Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A41: Microbiological criteria of the final product
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: 122. Prohibition
(1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any cereal, .grain, pulse, legume, tuber, cereal product, grain product or tuber product, whether packaged or otherwise, which –
(a) has been contaminated;
(b) shows evidence of infestation by rodent or other pests;
(c) contains any foreign matter;
(d) has been exposed to high humidity; or
(e) is mouldy.
Reference of the measure: Article 122
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication
07	Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers	Yes	Legumes and tubers
10	Cereals	Yes	Cereals, grain
11	Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten	Yes	Tuber, grain or cereal products

Description: Cereals, grain, pulse, legume, tuber, cereal product, grain product or tuber product, whether packaged or otherwise

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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