Food Regulations 1999

FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-1 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 [GN 173 of 1999 – 1 January 2000] [Section 18] 1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Food Regulations 1999. 2. Interpretation In these regulations – "Act" means the Food Act; “date of manufacture” means the date on which the food has been manufactured; “expiry date” means, notwithstanding any other appellation such as ‘best before date’, ‘sell by date’, or ‘use by date’, the date of the end of the estimated period after which the product will cease to retain its specific attributes which have been claimed tacitly or explicitly; “ingredient” means any substance, including food additive, used in the manufacture or preparation of a food and present, even if in altered form, in the final product; “lot identification” means the identification affixed to a definite quantity of a commodity produced essentially under the same condition; “net weight or volume” means the quantity declared as follows – (a) for liquid food by volume (litre, centilitre, millilitre); (b) for solid food by weight (kilogramme, gramme); (c) for semi-solid or viscous food either by weight or volume; “pre-packed food” means food, including cooked and uncooked, which has been packed in a container before being sold to an ultimate consumer, and which is sealed in such a manner that the contents cannot in any way be altered without the package being opened or undergoing perceptible modification; “ultimate consumer” means any person who buys otherwise than for the purpose of – (a) resale; (b) a catering establishment; or (c) a manufacturing business. PART I – FOOD COMPOSITION AND LABELLING 3. Labelling requirements of pre-packed food (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any pre-packed food unless there is on the package a label conspicuously showing the following particulars in the English or French language – (a) the name of the food, which shall reflect the true nature of the food contained therein and the label shall mention in particular whether any substance has been added or abstracted from the food; (b) where the food contains edible fat or edible oil, the name of the edible fat or edible oil together with the common name of the animal or vegetable from which such fat or oil is derived; (c) the list of the ingredients present in the food in decreasing order of mass or percentage; (d) the country of origin; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-2 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (e) the name and address of the manufacturer or packer; (f) in the case of mixed or blended food, words which indicate that the contents are mixed or blended, and such words shall be conjoined with the name of the food in capital lettering; (g) where the food contains alcohol, a statement as to the presence in that food of such alcohol in capital lettering; (h) where the food contains food additive, the chemical, common name, EEC serial number and type of the food additive; (i) any special storage conditions or conditions of use, as well as the expiry date, except for food specified in the First Schedule; (j) the expiry date, and the date of manufacture or the lot identification, which shall be printed on the label or embossed on the container; (k) the lot identification which shall be printed on the label or embossed in code or in clear on the container to identify the lot; (l) the designation “treated with ionising radiation”, if the food has been so treated; (m) the designation that the food has been obtained as a result of genetic modification or that the food contains an ingredient that is genetically modified, if that is the case; (n) the net weight or volume of the food; (o) where the food contains beef or pork, or its derivatives or lard, a statement as to the presence in that food of such beef or pork, or its derivatives or lard; (p) where the food contains edible gelatin, a statement as to the presence in that food of such gelatin and the common name of the animal from which the gelatin is obtained; (q) where a claim is made as to the presence in that food of any vitamin or mineral or amino acid, a statement setting out in the case of – (i) vitamin, the quantity of each vitamin in International Units or milligrammes; (ii) mineral, the quantity of each mineral in parts per cent or milligrammes; or (iii) amino acid, the quantity of each amino acid in milligrammes present in a stated quantity of food; (r) where the label attached to a food contains an expression or vignette or a picture indicating or implying the nature of the food, it shall be a true indication of the food contained in the package. (2) The particulars referred to in paragraph (1) may be shown in any official language of any country provided that, in such a case, an additional label bearing a translation of the particulars in the English or French language is affixed on the package under the supervision of an authorised officer. (3) No additional label referred to in paragraph (2) shall be valid unless the Permanent Secretary is satisfied that the translation has been done by such person as he considers as having the necessary competence to do so. [Reg. 3 amended by reg. 3 of GN 184 of 2004 w.e.f. 18 October 2004.] FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-3 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 4. Food for which no standard is prescribed Where no standard has been expressly prescribed in these regulations in relation to a particular food, the label on the package of that food shall not describe or present that food in a manner, by a name or with a pictorial suggesting a comparison with another food for which a standard has been prescribed in these regulations. 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 milligrammes per 100 grammes; (b) Very low sodium not more than 35 milligrammes per 100 grammes; (c) Low sodium not more than 140 milligrammes per 100 grammes; (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 shall express the natural sodium content in milligramme per 100 grammes. 6. Low calorie food (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food labelled – (a) “LOW CALORIE” unless the food contains not more than 40 calories per 100 grammes of food; (b) “REDUCED CALORIE” unless the calorie content of the food is one third lower than the calorie content of the food to which it is compared; and (c) “DIET” or “DIETIC PRODUCT” unless the product complies with the standards specified in paragraph (2). (2) The label “DIET” or “DIETIC PRODUCT” shall – (a) comply with the requirements for low or reduced calorie food; (b) be clearly described as being useful for special dietary purposes; and (c) not make any claim to the effect that the food is guaranteed to maintain or reduce body weight. 7. Substitution of trademark for name of food No person shall substitute the name of a food by a trademark, brand name or fancy name. 8. Authorisation to process pre-packed food No person shall engage in the processing of any pre-packed food without the written authorisation of the Permanent Secretary. 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. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-4 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 10. False claims on labels No person shall make any false, misleading or deceptive claim on the label of a package of food, and any package of food so found shall, after certification by the Government Analyst, be seized and destroyed by an authorised officer. 11. Packaging on retail premises Where any food is packaged on retail premises and is offered, exposed or kept for sale in such a manner that the customer may himself select the packaged food – (a) every such package shall be sealed; and (b) where the package is of a transparent material, the label required by regulation 3 may be inserted inside the package. 12. Exemption from regulation 3 Regulation 3 shall not apply to any – (a) package of food if the food is of the nature, quality, quantity, origin, or brand requested by the purchaser and weighed, counted or measured in the presence of the purchaser; or (b) perishable cooked food ready for human consumption which is packaged on retail premises in response to a demand by a purchaser for a specified quantity of such food. 13. Powers of authorised officer (1) An authorised officer may seize any food whose package does not comply with the labelling requirements of these regulations. (2) Food seized under paragraph (1) may – (a) be destroyed following the same procedure as specified in section 5(2)(b) of the Act; or (b) be otherwise disposed of as the Permanent Secretary may determine. 14. Special labelling requirements This part does not preclude the inclusion of special labelling requirements where the nature of the food so requires. PART II – PACKAGES FOR FOOD 15. Use of harmful packages prohibited No person shall import, manufacture, advertise for sale, sell or use or cause to be used in the preparation, packaging, storage, delivery or exposure of food for sale, any package, contact material or container which yield or could yield any toxic, injurious or tainting substance to its contents. 16. Use of polyvinyl chloride packages No person shall import, manufacture or advertise for sale or sell or use or cause to be used in the preparation, packaging, storage, delivery or exposure of food for sale, any package, contact material or container made of polyvinyl chloride which contains more than one milligramme per kilogramme of vinyl chloride monomer. 17. Use of package for non-food products prohibited No person shall use or cause to be used in the preparation, packaging, storage, delivery or exposure for sale of any food, any package or contact material or container that had been used or intended to be used for any non-food product. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-5 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 18. Recycling of packages prohibited No person shall use or cause to be used in the preparation, packaging, storage, delivery or exposure for sale of – (a) sugar, flour or rice, any sack or bag or packet that has been previously used for any other purpose; (b) edible fat or edible oil, any bottle or other container that has been previously used for any other purpose; or (c) food or beverage, any container or plastic or glass bottle that has been used for any other purpose. 19. Toy, coin not to be placed in food package (1) No person shall import, expose for sale, or sell any food or pre-packed food where there is any toy, coin or other article which is in direct contact with the food. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an article for measuring the recommended quantity of food to be consumed. (3) An article mentioned in paragraph (2) shall be sterile and where the article is made of plastic, it shall be of food grade plastic. PART III – WARRANTY AND PRE-MARKET APPROVAL PERMIT 20. Food requiring written warranty The food in respect of which a manufacturer or dealer or distributor, is required to give a written warranty or other written statement under section 12 of the Act when selling such food to a vendor shall be those specified in the Second Schedule. 