Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain (non-microbiological) substances 

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

182(1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any
cereal-based food for an infant or a child unless it complies with the standards specified in paragraph (2).
182(2)(a) The total sodium content of cereal-based food for an infant or a child shall not exceed 1.5 gram per kilogram on a ready-to-eat basis. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-articles 182(1) and 182(2)(a) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Cereal-based food for an infant or a child 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world