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

105. Specified amounts of food conditioner
(1) A food specified in column 2 of the Thirty-Ninth to Forty-Eighth Schedules may have in it a permitted food conditioner specified in column 1 of the Schedule in relation to that food.
(2) A food conditioner may be used in food either singly or in combination.
(3) Where a food conditioner is used singly, it shall not exceed the maximum permissible level prescribed, in relation to that food conditioner, in column 3 of the Thirty-Ninth to Forty-Eighth Schedules.
(4)(a) Where a food conditioner is used in combination with other food conditioners in a food specified in column 1 of the Thirty-Ninth to Forty-
Eighth Schedules -
(i) the quantity of each food conditioner present in the food, shall be calculated as a percentage of the maximum permissible level prescribed, in relation to that food conditioner, in column 3 of the Thirty Ninth to Forty Eighth Schedules;
(ii) the percentages so obtained in relation to each food conditioner 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 105 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Vegetable & animal fat product,
Mixed vegetable & animal fat Product
Margarine
Wheat flour
Milk powder & cream powder
Canned baby food, cottage
Cheese, quick frozen stick (fish finger) and fish portion, the bread or butter coating of fish product
Whipped pasteurized cream,
Whipping cream, U.H.T. cream
Chocolate composite and filled
Chocolate
Cocoa powder and dry cocoa
Sugar mixture, cocoa mass
And cocoa press cake
Cocoa butter confectionery
Processed cereal based food
For infant and child
Margarine, Minarine,
Bouillon and consomme
Margarine
Cream powder, milk powder
Canned baby food
Pasteurised whipped cream,
Whipping cream, UHT cream,
Quick frozen fish stick, (fish
Finger) breaded or battered
Fish portion
Cocoa powder and dry cocoa
Sugar mixture, chocolate, cocoa butter confectionery, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake, Processed cereal-based food for infant and child
Jam (fruit preserve), jelly
Citrus marmalade, margarine,
Minarine, bouillon et consomme


Margarine

Minarine

Margarine, minarine, chocolate
Cocoa butter confectionery
Minarine, salt
Pickled cucumber

Cocoa butter, confectionery,
Minarine
Minarine, Margarine,
Chocolate


Cocoa butter
Confectionery


Margarine, minarine,
Chocolate
Margarine
Margarine
Cocoa powder and dry
Cocoa sugar mixture
Margarine
Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation

Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation

Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Quick frozen fish fillet
Quick frozen lobster
Quick frozen fish finger breaded
Or battered fish portion

Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation

Edible ice
Dessert
Dry powdered dessert mixes
Fine bakery ware
Flour
Flour, self raising
Liquid egg (white, yolk or whole egg)
Sauces
Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Lucheon meat
Cooked cured chopped meat,
Cooked cured ham, cooked
Cured pork shoulder
COLUMN 2

SPECIFIED FOOD
Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Lucheon meat, cooked pork
Shoulder, cooked cured ham,
Cooked cured chopped meat

Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Lucheon meat, cooked pork
Shoulder, cooked cured chopped
Meat
Quick frozen fish breaded or
Battered fish portion
Minarine

Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Lucheon meat, cooked cured chopped meat, cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder
Canned crab meat

Quick frozen fried potatoes

Processed cheese, processed cheese preparations

Bouillon et consommes
Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Luncheon meat, cooked cured
Ham, cooked cured pork shoulder,
Cooked cured chopped meat
Quick frozen fish fillet
Quick frozen lobster
Cooked frozen fish finger
Breaded or battered fish portion


Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation

Luncheon meat, cooked cured
Pork shoulder, cooked cured ham,
Cooked cured chopped meat

Quick frozen fish fillet,
Quick frozen lobster

Quick frozen fish finger
Breaded or battered fish portion

Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation

Lucheon meat,
Cooked cured chopped meat,
Cooked cured ham, cooked
Cured pork shoulder
Quick frozen fish fillet,
Quick frozen lobster &
Quick frozen shrimp
Quick frozen prawn
Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation
Luncheon meat, cooked pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat
Quick frozen fish fillet,
Quick frozen lobster &
Quick frozen shrimp
Quick frozen prawn
Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Lucheon meat, cooked pork
Shoulder, cooked cured chopped
Meat
Chewing gum
Dried powdered foodstuffs
Chocolate and malt dairy-based drink
Alcoholic drink (excluding wine and beer)
Breakfast cereal
Snacks
Surimi
Fish and crustacean paste
Toppings (syrups for pancakes, flavoured syrups for milkshakes and ice cream; similar products)
Special formula for particular nutrional uses
Glazings for meat and vegetable product
Sugar confectionery
Icing sugar
Noodles
Batters
Fillets of unprocessed fish, frozen and deep-frozen
Frozen and deep-frozen crustacean products
Processed potato products (including frozen, deep-frozen, chilled and dried processed products)

Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation

Luncheon meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat

Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation

Quick frozen fish, breaded or battered fish portions
COLUMN 2

SPECIFIED FOOD
Processed cheese, processed
cheese preparation
Luncheon meat, cooked cured
pork shoulder,
Cooked cured ham, cooked cured
chopped meat
Processed cheese, processed
cheese preparation
Luncheon meat, cooked cured
pork shoulder, cooked cured
ham, cooked cured chopped
meat
Quick frozen fish fillet,
Quick frozen lobster
Quick frozen fish finger
breaded, battered fish portion
Canned chestnut and canned
chestnut puree
Processed cheese, processed
cheese preparation
Quick frozen fish and
breaded or battered fish portion
Quick frozen fish breaded or battered fish portion
Canned chestnut or canned
chestnut puree
Canned chestnut or canned
Chestnut puree
Mayonnaise, canned palmito
Canned mushroom, canned
asparagus, canned green pea,
canned green bean & wax
bean, canned sweet corn, canned carrot
Flavoured yogurt, and product heat-treated after fermentation
Canned sardine, and sardine-type product
Canned baby food
Canned mackerel and jack mackerel
Bouillon et consomme,
Quick frozen fish finger,breaded or battered fish portion
Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate except not permitted in
mayonnaise, canned green bean,
and wax bean, canned sweet corn, flavoured yogurt and product heat-treated after fermentation
Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate except not permitted in
canned green bean and wax bean and canned sweet corn
Same as for Acetylated distarch
Adipate except not permitted in
Mayonnaise, baby food and bouillon et consomme
Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate except not permitted in
Mayonnaise, baby food, canned
sweet corn and bouillon et
Consomme
Same product & same use
level as provided for alkaline
treated starch.
Bouillon et consomme
Flavoured yogurt, product
heat-treated after fermentation
Canned mackerel & jack
mackerel
Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate except not permitted
in mayonnaise, canned palmito,
green bean and wax bean,
canned sweet corn, flavoured
yogurt & product heat-treated
after fermentation, bouillon et
consomme,
Quick frozen fish finger,
breaded or battered fish portion

Same as for Acetylated distarch adipate
Canned mushroom, canned
asparagus, canned green pea,
canned green bean, wax bean,
canned sweet corn, canned carrot
Canned sardine and sardine- type product
Canned mackerel and
jack mackerel
Canned carrot (when the
product contains butter or other
fat and oil), flavoured yogurt,
and products heat-treated after fermentation
Canned sardine and sardine-type product
Canned mackerel and
jack mackerel
Quick frozen fish finger,
breaded or battered fish portion

Quick frozen fish finger,
breaded or battered fish portion

Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate except not permitted in
mayonnaise, canned palmito,
Quick frozen fish finger,breaded or battered fish portion
Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate and same maximum
permissible level not permitted
in mayonnaise & baby food

Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate and same maximum
permissible level except not
permitted in mayonnaise, canned
palmito, canned baby food,
quick frozen fish finger and
breaded or battered fish portion
Same as for Acetylated distarchadipate and same maximum permissible level except not permitted in mayonnaise and canned palmito
Same as for Acetylated distarch
adipate and same maximum
permissible level except not
permitted in mayonnaise, canned
palmito, canned sardine and
sardine-type product and baby food
Bouillon & Consomme
Pickled Food
Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation
Canned tomato, canned
asparagus, canned baby food,
canned sardine and sardine-like
product, pickled cucumber,
mango chutney, edible fungi and
fungus product (except pickled
fungi), bouillon and consomme,
canned mackerel and jack mackerel,
mayonnaise
Quick frozen fish stick (fish
Fingers) breaded or battered fish portion, Quick frozen fish
Sterilised fungi
Edible fungi and fungus product
Cocoa powder, dried cocoa
Sugar mixture, cocoa nib,
Cocoa dust, cocoa mass and
Cocoa pressed cake
Table olive, canned baby food
Processed cereal based
Foods for infant and child
Processed cheese, processed
Cheese preparation
Processed tomato concentrate
Jam, jelly, fruit preserved,
Citrus marmalade
Pineapple juice (pressed
Exclusively by physical means)
Canned palmito, mango chutney
Quick frozen vegetable,
canned vegetable, canned
fruit, fruit juice, fruit nectar,
canned crab meat, quick frozen shrimp or prawn, canned fish, cheese, animal and vegetable fat product
Jam, jelly, fruit preserve,
citrus marmalade
Quick frozen fish finger
breaded or battered fish portion
Canned baby food
Processed cereal based food for infant & child
Table olive
Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation
Jam, jelly, fruit preserve,
citrus marmalade