21. Selling food not of nature demanded No person shall sell to the prejudice of a purchaser any food which is not of the nature or substance or quality demanded by the purchaser. 22. Provision as to false and misleading advertisement No person shall publish or shall be party to the publication of any advertisement which falsely describes any food or which is likely to mislead as to the nature or substance or quality of the food unless he proves that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained that the publication was of such a character. 23. Application for pre-market approval of food and food container (1) No person shall import or manufacture any food, pre-packed food, container or contact material intended to be used for the preparation of any food, specified in the Third Schedule, unless he has obtained a pre-market approval permit issued by the Permanent Secretary. (2) An application for a pre-market approval permit shall be made in the form as set out in the Fourth Schedule. (3) Every person who applies for a pre-market approval permit shall furnish to the Permanent Secretary – (a) an original certificate of analysis from an accredited laboratory from the country exporting the product, certifying the chemical composition and microbiological safety of the product; and (b) such other document or information, or such sample for analysis or examination, as the Permanent Secretary may determine. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-6 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (4) Any person who has imported or manufactured any food or pre-packed food, container or contact material specified in the Third Schedule before 1 January 2000 shall, after 1 January 2000, obtain the required pre-market approval permit. [Reg. 23 amended by reg. 3 of GN 93 of 2010 w.e.f. 5 December 2009.] 24. Criteria for granting a pre-market approval permit (1) The Permanent Secretary may, in deciding whether to grant or refuse an application for a pre-market approval permit, consider among other factors, whether the food, pre-packed food, appliance, container or contact material, subject matter of the application is – (a) violating any regulation made under the Act; (b) restricted for sale in Mauritius; (c) misbranded; (d) improperly labelled; or (e) likely to be hazardous to public health. (2) The Permanent Secretary may stipulate such conditions as he may determine in a pre-market approval permit. 25. Revocation of pre-market approval permit The Permanent Secretary may revoke any pre-market approval permit if he is satisfied that – (a) the product which is being imported or manufactured by the permit holder is not of the same standard as the product in relation to which the pre-market approval permit was originally granted; (b) the holder of the permit has failed to comply with any condition stipulated in the permit; or (c) the food, pre-packed food, appliance, container or contact material does not comply with the standards prescribed in the regulations made under the Act. PART IV – EXAMINATION AND SAMPLING OF FOOD 26. Customs not to release food (1) The Director-General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority shall not release any imported food which is in his custody unless the relevant written authority is granted by the Permanent Secretary. (2) For the purpose of issuing an authority under paragraph (1), the Permanent Secretary may require the importer to furnish such certificate in terms of paragraph (3) as may be necessary to access the fitness and safety of the imported food. (3) A certificate referred to in paragraph (2) shall be an original certificate issued by an official authority of the country exporting the food. 27. Examination of whole consignment (1) Where the authorised officer is of the opinion that a whole consignment needs to be examined, the Director-General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority shall release the whole consignment whenever requested to do so by the authorised officer. (2) Where the whole consignment is released under paragraph (1), it shall be sealed before its release by the authorised officer. (3) The importer shall, at his expenses, cause the whole consignment to be transported to a place determined by the authorised officer. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-7 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (4) The importer shall allow the authorised officer to have access to the whole consignment within reasonable working hours for the purpose of examining the consignment. (5) Where the food has been found to be fit for human consumption, the authorised officer may, in writing, allow the importer to distribute the consigned food. (6) Where the food has been found to be unfit for human consumption, the authorised officer shall proceed in accordance with section 5(2)(b) of the Act. 28. Sampling of imported food (1) Notwithstanding that a consignment of food is in the custody of the Director General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority, an authorised officer may proceed to take sample for the purpose of chemical analysis, physical or microbiological examination under section 6 of the Act, provided he follows the procedure specified in regulation 29 or 30. (2) An authorised officer shall, when sampling imported food for chemical analysis or physical or microbiological examination, deliver to the importer or his agent a certificate as set out in the Fifth Schedule. (3) An authorised officer may seal any consignment of any imported food, a sample of which has been taken under paragraph (1), until receipt of the certificate of analysis or examination, as the case may be. (4) Where a sample taken under this regulation has been analysed or examined, and it appears from the certificate issued, in that respect, that an offence under the Act has been committed, the authorised officer shall – (a) forthwith communicate to the Director-General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority and the General Manager of the Mauritius Port Authority, the name of the importer and any other fact which he has in his possession in the form set out in the Sixth Schedule; (b) seal and detain the consignment and direct the Director-General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority or the General Manager of the Mauritius Port Authority to take such actions as he may determine. 29. Procedure to take sample (1) Where an authorised officer has taken a sample of food in accordance with section 6 of the Act, for the purpose of physical examination or chemical analysis, he shall – (a) in the presence of the person from whom the sample was taken, divide the sample into 3 parts and mark and seal, or where it is not practicable to do so, fasten up each part in such a manner as its nature will permit; (b) give one part to the person from whom the sample was taken and, whenever necessary, inform the seller, importer, or manufacturer of same, by registered post, as soon as practicable; (c) as soon as practicable, deliver, personally or through another authorised officer, one of the remaining parts to the Government Analyst, and retain in his custody, and in proper storage conditions, the other remaining part. (2) Where an authorised officer has to take any food which is contained in unopened packages, and where it is not reasonably practicable to divide them into parts, or where dividing them into parts might affect the composition or quality of the food or might impede the proper analysis of the food, the authorised officer shall take the required number of unopened packages and treat them as one of 3 parts of a sample and any reference in these regulations to a part of a sample shall be construed accordingly. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-8 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), where a particular food or package of food has or appears to have in or upon it any foreign substance or matter which is suspected of being poisonous, harmful or injurious to health, the authorised officer shall only take one sample without dividing it into separate parts, and shall, as soon as practicable, deliver the sample so taken, personally or through another authorised officer, to the Government Analyst. 30. Sample of food for microbiological examination Where a sample of food is required for microbiological examination, the authorised officer taking or procuring the sample in accordance with section 6 of the Act shall – (a) take only one sample and shall not divide such sample into separate parts; (b) mark and seal, or where it is not practicable to do so, fasten up each sample in such a manner as its nature will permit; (c) deliver the sample personally or through another authorised officer to the appropriate laboratory as soon as practicable; and (d) in the case of any food produced locally, inform, in writing, the local manufacturer of his intention to have the food sample examined microbiologically. 31. Sampling of food in transit (1) Where an authorised officer takes a sample of food while it is in transit, or at the place of delivery to the purchaser or consumer, he shall, subject to paragraph (2), deal with it in the manner specified in regulation 29 or 30. (2) The authorised officer shall, in the case of a sample taken for chemical analysis, retain the first mentioned part of the sample, unless the name and address of the seller or manufacturer appear on the container containing the food sampled, in which case he shall forward that part of the sample to the seller or manufacturer, together with a notice informing that person that he intends to have part of the sample analysed by the Government Analyst. 