Non-Tariff Barriers

Non-Tariff Measure

NTM classification

A69: Other requirements relating to production or post-production processes not elsewhere specified 

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

9. Expiry date of processed food and label tampering
No person shall -
(a) import, expose for sale, sell, or store any pre-packed food whose expiry date has lapsed:
(b) alter, obliterate, remove or forge the expiry date of any pre-packed food; or
(c) alter, obliterate, remove or forge any label of any pre-packed food. 

Reference of the measure

Article 9 

Measure also domestic

Yes 

Products affected by the measure.

Description

Pre-packed food 

Countries/Regions affected by the measure.

Description

Entire world