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

355. Special labelling requirements for fruit juice
(2) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell -
(a) a fruit juice labelled as "lemon juice" unless the juice contains at least 25% of lemon juice;
(b) a fruit juice labelled as "pineapple juice" unless the juice contains at least 50% of pineapple juice;
(c) a fruit juice labelled as "pear juice" unless the juice contains at least 50% of pear juice;
(d) a fruit juice labelled as "apple juice" unless the juice contains at least 50% of apple juice;
(e) a fruit juice labelled "mixture of pineapple juice, pear juice and apple juice" unless the juice contains a mixture of those three juices which consists of at least 50% of the juice;
(f) a fruit juice bearing a label other than the labels mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), unless the juice contains at least 35% of the juice of that fruit. 

Reference of the measure

sub-article 355(2) 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Lemon juice, pineapple juice, pear juice, apple juice, mixture of pineapple juice, pear juice and apple juice 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world