applying the measure

Mauritius 

The rationale of the measure

No specific objective stated 

Coded list of objectives

X: For purposes n.e.s. 

Description of the measure

102. Specified amounts of antioxidant
(1) A food specified in column 2 of the Twenty-Eighth Schedule may have in it a permitted antioxidant specified in column 1 of the Schedule in relation to that food.
(2) Antioxidants may be used in food either singly or in combination.
(3) Where an antioxidant is used singly, it shall not exceed the maximum permissible level prescribed, in relation to that antioxidant, in column 3 of the Twenty-Eighth Schedule.
(4)(a)Where an antioxidant is used in combination with other antioxidants in a food specified in column 2 of the Twenty-Eighth Schedule -
(i) the quantity of each antioxidant present in the food, shall be calculated as a percentage of the maximum permissible level prescribed, in relation to that antioxidant, in column 3 of the Twenty Eighth Schedule;
(ii) the percentages so obtained in relation to each antioxidant shall be added up;
(b) Where the sum total of the percentages obtained under paragraph (4) (a) (ii) exceeds 100, the food shall not be fit for human consumption. 

Reference of the measure

Article 101 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Processed cereal-based food for infant, canned food
Bouillon and consomme
Refined olive oil
Mayonnaise
Edible animal and vegetable fat and oil
Quick frozen french fried potato
Canned apple sauce
Table olive, canned mango,
Mango chutney
Wheat flour, canned palmist, canned chestnut, and canned chestnut puree
Minarine
Grape juice*, fruit juice*, fruit nectars*,
Vinegar
Concentrated grape juice*
*Preserved exclusively by physical means
Canned fruit cocktail, jam (fruit preserve) and jellied, citrus marmalade, canned corned beef, canned baby food, mayonnaise, processed cereal - based food for infant and child
Luncheon meat, cooked cured chopped meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cook cured ham
Canned peach
Canned tropical fruit salad
Blackcurrant jam, quick frozen peach
Quick frozen fish preparation
Infant formula
Canned baby food, processed cereal-based food for infant and child
Margarine
Edible fat and oil
Quick frozen fish and fish product Same products and level of use as provided for Ascorbyl palmitate with the exception that Ascorbyl stearate is not permitted in infant formula, canned baby food or processed cereal-based food for infant and child
Partial glycerol, ester
Butter for manufacturing purposed
Mayonnaise
Margarine & Minarine
Edible fat and oil
Essential oil
Mayonnaise
Edible fat and oil includingmargarine and minarine
Butter, oil
Partial glycerol ester
Essential oil
Edible fat & oil
Butter oil
Edible fat & oil
Partial glycerol ester
Essential oil
Canned apple sauce
Luncheon meat, cooked cured chopped meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham
Margarine, edible oil & fat
Infant formula
Bouillon and consomme
Mayonnaise
Canned baby food, processed
Cereal-based food for infant and child
Edible oil & fat
Edible oil & fat, margarine,
Essential oil
Edible fat and oil, partial glycerol ester
Essential oil
Canned chestnut and canned chestnut puree, wheat flour
Canned corned beef, cooked and chopped meat, cooked cured meat shoulder, cooked cured ham, luncheon meat, canned baby food, processed cereal-based food for infant and child
Quick frozen lobster, quick- frozen fish, bouillon and consommé
Luncheon meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat
Edible fat and oil
Semi preserved and preserved
Preserved & semi preserved fish product
Frozen and deep-frozen fish with red skin 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world