Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling requirements 

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

113. Conditions of sale of salt and labelling
(a) No person shall sell edible salt otherwise than in a pre-packed container.
(b) A container under paragraph (a) of this section shall bear a label which, in addition to the requirements of regulation 3, shall conspicuously indicate -
(i) the net contents of the container by mass of 250 grams, 500 grams, 1 kilogram or a multiple of one kilogram;
(ii) that the salt is edible salt and shall further indicate whether it is refined salt, asalt or iodised salt; and
(iii) in the case of iodised salt, the presence of potassium iodate or potassium iodide or both. 

Reference of the measure

Article 113 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Edible salt: refined salt, table salt and iodised salt 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world