32. Refuse to provide sample No person shall refuse to sell at the current market value, or to give without payment, a sample for the purpose of analysing any food, or any substance capable of being sold as or used in the preparation of food for human consumption. PART V – FOOD HYGIENE 33. Building and facilities The owner, occupier or licensee of any premises shall ensure that – (a) the building and facilities are of sound construction and maintained in good repair; (b) all construction materials are such that they do not transmit any substance which affects or is likely to affect the quality of food found on the premises; (c) adequate working space is provided for the satisfactory performance of all operations relating to the manufacture, cooking or preparation of food; (d) the building and facilities are so designed as to facilitate hygienic operations by means of a regulated flow in the process from the arrival of the raw material at the premises to the finished product, and shall provide for appropriate temperature conditions for the process and product; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-9 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (e) those areas where food is processed and where there is the likelihood of cross-contamination are adequately separated; (f) the premises are provided with appropriate floors which shall be of hard skid proof tiles without crevices, and shall be adequately sloped for liquids to drain to trapped outlets and shall be easy to clean and disinfect; (g) the juncture of the floor and walls are properly coved to facilitate cleaning; (h) there is no sewage pipe, drain or inspection chamber in the building where food is prepared; (i) walls are of waterproof, non-absorbent and washable materials, clean and without crevices and are painted with a light coloured washable paint and, where appropriate, are tiled or finished in terrazo, aluminium or stainless steel to a height of 2 metres from floor level; (j) ceilings are so designed, constructed and finished as to prevent the accumulation of dirt and minimise condensation, mould development and flakery and are well painted and easy to clean; (k) windows and other openings are so constructed as to avoid accumulation of dirt and are fitted with sound insect proof screens; (l) apparatus for extracting smokes, fumes and odours, approved by the authorised officer, is provided and that any cooking point is adequately hooded; (m) doors have smooth, clean, non-absorbent surfaces and are closely fitted, and where appropriate, are fitted with self closing devices; (n) all overhead structures and fittings are installed in such a manner as to avoid contamination, directly or indirectly, of food or raw materials by condensation or drip; (o) all preparation tables in the food preparation area are topped with unjointed aluminium sheets or stainless steel sheets or other impervious materials and, where appropriate, are moveable; (p) separate stainless steel wash basins are provided at suitable places for vegetable, fish, poultry and meat; (q) there are no inbuilt cupboards under washbasins and preparation table; (r) adequate and conveniently located facilities for hand washing with soap, nail brush and hand drying facilities are provided wherever the food processing being carried on the premises so requires; (s) where appropriate, a scullery separated from the food preparation area is provided with dishwashers or stainless steel washbasins with cold and hot water; (t) ample potable water supply, including water storage tank is provided and necessary measures are taken for the protection of the water from contamination; (u) appropriate toilet facilities, as directed by the authorised officer, are provided which shall not have direct communication with the area where food is processed, sold or consumed and which shall, at all times, be kept clean, well ventilated and lit; (v) adequate and conveniently located changing facilities for employees are provided in food establishments where all personal effects and clothing shall be kept. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-10 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 34. Provision for refuse disposal The licensee of any food premises shall ensure that – (a) there are on the premises adequate impervious garbage receptacles with close fitting lid; (b) where appropriate, foot operated pedal refuse receptacles are provided; (c) all food refuse and garbage are placed in garbage receptacles which are removed from the premises as often as necessary and at least daily; (d) all garbage receptacles are cleaned and disinfected regularly; (e) as directed by an authorised officer, a garbage room at low temperature is provided for the storage of garbage before its collection and disposal. 35. Food not to be exposed to contamination (1) No licensee shall – (a) expose, or cause to be exposed, to any sort of contamination any raw food material or any food by direct or indirect contact at any stage of production; (b) store or use any food which is not clean, wholesome, free from adulteration and which is not safe for human consumption. (2) A licensee shall ensure that – (a) all steps in the production process, including packaging, are performed without unnecessary delay and under conditions which will prevent the possibility of contamination, deterioration, or the development of pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms; (b) chopping boards and food preparation surfaces are cleaned and disinfected after use; (c) light bulbs or fixtures suspended over food or food processing areas are properly secured and protected to prevent contamination of food in case of breakage; (d) all practical measures are taken to exclude domestic animals and pets from the premises; (e) the premises are in such condition as to prevent the ingress of flies, birds, rodents and such other pests. 36. Equipment not to constitute hazard to health Every licensee shall ensure that any equipment, fitting or container used in the preparation or production of food are so constructed or so maintained as not to constitute a hazard to the health of consumers. 37. Containers not to be reused No licensee shall – (a) reuse single service containers, cutlery or other article intended to be used in the making, preparing, keeping, selling or supplying of any food; (b) reuse containers unless they are of such material and construction as will permit easy and thorough cleaning and, unless such containers are maintained clean and disinfected, where necessary. 38. Cleanliness Every licensee shall ensure that – (a) all parts of his food premises are clean and all facilities are in good working condition; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-11 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (b) a permanent cleaning and disinfecting schedule is drawn up to ensure that all areas and equipment of his establishment are appropriately clean and disinfected; (c) all bags, containers, crates or boxes are kept on racks 300 millimetres above floor level; and (d) no food is kept on ground or floor level. 39. Prohibition of food preparation in certain places No licensee shall sell, serve, manufacture, produce, prepare, cook, pack, store, handle, or keep any food for sale for human consumption in any room or place which is in direct communication with any sleeping room, bathroom, or toilet, or any place in which an animal is kept. 40. Provision as to wrapping of food (1) No licensee shall sell any food ready for immediate human consumption to any purchaser unless – (a) the food is packed, wrapped or covered so as to protect it efficiently from flies, dust or any contaminating matter; (b) the material used for wrapping the food or the container in which the food is placed is clean; (c) there is no writing or printing on the material used for wrapping the food except where such writing or printing is for the purpose of labelling. (2) No licensee shall pack, wrap or cover any food which is meant for human consumption in a wrapping material or container which is not clean and appropriate for that type of food. 41. Prohibition of unhygienic practices in food vending (1) No person shall blow with the breath into any paper bag or other container preparatory to its use as a receptacle for food for sale for human consumption, or wet his fingers by means of his saliva, to facilitate the handling of paper bags or other containers or wrapping for any food for sale for human consumption. (2) No person shall, whilst engaged in the sale of unwrapped cooked food, handle bank notes or coins. 42. Food not to be introduced in non-food containers No person shall use any bag, sack, or other receptacle which has, at any time, contained fertilisers, pesticides or any contaminating matter, for the purpose of storing or holding or carrying any food intended for sale for human consumption. 43. Returnable food containers No person shall put any disinfectant, poisonous or odorous material, or any contaminating matter in a returnable food container. 44. Original food containers not to be used for other purposes No person shall use any container having the name of any food for the sale for human consumption permanently marked or embossed thereon except for the purpose of putting therein the food corresponding to the name so marked or embossed. 45. Hygiene of crockery and other utensils (1) A licensee of any premises where food or beverages which are ready for immediate consumption are sold, shall ensure that any plate, glass, spoon, fork, knife or other cutlery that is used to prepare or serve food is – FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-12 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (a) thoroughly cleansed with hot water, as soon as practicable after use, and are kept clean until again required for use; (b) not chipped, cracked, broken, or rusty, or in such a condition so as to impair or prevent it from being readily and thoroughly cleansed. (2) Paragraph (1) shall also apply to any person who sells food but is not the holder of a licence. 46. Drinking straws (1) The licensee of any premises where beverages are sold shall – (a) provide and maintain in clean order a container for drinking straws; (b) not reuse drinking straws. (2) Paragraph (1) shall also apply to any person who sells beverages but is not the holder of a licence. 47. Food handler to have Food Handler’s Certificate (1) Every person engaged in the sale, preparation, manufacture, serving, packing, cooking, carriage, handling or delivery of any food for sale for human consumption shall, at all material times, have in his possession a valid Food Handler’s Certificate which he shall produce to an authorised officer on demand. (2) A Food Handler’s Certificate shall specify – (a) that it has been issued by a Government Medical Officer authorised by the Permanent Secretary; (b) that the holder of the certificate has gone through a medical examination; (c) that the holder of the certificate has followed a food hygiene training course approved by the Permanent Secretary. (3) A Food Handler’s Certificate shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issue and shall be renewable for 2 further periods of one year each. (4) No person shall employ in any food business a person who does not possess a valid Food Handler’s Certificate. (5) Every licensee of a food business shall ensure that a food handler engaged in his food business – (a) has been trained in food hygiene matters commensurate with his work activities; (b) is, where necessary, properly supervised and instructed in the course of his work. 48. Personal hygiene Every person while so engaged in the sale, preparation, manufacture, serving, packing, cooking, carriage, handling, or delivery of any food for sale for human consumption shall – (a) keep and maintain his clothing, hands, hair, fingernails and body clean; (b) wear a clean washable overall effectively preventing the food from coming in contact with any part of his other clothing; (c) wear a clean hair covering for the purpose of effectively preventing his hair from coming in contact with food or any surface which the food is liable to come in contact; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-13 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (d) not wear strong smelling perfume or aftershave excessively, earrings or jewels with stones, watch, nail varnish and rings; (e) not use dirty wiping clothes; (f) not eat, smoke, chew tobacco or spit; and (g) maintain a high standard of personal hygiene. 