Food Act 2022 (English; 42 pages]Draft Food Regulations 2023 [English; 93 pages]

Quality requirements (TBT); Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection (TBT); Consumer information, labelling (TBT)

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02 - MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL; 33 - ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS; 32 - TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS; 31 - FERTILISERS; 30 - PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS; 29 - ORGANIC CHEMICALS; 28 - INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES; 27 - MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES; 26 - ORES, SLAG AND ASH; 25 - SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT; 24 - TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY; 23 - RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER; 22 - BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; 21 - MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS; 20 - PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS; 19 - PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS; 18 - COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS; 17 - SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY; 03 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; 04 - DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; 05 - PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; 06 - LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE; 07 - EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS; 08 - EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS; 34 - SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODELLING PASTES, ‘DENTAL WAXES’ AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER; 09 - COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES; 11 - PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN; 12 - OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER; 13 - LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS; 14 - VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; 15 - ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES; 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS; 10 - CEREALS; 35 - ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES

67.040 - Food products in general

Food standards

The Draft Food Regulations 2023 are intended to replace the Food Regulations of 1999, with the overarching aim of fortifying food control framework in Mauritius to align with international food standards. These regulations specify the requirements for the following:·         Food composition and labelling, including labelling requirements for pre-packed food;·         Packages for food, including standards for food grade material, which can be used for packaging;·         Pre-approval permit for any novel food, food produced using gene technology and irradiated food;·         Examination and sampling of food for clearance at border level as well as surveillance at domestic level;·         Food hygiene pertaining to building and facilities, food handling practices and personal hygiene of food handlers;·         Contaminants levels to protect the market from the sale of unsafe food;·         Chilled and frozen food to enable the transport, storage, display and sale of perishable food safely;·         Food additives, which can be used in specific food and at which level;·         Salt, which is allowed for sale;·         Cereal and cereal product for the sale of fortified flour;·         Egg and egg product to ensure their safe consumption;·         Special purpose food for the health protection of infants and children;·         Edible oil or fat concerning saturated fat and trans-fat;·         Mayonnaise and sauce for its their production;·         Milk and milk product to ensure their safety and nutritional quality;·         Meat and meat product processing and sale;·         Fish and fish product, which are safe for human consumption;·         Packaged water and natural mineral water for its their production and sale;·         Food safety management system requirement for food establishments involved in specific types of food, mayonnaise, fish and fish product, meat and meat product, and packaged water and natural mineral water; andfood prohibited for sale in educational institutions, such pre-primary, primary and secondary school.

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