Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B7: Product quality, safety or performance 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

195.(2) Refined coconut oil shall have the following characteristics -
(a) a density at 40' C, relative to the density of water at 20°C, ranging from 0.908 to 0.921;
(b) a refractive index, at 40°C, ranging from 1.448 to 1.450;
(c) a saponification value ranging from 248 to 265 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of oil;
(d) an iodine value (Wij's) ranging from 6 to 11;
(e) an acid value of -
(i) not more than 4 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of virgin oil; or
(ii) not more than 0.6 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of non-virgin oil;
(f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogram of oil;
(g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 15 grams per kilogram of oil;
(h) a reichert value ranging from 6 to 8.5; and
(i) a polenske value ranging from 13 to 18. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 195(2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Refined coconut oil 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world