49. Prohibition of food handling by infected person Any person who is the carrier of or contact of an infectious disease, or who is suffering from any infectious disease, diarrhoea, venereal disease, open infected wound, or any inflammatory or communicable infection of the skin shall not – (a) engage in the sale, preparation, manufacture, storing, serving, packing, cooking, transport, handling or delivery of any food; and (b) handle, whether for cleansing, washing or other purposes, any vessel, receptacle, utensil package or any instrument used in the preparation, manufacture, serving, packing, cooking, storing, transport, handling or delivery of any such food. 50. Responsibility of licensee relating to regulation 49 (1) The licensee of any food premises shall not permit any person falling within the description of regulation 49 to work or to resume work unless the person produces a certificate from a Government Medical Officer stating his fitness to resume work as a food handler. (2) No such person shall resume employment without obtaining the certificate referred to in paragraph (1). 51. Use of devices to handle food A person selling ready to eat food for human consumption shall, when removing the food from the receptacle where it is kept, do so by means of pliers, tongs or other similar devices except where the use of such devices is impracticable due to the nature of the food. 52. Sale of contaminated food (1) A licensee shall ensure that no food which is sold or exposed for sale for human consumption on his premises has been exposed to dust, fumes, flies, or which is contaminated. (2) No person shall sell or offer for sale for human consumption any food which has been exposed to dust, fumes, flies, or which is contaminated. 53. Food to be kept away from insanitary environment No person shall prepare, store, offer for sale or sell any ready to eat food or drink intended to human consumption – (a) near public conveniences; (b) at or near any place where noxious substances or fumes are emitted; or (c) in an insanitary environment. 54. Perishable food to be kept at adequate temperature The licensee of any premises where food is prepared, displayed, stored, served or sold for human consumption, shall ensure that any perishable food is stored at such temperature as will protect it from spoilage. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-14 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 55. Food transport vehicle (1) No person shall use any vehicle for the transport or delivery of any food intended for sale for human consumption unless the vehicle is fitted with a compartment to contain the food, and such compartment is – (a) clearly, legibly and permanently marked on both external sides – “Food Transport Vehicle”; (b) completely and effectively sealed off from the driver’s cabin; (c) completely enclosed so as to protect any food carried therein from contamination by dust, flies or any other means; and (d) maintained clean at all times. (2) This regulation does not apply to or in relation to multipurpose vehicles used for the transport of raw vegetables, raw fruits, raw grains, or any food contained in packages so as to afford complete protection from contaminating matter. 56. Sanitary requirements for food vehicle Every person who sells by retail any food which is ready for immediate consumption from a vehicle, shall ensure that – (a) the driver’s cabin is separated and effectively sealed off from the section where the food is prepared, stored or sold; (b) all fittings, equipment or utensils which come in contact with food are made of an impervious material approved by the Permanent Secretary; (c) the vehicle is fitted with a sink which is supplied with ample potable water for the washing of utensils used in the preparation of food, and is also provided with a wash-hand basin soap, nailbrush and towel; (d) adequate provision, including refrigeration, is made in the vehicle for the storage of perishable food; (e) provision is made in the vehicle for the collection of garbage in bins fitted with close fitting lids; (f) all interior walls, ceiling and floor of the vehicle are in good order and kept in clean condition at all times; (g) the section where food is prepared, heated, or stored is made fly proof; (h) a receptacle of greater holding capacity than the storage water tank is provided in the vehicle for the collection of all waste waters; and (i) if cooked food is sold, such food is delivered in disposal container. 57. Food vehicle not to transport goods likely to contaminate food No person shall use any vehicle which is normally used for the transport or delivery of any food intended for sale for human consumption for any other purpose which affects the condition of the vehicle to such an extent that any food placed in that vehicle may be contaminated. 58. Sanitation of vehicle transporting frozen food (1) No person shall transport or cause to be transported in a vehicle any frozen or chilled food meant for storage, processing or distribution for human consumption unless that vehicle is appropriately equipped for the transportation of that food. (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1) – (a) frozen food shall be transported in a refrigerated vehicle which is equipped with a temperature monitoring device; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-15 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (b) chilled food shall be transported in an isothermic vehicle. (3) The driver of the vehicle shall ensure that the interior of the vehicle is adequately protected from contaminating matter, including flies, pests and dust. 59. Hawkers to deal with food in hygienic conditions (1) No person shall hawk food ready for human consumption unless the stall, table, bicycle, tricycle, barrow, cart or other vehicles designed or adapted for the purpose of transporting the food for sale is kept thoroughly clean and in a state of good repair. (2) A person hawking ready to eat food intended for human consumption shall – (a) transport the food in a clean receptacle which shall be kept covered at all times, except during the period necessary to complete its sale; and (b) shall adequately protect the food from contamination of any sort. 60. Sanitary practices in cold room (1) For the purpose of this regulation – “cold room” means a refrigeration room whose inner volume is 2.5 cubic metres or more. (2) Every licensee, agent or lessee of a cold room or of any premises on which there is a cold room where food is stored for sale for human consumption shall ensure that – (a) no unwholesome food or refuse is stored in the cold room; (b) no food, except food contained in impervious containers, is stored on the floor of the cold room; (c) the floor of the cold room and the immediate area surrounding the cold room is kept clean at all times; (d) the cold room is provided with a temperature monitoring device approved by the Permanent Secretary, which shall be visible from outside the cold room and which shall be in good working order; (e) the continuous temperature reading from the temperature monitoring device mentioned in subparagraph (d) is recorded, and that such records are kept for a period of one year and are produced to an authorised officer on demand; (f) when cleaning his cold room, the waste water is properly drained and any food remnants and debris are properly disposed of to the satisfaction of an authorised officer, so as not to cause any nuisance, including foul smell and flies; and (g) the area outside the cold room where frozen food is sliced is adequately protected from flies. PART VI – CONTAMINANT 61. Definition For the purposes of this part – “antibiotic” means any chemical substance produced by chemical synthesis or by a microorganism capable of inhibiting the growth of or destroying bacteria and other microorganism; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-16 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 “contaminant” – (a) includes – (i) any foreign extraneous, toxic, noxious or harmful substance that is contained in or is present on any food; (ii) metal contaminant, mycological contaminant, microorganisms and their toxins, antibiotic residue and pesticide residue; (b) does not include any preservative, colouring substance, flavouring substance, flavour enhancer, antioxidant, food conditioner, sweetening substances or nutrient supplement; “microorganisms and their toxins” include bacteria, fungi and their toxins; “pesticide” – (a) means – (i) any substance intended for preventing, destroying, attracting, repelling, or controlling any pest, including any unwanted species of plants or animals during the production, storage, transport, distribution and processing of food; (ii) any substance intended for use as a plant growth regulator, defoliant, desiccant, fruit thinning agent, or sprouting inhibitor; and (iii) any substance applied to crops before or after harvest to protect the crops from deterioration during storage and transport; but (b) does not include fertiliser, plant and animal nutrient, food additive and animal drug; “pesticide residue” – (a) means any substance specified in the Tenth Schedule found in food resulting from the use of a pesticide; and (b) includes derivatives of a pesticide, conversion products, metabolites and reaction products. 62. Prohibition of importation and sale of food with excess contaminant (1) No person shall import, manufacture, store, pack, sell or offer for sale any food intended for human consumption which has any excess contaminant, microorganism, toxin produced by microorganisms, antibiotic residue or pesticide residue that are contained in or present on any food as specified in paragraphs (2) and (3). (2) (a) Metal contaminants shall not be greater than the maximum permitted proportion specified in respect of that food in the Seventh Schedule. (b) Bacteria shall not be in a greater number than the numbers specified in respect of that food as set out in the Eighth Schedule. (c) The quantity of mycological contaminant shall not be greater than the maximum quantity specified in the Ninth Schedule. (d) Pesticide residue shall not be in excess of the limit specified in respect of that food as set out in the Tenth Schedule. (3) (a) No food shall contain any antibiotic or its degradation products. (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), a person shall not commit an offence where the Government Analyst certifies that the antibiotic residue or its degradation product detected does not constitute a danger to the health of human beings. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-17 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 63. Exemptions, scientific research and food naturally containing excess contaminants Regulation 62 shall not apply to – (a) any food intended for the purpose of scientific research provided that the container bears a label stating clearly that the food is imported, manufactured, stored or sold for that purpose; (b) hop concentrates or any similar ingredient used in the manufacture of beer and approved by the Permanent Secretary. 