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

358. Standards for low energy soft drink
(1) No soft drink intended for human consumption as a low energy soft drink shall
have a maximum energy content which -
(a) where the drink is intended for consumption after dilution, exceeds 110 kilo-joules or 26 kilo-calories per 100 grams of fluid;
(b) where the drink is intended for consumption without dilution, exceeds 22 kilo-joules or 5 kilo-calories per 100 grams of fluid.

(2) Where a soft drink intended for human consumption as a low energy soft drink contains any fruit juice or potable fruit content specified in the First column of the Fifty-Ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-First and Sixty-Second Schedules, the soft drink -
(a) shall comply with the requirements specified in respect of that drink in the Second column of the Fifty-Ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-First and Sixty-Second Schedule , as the case may be; 

Reference of the measure

Article 358 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Low energy soft drink 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world