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

111(2) Table salt may contain either -
(a) one permitted anti-caking agent the amount of which does not exceed the level specified in the Third column of Forty-Ninth Schedule; or
(b) two or more permitted anti-caking agents the amount of each of which represents such a percentage of the respective level specified in the Third column of the Forty- Ninth Schedule that the sum of all percentages does not exceed one hundred. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 111(2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Table salt 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world