64. Sale of oyster and shellfish from non-polluted source No person shall sell or have in his possession for sale for human consumption oysters or other shellfish taken from waters that are polluted. 65. Prohibition of sale of pesticide and similar products on food premises No person engaged in the sale of food for human consumption, pre-packed or otherwise, shall on the same premises, trade in the sale of pesticide, fertiliser, petroleum product or other similar products. 66. Irradiated food (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food which has been exposed to ionising radiation. (2) The Permanent Secretary may issue a certificate, in writing, allowing a person to import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell food which has been exposed to ionising radiation. (3) The Permanent Secretary may, in issuing a certificate under paragraph (2), take into account – (a) the period during which the food has been exposed to ionising radiation; (b) any test carried out regarding the level of ionisation of the food; (c) the nature of the food; and (d) any other factor which he may determine. PART VII – FROZEN FOOD 67. Definition For the purposes of this part – “chilled cabinet” includes any refrigerator or cabinet which is used as a display case for food which is maintained at a temperature of between one degree celsius and 8 degrees celsius; “chilled food” includes any poultry or poultry product, meat, meat product, whole or filleted fish, fish product, sea food and vegetable which has been maintained at a temperature of between one and 8 degrees celsius; “freezer” includes any refrigerator or cold room which maintains its contents at a temperature of -18 degrees celsius or below; “frozen food” includes any poultry or poultry product, meat, meat product, whole or filleted fish, fish product, sea food and vegetables which has been maintained at a temperature of -18 degrees celsius or below. 68. Manner of sale of chilled or frozen food Every licensee shall ensure that, on his premises – (a) no chilled food is displayed or offered for sale otherwise than in a chilled cabinet; and FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-18 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) no frozen food is offered for sale otherwise than in a freezer. 69. Sale of defrosted food and chilled food No person shall expose or offer for sale or sell any frozen food or chilled food where – (a) the frozen food has been completely or partially defrosted and subsequently refrozen; or (b) the chilled food has been brought up to a temperature of more than 8 degrees celsius and re-chilled. 70. Intentional switching off of electric supply to freezer No licensee shall, otherwise than in an emergency, cause the electric power to a freezer or chilled cabinet used for the storage or display of frozen or chilled food intended for sale for human consumption to be switched off at any time during which it contains frozen or chilled food. 71. Storage of frozen or chilled food during long power failure No licensee shall, following an electric power failure in an emergency, store, display or sell any frozen or chilled food intended for human consumption unless the freezer or the chilled cabinet where the food was stored or displayed, was supplied anew with electricity within 12 hours of the power failure. 72. Hygienic condition for freezer and chilled cabinet Every licensee shall ensure that a freezer or a chilled cabinet for the storage or display of frozen or chilled food on his premises is maintained in a clean and hygienic condition. 73. Prohibition to mix fresh, chilled and frozen food Where a licensee stores, sells or offers for sale on his premises fresh, chilled and frozen meat, fish and poultry, he shall ensure that every fresh, chilled and frozen food is stored and displayed in separated stalls with clear indication as to the nature of the food on each stall. 74. Misrepresenting nature of chilled or frozen meat, fish or poultry No person shall sell or offer for sale any chilled or frozen meat, fish or poultry by misrepresenting its true nature. 75. Misrepresentation of kind of meat No person shall sell or offer for sale the meat of one kind of animal by misrepresenting it for the meat of another kind of animal. 76. Prohibition of importation, storage and sale of frozen fish which is not gutted (1) No person shall, otherwise than for processing, import any frozen fish which is not gutted. (2) No person shall store, offer for sale or sell any frozen fish which is not gutted. 77. Storage of various types of food in chilled cabinet or freezer (1) No person storing or offering for sale chilled or frozen food for human consumption, whether packaged or not, shall keep them in the same chilled cabinet or freezer unless he provides separate compartments in the chilled cabinet or freezer in respect of the following 5 categories of food – (a) goat meat, goat meat product, mutton, mutton product, poultry and poultry product; (b) beef, buffalo meat, beef product and buffalo meat product; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-19 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (c) pork and pork product; (d) fish and fish product; and (e) vegetable and vegetable product. (2) Every compartment in a chilled cabinet or freezer which contains any of the 5 categories of food specified in paragraph (1) shall be marked in such a manner as to be easily identifiable by the consumer. 78. Prohibition No licensee shall store an undressed animal carcass or quarter of carcass in any cold room, freezer or chilled cabinet. PART VIII – FOOD ADDITIVE 79. Interpretation In this Part – "addition of permitted food additive" means a technological process whereby the additive directly or indirectly becomes a component of the food or otherwise affects the characteristics of the food; “canned food” means a food in hermetically sealed container which has been sufficiently heat processed to destroy any Clostridium botulinum in the canned food which has a pH of less than 4.5; “compounded food” means a food containing 2 or more ingredients; “deterioration”, in relation to food, means deterioration due to the action of – (a) bacteria; (b) yeast; or (c) moulds; "food additive" – (a) includes – (i) preservative; (ii) colouring substance; (iii) flavouring substance; (iv) flavour enhancer; (v) antioxidant; and (vi) food conditioner; (b) does not include – (i) nutrient supplement; (ii) contaminant; or (iii) salt; "permitted food additive" means an additive that is intentionally introduced into food or laid on the surface of food in a permissible quantity during the – (a) manufacture; (b) processing; (c) preparation; (d) treatment; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-20 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (e) packing; (f) transport; or (g) storage, of the food; “p.p.m” means part per million calculated by weight; “processing”, in relation to food – (a) includes curing by smoking and any treatment or process resulting in a substantial change in the natural state of the food; (b) does not include – (i) boning; (ii) paring; (iii) grinding; (iv) cutting; (v) cleaning; or (vi) trimming; “smoking” means the use of smoke derived from fresh non-impregnated wood; “storing”, in relation to food, means the storage of food – (a) in a container’s park; (b) in a warehouse; (c) in a shed; (d) in a fumigation chamber; (e) in a cold room; (f) in a vehicle; (g) in a transportable container, whether refrigerated or not; (h) on a quay; (i) on a barge or ship in a harbour; or (j) on an aircraft in an airport. 80. Prohibition (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food which contains – (a) a food additive other than a permitted food additive; and (b) a permitted food additive which does not comply with the standard specified in this Part. (2) No person shall introduce in or lay on a food – (a) any food additive other than a permitted food additive; and (b) any permitted food additive which does not comply with the standard specified in this Part. 81. Food additive masking food inferiority No person shall offer for sale or sell any food in which food additive has been introduced or on which food additive has been laid so as to conceal the fact that the food is substandard. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-21 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 82. Labelling for package of food additive No person shall manufacture or pack any food additive unless the package bears a label in which shall be clearly and visibly written in the English or French language, the common name, chemical name or the EEC serial number of the additive contained therein. 83. Food or food additive for scientific research (1) No person shall import food or food additive for scientific research unless he has obtained a permit issued by the Permanent Secretary allowing him to do so. (2) Every person importing food or food additive for scientific research shall ensure that the food or food additive is labelled accordingly. 84. Good manufacturing practice (1) Where the limit prescribed for a food additive in the Schedules to these regulations is stated to be “Good Manufacturing Practice (G.M.P)”, the amount of the food additive added to food in manufacture or processing shall not exceed the amount required to accomplish the purpose for which that additive is required to be added to that food. (2) A certificate issued under the hand of the Chief Government Analyst to the effect that a food contains food additive against “Good Manufacturing Practice” shall be received in all Courts as conclusive evidence of that fact. (3) Where a food contains an additive – (a) which is not a permitted food additive under these regulations; or (b) in relation to which the maximum permitted level has not been prescribed in these regulations, a certificate issued by the Chief Government Analyst declaring that the additive may or may not be permitted or determining the maximum permitted level of an additive shall be received in all Courts as conclusive evidence of that fact. 85. Definition of preservative (1) A preservative shall be a substance that, when added to food, is capable of – (a) inhibiting, retarding or arresting the process of decomposition, fermentation or acidification of such food; and (b) does not mask evidence of putrefaction. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the following shall not be considered as preservative – (a) herb; (b) spice; (c) vinegar; (d) common salt; (e) hop extract; (f) saltpetre; (g) alcohol or potable spirit; (h) sugar; (i) glycerol; (j) essential oil; (k) any substance absorbed by food during the process of smoking; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-22 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (l) carbon dioxide, nitrogen or hydrogen when used in the packing of food in hermetically sealed container; and (m) nitrous oxide when used in the making of whipped cream. 