Non-Tariff Barriers

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

18 June 1994 

Publication where the measure is specified

Government Notice No. 102 of 1994 

Regulation where the measure is specified

Excise Regulations 1994 

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

49. (1) No vinegar or spirit vinegar shall contain—
(a) any colouring matter except caramel;
(b) any lead, copper or arsenic the upper limits of which exceed—
(i) in the case of lead, two parts per million;
(ii) in the case of copper, twenty parts per million;
(iii) in the case of arsenic, one part per million. 

Reference of the measure

Sub-Article 49(1) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Vinegar and spirit vinegar 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world