Processed tomato
concentrate


COLUMN 2

SPECIFIED FOOD
Canned palmito
Mayonnaise, margarine, minarine,
canned vegetable, canned fruit,
canned fish, cheese, edible fungi
and fungus product, bouillon
et consomme
Processed tomato concentrate


Jam, jelly, fruit preserve,
Citrus marmalade


Cooked frozen cauliflower
Quick frozen corn, canned
fruit, fruit juice, canned
tomato, mayonnaise, quick
frozen french fried potato and
pickled cucumber






Jam, jelly, fruit preserve,
citrus marmalade
Bouillon et consomme
Canned crab meat
Processed cheese
Wheat flour
Wheat flour
Quick frozen fish finger
Mayonnaise
Processed cereal-based
food for infant and child
Wheat flour
Wheat flour
Cheese
Milk powder
Cream powder
Icing Sugar, Icing dextrose
Edible salt
Edible salt
Edible salt
Bouillon & consommes
Cream powder
Milk powder
Cocoa powder, dry
cocoa powder mixture
Powder dextrose, powder sugar
Edible salt
Cream powder
Milk powder
Powdered dextrose,
powdered sugar
Edible salt
Cream powder
Milk powder
Powdered dextrose,
powdered sugar
Edible salt
Cocoa powder, dry cocoa
sugar mixture, cocoa wib
cocoa dust, cocoa mass and
cocoa press cake
Chocolate
Cream powder
Milk powder
Edible salt
COLUMN 2
PERMITTED FOOD
Cream powder
Milk powder
Powdered dextrose,
powdered sugar
Edible salt
Edible salt
Powdered dextrose,
powdered sugar
Bouillon & consommes

Edible Salt
Cream powder
Milk powder
Powdered dextrose,
powdered sugar
Cocoa powder, dry cocoa
sugar mixture
Bouillon & consommes
Edible salt
Edible salt
Cream powder
Milk powder
Cocoa powder and dry
cocoa sugar mixture
Edible salt
Chocolate
Cocoa powder and dry
cocoa sugar mixture,
cocoas mass and cocoa
press cake
Quick frozen fish finger,
breaded or battered fish portion

Same as for Ammonium carbonate
And same permissible level use
Chocolate, cocoa powder, dry
Cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa butter

Confectioner, cocoa mass and
Cocoa press cake

Cheese

Jam, fruit preserve and
Jelly

Pickle cucumber,
canned mango

Canned grape-fruit,
canned green pea,
canned strawberry,
canned processed pea,
canned tropical fruit salad



Canned tomato
Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk
cream milk powder
Evaporated milk,
sweetened condensed milk,
milk powder, cream powder,
cream, canned tomato




Processed cheese, processed
cheese preparation

Minarine

Chocolate, cocoa powder, dry
cocoa, sugar mixture, cocoa
nib & cocoa dust, cocoa mass
and cocoa press cake
Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream, jam,
fruit preserve & jelly
Processed cheese, processed
cheese preparation
Jam, fruit preserve, jelly,
pickle cucumber, canned green
pea, canned strawberry,
canned tomato, canned
processed pea, canned tropical
fruit salad
Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream
Quick frozen fish finger,
breaded or battered fish
portion



Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream
Canned tomato, canned green
pea, canned grape fruit, canned
strawberry, canned processed
pea, canned tropical fruit salad,
pickle cucumber





Minarine

Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream

Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream
Cottage cheese

Canned tomato

Bouillon et consomme
Luncheon meat cooked
canned pork shoulder,
cooked cured ham, cooked
cured chopped meat




