Non-Tariff Barriers

NTM classification: A31: Labelling 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: 189. Special labelling requirements for dietary product
No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store or offer for sale or sell any dietary product unless, in compliance with regulation 3, -
(a) there is on the label the details of the claim on which special suitability is based; and
(b) the label does not make any claim associated with maintaining or reducing body weight.
Reference of the measure: Article 189
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 7	Food products	Yes	Dietary product

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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