86. Permitted preservative (1) A permitted preservative shall be a substance listed in column 1 of the Eleventh Schedule. (2) A preservative specified in column 2 of the Eleventh Schedule may be used as an alternative to the permitted preservative specified in relation to it in column 1 provided the alternative is used at the same level as the permitted preservative. (3) A permitted preservative, whether used as such or in its alternative form, shall not contain more than – (a) 3 milligrammes of arsenic per kilogramme of the permitted preservative; and (b) 10 milligrammes of lead per kilogramme of the permitted preservative. 87. Food which may contain preservative (1) A food specified in column 1 of the Twelfth Schedule may have in it or on it permitted preservative specified in column 2 of that Schedule in relation to that food and at the level specified in column 3 of that Schedule. (2) Preservatives may be used in food, singly or in combination. (3) Where a preservative is used singly, it shall not exceed the maximum permissible level prescribed, in relation to that preservative, in column 3 of the Twelfth Schedule. (4) (a) Where a preservative is used in combination with other preservatives in a food specified in column 1 of the Twelfth Schedule – (i) the quantity of every preservative present in the food shall be calculated as a percentage of the maximum permissible level prescribed in relation to that preservative in column 3 of the Schedule; (ii) the percentages so obtained in relation to each preservative shall be added up. (b) Where the sum total of the percentages obtained under paragraph (4)(a)(ii) exceeds 100, the food shall not be fit for human consumption. (5) The preservative specified in column 1 of the Thirteenth Schedule may be permitted in or on certain food and in the proportions specified in relation thereto in columns 2 and 3, respectively. 88. Permitted level of formaldehyde (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a food may contain formaldehyde as a preservative where the food – (a) is wrapped in a wet strength wrapping containing resin based on formaldehyde; (b) is packed in a container manufactured from a resin of which formaldehyde is a condensing component; or (c) has been prepared in a utensil manufactured from a resin of which formaldehyde is a condensing component. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-23 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (2) A food mentioned in paragraph (1) may have, in or on it, formaldehyde derived from the wrapping, container or utensil provided the level of formaldehyde in or on the food does not exceed 5 p.p.m. 89. Definition of colouring substance Colouring substance shall be a substance that, when added to food, is capable of imparting colour to that food. 90. Permitted colouring substance (1) A permitted colouring substance shall be a substance specified in the Fourteenth Schedule. (2) A permitted colouring substance shall comply with the purity criteria specified in paragraphs (3), (4) and (5). (3) (a) No permitted colouring substance shall contain inorganic impurities more than – (i) one p.p.m of arsenic; (ii) 10 p.p.m of lead; and (iii) 100 p.p.m of each of the following – (A) antimony; (B) copper; (C) chromium; (D) zinc; or (E) barium sulphate. (b) Where a permitted colouring substance contains a combination of the inorganic impurities specified in paragraph (3)(a)(iii), the combination of those substances shall not exceed 200 p.p.m. (4) (a) No permitted synthetic colouring substance shall contain organic impurities more than – (i) 0.01 per cent of free aromatic amines; (ii) 0.5 per cent of synthetic intermediates other than free aromatic amines; (iii) 4 per cent of subsidiary colouring substance, including isomers of homologues; or (iv) 0.2 per cent of matter insoluble in water. (b) Where the permitted synthetic colouring substance is patent blue V, it shall comply with the same purity standards as specified in paragraph (4)(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) but may contain matter insoluble in water not exceeding 0.5 per cent. (5) No sulphonated organic permitted colouring substance shall contain more than 0.2 per cent of any substance extractable by diethyl ether. 91. Food which may contain permitted colouring substance (1) A food specified in the Fifteenth Schedule may not contain added colouring substance except where specially provided for in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Schedules. (2) A food specified in column 1 of the Sixteenth Schedule may contain permitted colouring substance and to the maximum permissible level specified in relation to it in columns 2 and 3, respectively, of that Schedule. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-24 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (3) The colouring substance specified in column 1 of Seventeenth Schedule may be used in the food and to the maximum permissible level specified in relation to it in columns 2 and 3, respectively, of that Schedule. (4) The colouring substance specified in the Eighteenth Schedule shall be permitted in all food other than those mentioned in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Schedules at GMP. (5) The colouring substance specified in the Nineteenth Schedule may be added singly or in combination to the food and up to the maximum permissible level specified in relation thereto in columns 1 and 2 of the Twentieth Schedule. 92. Definition of flavouring substance A flavouring substance shall be a substance which, when added to food, is capable of imparting a specific and distinctive taste or odour to the food. 93. Permitted flavouring substance (1) A permitted flavouring substance shall be – (a) a natural flavouring substance or a nature identical flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-first Schedule; (b) an artificial flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-second Schedule; or (c) any other flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule. (2) A substance specified in the Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Schedule shall not be a permitted flavouring substance. 94. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) any flavouring substance other than a permitted flavouring substance; or (b) any food which contains a flavouring substance other than a permitted flavouring substance. 95. Definition of flavour enhancer A flavour enhancer shall be a substance which, when added to food, is capable of enhancing or improving the flavour of that food. 96. Permitted flavour enhancer A permitted flavour enhancer shall be a substance specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 97. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) any flavour enhancer other than a permitted flavour enhancer; or (b) any food which contains a flavour enhancer other than a permitted flavour enhancer. 98. Prohibtion relating to guanylic or inosinic acids No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food which contains sodium, calcium or potassium salts of guanylic or inosinic acids unless the amount of the above mentioned components, when used singly or in combination, does not exceed 500 p.p.m. in the ready to eat finished product. 99. Definition of antioxidant An antioxidant shall be a substance which, when added to food, is capable of delaying or preventing the development of rancidity. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-25 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 100. Permitted antioxidant A permitted antioxidant shall be a substance specified in the Twenty-seventh Schedule. 101. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) any antioxidant other than a permitted antioxidant; or (b) any food which contains an antioxidant other than a permitted antioxidant. 102. Specified amounts of antioxidant (1) A food specified in column 2 of the Twenty-eighth Schedule may have in it a permitted antioxidant specified in column 1 of that Schedule in relation to that food. (2) Antioxidants may be used in food, singly or in combination. (3) Where an antioxidant is used singly, it shall not exceed the maximum permissible level prescribed, in relation to that antioxidant, in column 3 of the Twenty-eighth Schedule. (4) (a) Where an antioxidant is used in combination with other antioxidants in a food specified in column 2 of the Twenty-eighth Schedule – (i) the quantity of each antioxidant present in the food shall be calculated as a percentage of the maximum permissible level specified, in relation to that antioxidant, in column 3 of the Twenty-eighth Schedule; (ii) the percentages so obtained in relation to each antioxidant shall be added up. (b) Where the sum total of the percentages obtained under paragraph (4)(a)(ii) exceeds 100, the food shall not be fit for human consumption. 103. Definition of food conditioner A food conditioner shall be a substance which is added to food for a technological purpose to obtain the desired food. 104. Permitted food conditioner (1) A permitted food conditioner shall be – (a) an emulsifier as specified in the Twenty-ninth Schedule; (b) an emulsifying salt and phosphate as specified in the Thirtieth Schedule; (c) a modified starch as specified in the Thirty-first Schedule; (d) an acidity regulator as specified in the Thirty-second Schedule; (e) an enzyme as specified in the Thirty-third Schedule; (f) an anti-caking agent as specified in the Thirty-fourth Schedule; (g) a stabiliser as specified in the Thirty-fifth Schedule; (h) a thickener and gelling agent as specified in the Thirty-sixth Schedule; (i) an anti-foaming agent as specified in the Thirty-seventh Schedule; or (j) a solvent as specified in the Thirty-eighth Schedule. (2) The following substances shall not be permitted food conditioners – (a) preservative; (b) colouring substance; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-26 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (c) flavouring substance; (d) flavour enhancer; or (e) antioxidant. 105. Specified amounts of food conditioner (1) Every food specified in column 2 of the Thirty-ninth to Forty-eighth Schedules may have in it a permitted food conditioner specified in column 1 of the Schedule in relation to that food. (2) A food conditioner may be used in food, singly or in combination. (3) Where a food conditioner is used singly, it shall not exceed the maximum permissible level specified, in relation to that food conditioner, in column 3 of the Thirty-ninth to Forty-eighth Schedules. (4) (a) Where a food conditioner is used in combination with other food conditioners in a food specified in column 1 of the Thirty-ninth to Forty-eighth Schedules – (i) the quantity of each food conditioner present in the food shall be calculated as a percentage of the maximum permissible level prescribed, in relation to that food conditioner, in column 3 of the Thirty-ninth to Forty-eighth Schedules; (ii) the percentages so obtained in relation to each food conditioner shall be added up. (b) Where the sum total of the percentages obtained under paragraph (4)(a)(ii) exceeds 100, the food shall not be fit for human consumption. PART IX – SPICE AND SALT 106. Prohibition to sell substandard spice (1) No person shall import, process, store, expose for sale or sell any spice which does not comply with the standard specified in paragraph (2). (2) (a) Spice shall be the sound leaves, flowers, buds, fruits, seeds, barks or rhizomes of plants that are suitable for use as condiments for imparting any flavour or aroma to food. (b) Aniseed shall be the dried, ripe fruit of the plant pimpinella anisum. (c) Bay leaves shall be the dried leaves of the plant laurus nobilis. (d) (i) Cardamom shall be the dried, ripe or almost ripe fruit of the plant elettaria cardamomum. (ii) Cardamom powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the seeds of the dried, ripe fruits of the plant elettaria cardamomum. (e) (i) Chilli shall be the fruit or pod of the plant capsicum annum. (ii) Chilli powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the clean dried ripe chilli fruit of the plant capsicum annum. (f) (i) Cinnamon shall be the dried bark of the plant cinnamomum cassia. (ii) Cinnamon powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the clear dried bark of the plant cinnamomum cassia. (g) (i) Clove shall be the dried flower bud of the plant caryophyllus aromaticus. (ii) Clove powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the dried flower bud of the plant caryophyllus aromaticus. