Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification
A21: Tolerance limits for residues of or contamination by certain (non-microbiological) substances 
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
375. Smoked fish
(b) may contain -
(i) formaldehyde incidentally absorbed during processing in a proportion not exceeding 5 milligram per kilogram;
(ii) any permitted flavour enhancer listed in the Twenty-Sixth Schedule; or
(iii) contaminant which shall not exceed the maximum permitted proportion provided in the Seventh Schedule. 
Reference of the measure
Sub-article 375(b) 
Measure also domestic
Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Code Product Partial coverage Partial coverage indication Date in Date out
0305.41.00 -- Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho) No    
0305.42.00 -- Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) No    
0305.43.00 -- Trout (Salmon trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster) No    
0305.44.00 -- Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla sp No    
0305.49.00 -- Other No    
Description
Smoked fish 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Inclusion/Exclusion Country Date in Date out
Inclusion Entire world    
Description
Entire world