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

198.(3) Edible safflower oil shall have the following characteristics -
(a) a density at 20°C, relative to the density of water at 20°C, ranging from 0.922 to 0.927;
(b) a refractive index, at 40°C, ranging from 1.467 to 1.470;
(c) a saponification value ranging from 186 to 198 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of oil;
(d) an iodine value (Wij's) ranging from 135 to 150;
(e) an acid value of not more than 0.6 milligrams of potassium hydroxide per gram of oil;
(f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogram of oil; and
(g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 15 grams per kilogram of oil. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 198(3) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Edible safflower oil 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world