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

59. No manufacturer shall bottle or sell bottled beer or shandy which—
(c) contains any arsenic, copper, lead or sulphur dioxide the upper limits of which exceed—
(i) in the case of arsenic, two-tenths of a part per million;
(ii) in the case of copper, seven parts per million;
(iii) in the case of lead, one part per million;
(iv) in the case of sulphur dioxide, seventy parts per million; 

Reference of the measure

Article 59 (c) 

Measure also domestic

No 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Bottled beer and shandy 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world