Bouillon et consomme


Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk
powder, cream powder,
cream




Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream



Processed cheese

Bouillon et consomme


Quick frozen french fried
potato


Bouillon et consomme


Cocoa powder, dry cocoa
sugar mixture, cocoa nib,
cocoa dust, cocoa press cake,
cocoa mass
Evaporated milk,
sweetened condensed milk,
milk powder, cream powder,
cream, canned tomato




Wheat flour

Evaporated milk,
Sweetened condensed milk,
milk powder, cream powder,
cream
Bouillon et consomme
Same specified food and same maximum permissible level as for mono-potassium mono-phosphate
Cream, packaged under pressure and whipped cream only
Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream
Bouillon et consomme
Quick frozen blocks of fish
fillet, minced fish flesh, mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen finger and breaded or battered fish portions
Quick frozen fish finger,
breaded or battered fish portion
Evaporated milk, sweetened
Condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream

Evaporated milk, sweetened
Condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream,
processed cheese, processed
cheese preparation
Quick frozen blocks of fish
fillet, minced fish flesh, mixture of fish fillet & minced fish flesh, Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion
Mayonnaise,
Minarine,
Bouillon & consomme
Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream
Chocolate, cocoa powder,dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib, cocoa dust, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake
Canned baby food, processed cereal based food for infant and child
Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream
Bouillon et consomme
Same specified food and
same maximum permissible
level as for potassium phosphate
Cottage cheese
Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk powder,
cream powder, cream

Chocolate cocoa powder, dry
cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib
cocoa dust, cocoa mass, cocoa
press cake




Canned baby food, margarine
and minarine


Evaporated milk, sweetened
condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream
Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation
Canned processed pea
Cooked cured chopped meat,
cooked pork shoulder,
luncheon meat, canned baby
food, bouillon et consomme
Mayonnaise




Flavoured yogurt and product
heat-treated after fermentation
Cream
Processed cheese preparation
Minarine
Canned sardine and sardine
type product, canned
mackerel and jack mackerel


Cooked cured ham, cooked
cured pork shoulder, bouillon and consomme
Canned sardine and sardines type product
Cottage cheese
Pickled cucumber
Cream cheese, flavoured yogurt
and product heat-treated after
fermentation


Cottage cheese
Processed cheese preparation
Canned green bean and wax
bean, canned sweet corn,
canned mushroom (when butter
or oil is present), canned asparagus and canned green pea (when butter or oil is present), minarine,
canned carrot, canned palmito






Same food and same maximum
permissible level as Ammonium
Alginate

COLUMN 2
PERMITTED FOOD
Canned sardine and sardine
type product, canned mackerel
and jack mackerel
Quick frozen block of fish
fillet, minced fish flesh and
mixtures of fish fillet and
minced fish flesh, Quick frozen fish stick (fish finger) and fish portion, breaded or battered
Minarine
Processed cheese preparation, cream cheese, cottage cheese, canned sardine and sardine type product, canned carrot minarine, canned mackerel, and jack mackerel, cream, flavoured yogurt and products heat treated
after fermentation
Canned baby food
Quick frozen block of fish
fillet, minced fish flesh, and
mixture of fish fillet and
minced fish flesh, Quick frozen
fish finger, and breaded or
battered fish portion





Canned green and wax bean,
canned sweet corn, canned
mushroom, canned asparagus,
canned green pea, canned palmito, processed cheese preparation, cottage cheese, cream cheese, pickled cucumber, canned carrots, minarine, flavoured yogurt and products heat treated after fermentation, cream









Evaporated milk
Mayonnaise
Canned sardine, and sardine
type products, canned mackerel
and jack mackerel


Bouillon et consomme,
Quick frozen fish finger,
breaded or battered fish portion,
Quick frozen block of fish
fillet, minced fish flesh, and
mixtures of fish fillet and
minced fish flesh
Mayonnaise
Cream
Cream cheese
Cream cheese
Cottage cheese
Cream


Processed cheese preparation
Flavoured yogurt and products heat-treated after fermentation
Cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder
Mayonnaise
Cream cheese, Quick frozen fish fillet, minced fish flesh
and mixtures of fish fillet and
fish flesh, fish finger, and
breaded or battered fish portion




