Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A33: Packaging 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

179. Standards for canned food for an infant and a child
(1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any
canned food for an infant or a child in ready-to-eat form unless it complies with
the standards specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Canned food for an infant or a child in ready-to-eat form-
(a) shall be processed by heat so as to prevent spoilage, and packed in a
hermetically sealed can, jar or other container; 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 179(1) and 179(2)(b) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Canned food for an infant or a child in ready-to-eat form 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world