Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

B6: Product identity requirement 

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

321. Meat
(1) Meat shall be the edible part, as described in paragraph (2), of -
(a) a healthy slaughter animal slaughtered in an abattoir and includes the edible offal of the animal; and
(b) a healthy animal shot or otherwise killed as game.
(2) The edible part of the animal -
(a) shall be the skeletal muscle of the animal with or without the
accompanying and overlying fat;
(b) shall be the muscle tissue of the animal together with sinew, nerve and
blood vessels which shall not be separated from muscle tissue during the process of dressing; and
(c) shall not include the muscle found in the lips, snout, scalp or ear. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-article 321 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Meat 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world