Cottage cheese
Cream


Processed cheese preparation
Canned green bean and
wax bean, canned sweet corn,
canned asparagus, canned
green peas, canned mushroom,
canned palmito





Canned carrots, minarine

Canned sardine, and sardine
type product, canned
mackerel and jack mackerel


COLUMN 2
PERMITTED FOOD
Pickled cucumber in
mustard type only,
bouillon et consomme


Flavoured yogurt and
product heat-treated after
fermentation


Mayonnaise

Canned gram bean and
wax bean, canned sweet
corn, canned asparagus,
canned gum pea, canned
mushroom, canned palmito




Processed cheese
preparation, cream



Canned carrot

Flavoured yogurt and product
heat-treated after fermentation

Pickled cucumber

Quick frozen fish finger,
and breaded or battered
coating only of fish portion
Cream cheese, flavoured yogurt
and product heat-treated after
fermentation


Cottage cheese
Processed cheese preparation
Quick-frozen clocks of fish
fillet, minced fish flesh, and
mixture of fish fillet and minced
fish flesh, Quick frozen fish
finger and breaded or battered
fish portion


Canned mandarin, orange
Minarine
Quick frozen fish finger,bread or batter coating only of fish portion
Cream
Quick frozen block of fish fillet, minced fish flesh and mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, Quick frozen fish finger, bread or batter coating only of fish portion
Canned fruit-based baby food
(non amidated pectin only)
Jam, fruit preserve, jelly,
Citron, marmalade, canned mango, bouillon et consomme
Cream cheese
Processed cheese preparation
Minarine, canned carrot
Flavoured yogurt and product, heat-treated after fermentation, canned chestnut and canned chestnut puree
Canned asparagus, canned green peas, canned mushroom, canned palmito
Canned sardine and sardines type product
Cream cheese, flavoured yogurt
and product after heat treated
fermentation
Cottage cheese
Processed cheese preparation
Canned carrots, minarine, canned
Green and wax beans, canned
sweet corns, canned myshroom,
canned asparagus, canned green
peas, canned palmito
Canned sardines and sardine-type products, canned mackerel and jack mackerel
Cooked cured ham, cooked
cured pork shoulder
Pickled cucumber
Cream cheese, flavoured yogurt and product after heat treated fermentation
Cottage cheese
Processed cheese preparation
Canned carrots, minarine, canned green and wax beans, canned sweet corns, canned mushrooms (when butter or oil is present), canned asparagus (when butter or oil is present) canned green peas
Canned sardine and sardines type products, canned mackerel
and jack mackerel
Same food & maximum permissible level as for potassium alginate Quick frozen blocks of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, and mixture of fish flesh, and mixture of fish fillet
and minced fish flesh, Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion
Mayonnaise
Canned mackerel and
jack mackerel
Bouillon et consomme
Cottage cheese (in the creaming mixture), flavoured yogurt, and products heat-treated after fermentation, cream
Processed cheese preparation
Minarine
Canned sardine and
Sardine type products
Cottage cheese
Mayonnaise
Flavoured yogurt
Canned mackerel &
Jack mackerel
Pickled cucumber
Bouillon et Consomme
Minarine, cream cheese, Quick
frozen block of fish fillet,
minced fish flesh, mixtures of fish fillet and minced fish flesh,
Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion, flavoured yogurt and product after heat-treated fermentation
Cream
Canned sardine and
Sardine type product
Canned mackerel and jack mackerel
Edible salt canned pineapple, citrus marmalade, jam, jelly, food preserve,pineapple juice diluted and concentrated, quick frozen french fried potato, edible fat and oil
Edible fat & oil
Flavouring
Colour
Food oil
Flavouring
Food oil
Fatty acid
Flavouring
Colour
Flavouring
Food oil
Flavouring
Decaf. Coffee
Flavouring Colour
Flavouring
Flavouring Colour
Decaf. Coffee
Flavouring
Flavouring
Colour
Cottage cheese
Dates
Flavouring
Food oil
Flavouring
Food oil
Flavouring
Food oil
Flavouring
Food oil
Flavouring
Flavouring
Fatty acid
Flavouring
Colour
Decaf. Coffee
Food oil
Flavouring
Food oil
Flavouring
Food oil
Flavouring
Food oil
Coffee decaffeination
Flavouring
Sugar refining
Flavouring 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world