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: 227. Label
No person shall import, manufacture, store, pack, offer for sale or sell any food to which edible gelatin has been added unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label on the package of the food specifically mentions the following - "CONTAINS EDIBLE GELATIN FROM (state the common name of the animal from which the edible gelatin is obtained)".
Reference of the measure: Article 227
Measure also domestic: Yes

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 7	Food products	Yes	Containing edible gelatin

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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