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-27 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (h) (i) Coriander shall be the dried fruit of the plant coriandrum satirum. (ii) Coriander leaves shall be the leaves of the plant coriandrum satirum. (iii) Coriander powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the clean dried fruits of the plant coriandrum satirum. (i) (i) Cumin seeds shall be the dried fruit of the plant cuminum cyminum. (ii) Cumin powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the clean dried fruit of the plant cuminum cyminum. (j) (i) Fennel shall be the dried ripe fruit of the plant foeniculum vulgare. (ii) Fennel powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the clean dried ripe fruit of the plant foeniculum vulgare. (k) (i) Ginger shall be the rhizome of the plant zingiber officinale. (ii) Ginger powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the clean dried rhizome of the plant zingiber officinale. (l) (i) Mace shall be the dried coat or arillus of the seed of the plant myristica fragrans. (ii) Mace powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the dried coat or arillus of the seed of the plant myristica fragrans. (m) (i) Mustard seed shall be the dried seeds of various species of the plant brassica. (ii) Mustard powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the dried seeds of various species of the plant brassica. (n) (i) Nutmeg shall be the dried seed of the plant myristica fragrans. (ii) Nutmeg powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the dried nutmeg seed of the plant myristica fragrans. (o) Paprika shall be the dried ripe fruit of capsicum annum. (p) (i) Black Pepper shall be the dried mature berry of the plant piper nigrum. (ii) Black Pepper powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the clean dried berry of the plant piper nigrum. (q) White Pepper shall be the dried mature berry of the plant piper nigrum; (r) Saffron shall be the dried stigma of the flower of the plant crocus satirus; (s) Sage shall be the dried leaf of the plant salvia officinalis. (t) Star aniseed shall be the dried ripe fruit of the plant Illicum verum. (u) Thyme shall be the fresh or dried leaves and flowering tips of the plant thymus vulgaris. (v) (i) Turmeric shall be the rhizome of the plant curcuma longa or curcuma domestica. (ii) Turmeric powder shall be the powder obtained by grinding the dried rhizomes of the plant curcuma longa or curcuma domestica. 107. Kind of salt allowed for sale (1) No person shall import, manufacture, store, pack, sell or offer for sale any salt other than – (a) raw salt; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-28 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) edible salt; or (c) any other salt approved by the Permanent Secretary. (2) The salt referred to in paragraph (1) shall be of the standard specified in regulations 108 to 116. 108. Raw salt Raw salt shall be salt which contains – (a) not less than 97 per cent sodium chloride on a moisture free basis; (b) not more than 0.2 per cent of matter insoluble in water; and (c) not more than 5 per cent moisture. 109. Edible salt Edible salt shall be refined salt, table salt and iodised salt. 110. Refined salt (1) Refined salt shall be edible salt of crystalline solid, white in colour and free from visible impurities, without any additive, drying or anti caking agent, and which shall contain – (a) not less than 98 per cent sodium chloride on a moisture free basis; (b) not more than 0.2 per cent of matter insoluble in water; (c) not more than one per cent moisture; and (d) a permitted range of pH of 7.0 to 8.4 for a 10 per cent weight per volume solution. (2) A solution of a 10 per cent weight per volume of the refined salt shall be neutral to a solution of phenol red. 111. Table salt (1) Table salt shall be edible salt free from visible impurities and containing one or more additives, drying or anti caking agent of food grade quality to impart free running properties to the material and which contains – (a) not less than 98 per cent sodium chloride on a moisture free basis; (b) not more than 0.2 per cent of matter insoluble in water, exclusive of additives; and (c) not more than one per cent moisture. (2) Table salt may contain – (a) one permitted anti-caking agent the amount of which does not exceed the level specified in the third column of Forty-ninth Schedule; or (b) 2 or more permitted anti-caking agents the amount of each of which represents such a percentage of the respective level specified in the third column of the Forty-ninth Schedule that the sum of all percentages does not exceed one hundred. 112. Iodised salt Iodised salt shall be edible salt which contains – (a) not less than 98 per cent sodium chloride on a moisture free basis; (b) not more than 0.2 per cent of matter insoluble in water; (c) not more than one per cent moisture; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-29 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (d) added potassium iodate or potassium iodide, or both, complying with the standards of purity specified in the British Pharmacopeia; and (e) not less than 15 p.p.m and not more than 25 p.p.m of iodine. 113. Conditions of sale of salt and labelling (1) No person shall sell edible salt otherwise than in a pre-packed container. (2) A container under paragraph (a) of this section shall bear a label which, in addition to the requirements of regulation 3, shall conspicuously indicate – (a) the net contents of the container by mass of 250 grammes, 500 grammes, one kilogramme or a multiple of one kilogramme; (b) that the salt is edible salt and shall further indicate whether it is refined salt, table salt or iodised salt; and (c) in the case of iodised salt, the presence of potassium iodate or potassium iodide or both. 114. Conditions of storage and sale of raw salt (1) No person shall store, transport or sell raw salt, unless there is on its container a label which specifies in bold and conspicuous letters that it is intended for animal husbandry, agricultural use or processing. (2) Raw salt shall only be transported or sold in containers of not less than 25 kilogrammes. (3) No person shall, in a food premises, store, keep or introduce raw salt in any food or food preparation intended for sale for human consumption. 115. Authorisation from Permanent Secretary (1) No person shall manufacture, produce, process or pack raw or edible salt without a written authorisation issued by the Permanent Secretary. (2) The Permanent Secretary may impose such conditions as he may determine before granting an authorisation. (3) The Permanent Secretary shall revoke an authorisation where the person has failed to comply with the conditions imposed in the written authorisation. 116. Salt for scientific research (1) No person shall import salt intended for the purpose of scientific research unless he has obtained a permit issued by the Permanent Secretary allowing him to do so. (2) A person importing salt for scientific research shall ensure that it is labelled accordingly. PART X – FOOD AERATOR 117. Prohibition No person shall import, process, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) cream of tartar; (b) acid phosphate or phosphate aerator; or (c) baking powder, unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 118, 119 and 120. 118. Cream of tartar The cream of tartar shall contain not less than 99 per cent of acid tartrate, calculated as potassium hydrogen tartrate. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-30 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 119. Acid phosphate (1) The acid phosphate or phosphate aerator is any acid phosphate with or without starch or other wholesome farinaceous substance, and which can be used to replace cream of tartar in the preparation of a chemical leaven for baking purposes. (2) The neutralising value of acid phosphate or phosphate aerator calculated as parts of sodium bicarbonate per 100 parts of powder shall not be less than 44. 120. Baking powder Baking powder – (a) shall be a mixture of sodium bicarbonate with cream of tartar, tartaric acid, acid phosphate or sodium aluminium phosphate or any combination of these without any farinaceous substance; (b) shall yield not less than 10 per cent carbon dioxide; and (c) may contain permitted colouring substance. PART XI – CEREAL, GRAIN, PULSE, LEGUME, CEREAL PRODUCT, STARCH AND BREAD 121. Definition of product For the purposes of this Part – “cereal product” includes flour, wholemeal flour, self-raising flour, oatmeal, maize meal, rice flour, ground rice, glutinous rice, semolina, pasta, breakfast cereal, white bread, wholemeal bread and bakery product; “grain product” includes sago; “tuber product” includes corn flour, tapioca flour, cassava flour and custard powder. 122. Prohibition (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any cereal, grain, pulse, legume, tuber, cereal product, grain product or tuber product, whether packaged or otherwise, which – (a) has been contaminated; (b) shows evidence of infestation by rodent or other pests; (c) contains any foreign matter; (d) has been exposed to high humidity; or (e) is mouldy. (2) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any cereal product, grain product and tuber product unless it complies with the standards for every such product as specified in regulations 123 to 140. 