Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B6: Product identity requirement 

Date when the measure came into force

08 December 1999 

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

181. Definition of cereal-based food for an infant or a child
Cereal-based food for an infant or a child shall be -
(a) food based on cereal, nut, legume or any combination of these with or without other wholesome food;
(b) dry cereal, nut or legume or combination of these and flour derived from them, cooked or uncooked, and so fragmented as to permit dilution with water or milk;
(c) rusk and biscuit prepared from cereal, nut or legume or a combination of these, and produced by a baking process and which may be consumed either directly or with the addition of water or milk; or
(d) milk biscuit which is based on cereal, nut or legume or a combination of these and which may be consumed with milk. 

Reference of the measure

Article 181 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cereal-based food for an infant or a child shall 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world