Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

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

168.(2) No person shall use in the manufacture of food or sell any liquid egg yolk unless it has been pasteurised by being retained at a temperature not lower than 60°C for 3.5 minutes and immediately cooled to a temperature not higher than 7°C. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 168.(2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Liquid egg yolk 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world