Non-Tariff Barriers

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: Legal supplement to the Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 64 of 13 June 1998
Regulation where the measure is specified: THE FOOD ACT 1998
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: 16(1) (a) No person shall import, prepare, supply or sell any food unless such food is of merchantable quality.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), “merchantable quality” means as fit for the purpose for which the food is sold as it is reasonable to expect, having regard to all the relevant circumstances.
Reference of the measure: Sub-article 16(1)
Measure also domestic: No

Code	Product	Partial coverage	Partial coverage indication	Date in	Date out
PG: 7	Food products	No

Inclusion/Exclusion	Country	Date in	Date out
Inclusion	Entire world

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