Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A31: Labelling 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

5. Food with decrease sodium content
No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food whose sodium content has been decreased or eliminated, unless the label on the package of the food bears the appropriate terminology for the following quantitative standards in respect of element of sodium -
(a) "Sodium free" not more than 5 milligrams per 100 grams;
(b) "Very low sodium" not more than 35 milligrams per 100 grams;
(e) "Low sodium" not more than 140 milligrams per 100 grams; (d) "Reduced sodium" processed to reduce the usual level of sodium by 75 per cent;
(e) "Unsalted" processed without sodium chloride;
(f) "No salt added" should express the natural sodium content in milligram per 100 grams. 

Reference of the measure

Article 5 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Food with decreased sodium content 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world