123. Flour (1) Flour shall – (a) be the fine form of ground product derived from or separated during the milling of clean wheat; and (b) contain not more than 14 per cent moisture. (2) Flour sold or used for the making of bread may contain one or more of the following acid ingredients as leavening agents – FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-31 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (a) sodium acid pyrophosphate with or without monoacid calcium phosphate; (b) monoacid calcium phosphate with or without dicalcium orthophosphate; (c) tartaric acid; or (d) ascorbic acid as a bread improver. (3) Flour sold or used for the making of cake, pastry or biscuit may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 124. Wholemeal flour (1) Wholemeal flour shall – (a) be the product obtained by milling sound, clean wheat; (b) contain all the constituents of such wheat; and (c) contain not more than 15 per cent moisture, and not less than 2.5 per cent crude fibre. (2) Wholemeal flour shall not contain any additive except as otherwise specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 125. Self-raising flour (1) Self-raising flour shall – (a) be any flour or mixture of flours to which baking powder has been added; and (b) liberate not less than 0.40 per cent carbon dioxide. (2) Where self-raising flour contains calcium sulphate as dough conditioner, the flour shall not contain more than 0.6 per cent calcium sulphate. 126. Oatmeal Oatmeal shall – (a) be the meal produced by grinding oats after removal of the husk; (b) contain not less than 5 per cent fat; and (c) contain not more than 2.5 per cent of meal derived from grain other than oats. 127. Maize meal Maize meal shall – (a) be the meal obtained by grinding maize; (b) contain not less than 1.1 per cent nitrogen; and (c) yield not more than 1.6 per cent ash on a moisture free basis. 128. Corn flour Corn flour shall – (a) be the starch powder derived from any variety of cereal grain; and (b) yield not more than 0.8 per cent ash on a moisture free basis. 129. Tapioca or tapioca starch (1) Tapioca or cassava is the tuber of the plant manihot utilissima. (2) Tapioca flour or tapioca starch or cassava flour shall not yield more than 1.5 per cent ash. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-32 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 130. Custard powder or crème anglaise Custard powder or crème anglaise powder shall be the powder prepared from tapioca flour, corn flour or sago flour, with or without other food. 131. Rice flour or ground rice Rice flour or ground rice shall – (a) be the product obtained by grinding sound, clean rice; and (b) not yield more than 1.5 per cent ash. 132. Glutinous rice and flour (1) Glutinous rice shall be – (a) the grain of the plant oryza glutinosa; and (b) clean and sound grain from which the husk has been removed. (2) Glutinous rice flour shall – (a) be the product obtained by grinding sound and clean glutinous rice; and (b) not yield more than 1.5 per cent ash. 133. Sago Sago shall be the product derived from the pitch of the sagopalm. 134. Semolina Semolina shall – (a) be the product prepared from clean wheat by the process of grinding and bolting; (b) have a natural ash content of not less than 0.48 per cent and not more than 0.80 per cent; and (c) have a granularity which is appropriate for semolina. 135. Pasta (1) “Pasta” means any product which is prepared by moulding, or drying units of dough or by steaming of slitted dough with or without drying. (2) Pasta – (a) shall be comprised principally of a cereal meal; (b) may contain carbohydrate, egg solids, salt, edible oil and fats; or (c) may contain food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth Schedule. (3) No pasta shall be labelled as containing egg unless the pasta has not less than 4 per cent of egg solids calculated on a moisture free basis. (4) No person shall import, store, expose for sale or sell a package of pasta which is closed or sealed with a metal clip or similar device. 136. Breakfast cereal Breakfast cereal – (a) shall be the product obtained solely from or by a combination of, any cereal that is uncooked, partially cooked, cooked or prepared with sugar, malt, honey, salt or any other food; and (b) may contain food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth Schedule. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-33 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 137. Wheat germ Wheat germ shall – (a) be the germ or embryo of the wheat grain, together with the bran and other parts of the grain unavoidably remaining with the germ during extraction; and (b) contain not less than 60 per cent of the germ or embryo of the wheat. 138. White bread White bread – (a) shall be the product obtained by baking a yeast leavened dough prepared from wheat flour and water; (b) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth Schedule; (c) may contain propionic acid or its potassium, sodium or calcium salts as anti mould or anti rope agent; and (d) shall have the following characteristics – (i) a moisture content of 35 per cent for loaves of 100 grammes to 500 grammes; (ii) a moisture content of 40 per cent for loaves of 1,000 grammes to 2,000 grammes; (iii) a moisture content of 30 per cent for bread commonly known as “baguette” and “flute”; and (iv) a pH range of 5.3 to 6.0 in relation to mass per volume in 10 per cent aqueous solution. 139. Wholemeal bread Wholemeal bread – (a) shall be the product obtained by baking dough composed of wholemeal wheat flour, yeast, edible salt and water; (b) may contain caramel in or on it as a colouring substance; (c) shall have the same moisture content as white bread in accordance with regulation 138; and (d) shall contain not less than 1.8 per cent crude fibre on a moisture free basis. 140. Bakery product (1) Bakery product – (a) shall be any product other than white bread or wholemeal bread; (b) may contain edible fat, milk or milk product, sugar, egg, salt, dried fruit, raisin, currant and sesame seed; and (c) may contain permitted food conditioner as provided in the Fortieth Schedule. (2) No person shall sell bread which is not white bread or wholemeal bread unless it is sold as a bakery product in an appropriate section or area conspicuously distinguished from any section or area where white bread or wholemeal bread is sold. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-34 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 PART XII – TEA, COFFEE, CHICORY, COCOA, CHOCOLATE DRINK 141. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, expose for sale or sell any tea, coffee, chicory, cocoa or chocolate drink unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 142 to 155. 142. Tea Tea shall – (a) be the product of steaming, drying or firing, or any combination of these, of fermented, semi-fermented or non-fermented leaves, buds and tender stems of one or more varieties of the plant camellia or thea; (b) not yield more than 7 per cent of total ash of which at least one half shall be soluble in boiling water; (c) yield not less than 30 per cent of water soluble extract; (d) not contain spurious, decayed or mouldy leaves or stalks; and (e) not contain any colouring substance. 143. Tea dust Tea dust, tea fanning or tea sifting shall – (a) be the dust, fanning or sifting of tea; (b) not yield more than 5 per cent ash insoluble in boiling water; (c) comply with the standard for tea in regulation 142. 144. Tea extract Tea extract, instant tea or soluble tea shall – (a) be a dried product made exclusively by the aqueous extraction of tea; (b) not contain more than – (i) 15 per cent of total ash; and (ii) 6 per cent water; (c) not contain less than – (i) 4 per cent caffeine; or (ii) 7 per cent tannin. 145. Scented tea Scented tea shall be tea to which has been added one or more aromatic substance that is harmless and natural, including jasmine flowers and rose petals. 146. Coffee bean Coffee bean shall be the raw or roasted seed of any species of the plant cofea. 147. Ground coffee Coffee or ground coffee or coffee powder shall – (a) be the pure roasted coffee bean that is ground or otherwise prepared so as to be suitable for making an infusion or decoction; (b) be free from husk; and (c) not contain any colouring matter. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-35 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 148. Instant coffee Instant coffee or soluble coffee shall – (a) be the dried soluble solids obtained from water extraction of freshly roasted, pure coffee beans; (b) be in the form of a free flowing granules or powder; and (c) not contain any colouring matter. 149. Decaffeinated coffee Decaffeinated coffee shall – (a) be the coffee which contains not more than 0.1 per cent weight per volume of anhydrous caffeine; and (b) not contain any colouring matter. 150. Coffee essence Coffee essence shall – (a) be the liquid extract of coffee, with or without the addition of glycerol or sugar or a combination of these; (b) contain not less than 0.5 per cent weight per volume of anhydrous caffeine derived from coffee; and (c) not contain any colouring matter. 151. Tea bag The content of a tea bag shall conform to the standards prescribed for tea in regulations 142 to 145. 152. Chicory (1) Chicory shall – (a) be the powder obtained by roasting and grinding the clean and dried root of the plant cichorium intybus; (b) contain – (i) not less than 3.5 per cent and not more than 10 per cent ash; and (ii) 2.5 per cent ash insoluble in dilute hydrochloric acid; and (c) contain not less than 50 per cent of water soluble extract. (2) Where edible fat, edible oil or sugar is added to chicory, any one or combination of more than one of such edible fat, edible oil or sugar shall not exceed 2 per cent of the total volume of the powder. 153. Coffee and chicory Coffee and chicory – (a) shall be a mixture of coffee and chicory which shall contain not less than 50 per cent coffee; and (b) shall contain 0.5 per cent of caffeine derived from coffee. 154. Cocoa or cocoa powder Cocoa or cocoa powder or soluble cocoa – (a) shall be the powdered product prepared from cocoa paste; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-36 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) shall, in its water free, fat free and alkaline free content, contain not more than – (i) 19 per cent of starch naturally present; (ii) 7 per cent crude fibre; (iii) 8 per cent total ash; (iv) 5.5 per cent of ash insoluble in water; (v) 0.4 per cent ferric oxide; (vi) 10.5 per cent of total alkalinity calculated as potassium carbonate; and (vii) 12.5 per cent ash; (c) may contain flavouring substance and food conditioner as specified in the Thirty-ninth Schedule. 155. Chocolate and chocolate drink (1) Milk chocolate shall – (a) be cocoa paste or soluble cocoa mixed with – (i) sugar; (ii) milk solids; and (iii) cocoa fat; (b) contain not less than – (i) 3.5 per cent milk fat; (ii) 25 per cent total fat; (iii) 10.5 per cent milk solids on a fat free basis; (iv) 2.5 per cent cocoa paste on a water free and fat free basis; and (v) 25 per cent total cocoa dried solids. (2) "Milk Chocolate", “Full Cream Milk Chocolate” or “Dairy Milk Chocolate” – (a) shall contain not less than – (i) 5 per cent milk fat; (ii) 15 per cent milk solids on a fat free basis; (iii) 2.5 per cent of cocoa paste on a water free and fat free basis; and (iv) 20 per cent total cocoa dried solids. (b) may contain permitted flavouring substance listed in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (c) may contain permitted food conditioner as provided in the Thirty-ninth Schedule. (3) White chocolate shall be a product which – (a) shall contain – (i) 20 per cent cocoa butter; and (ii) sugar; (b) may contain – (i) milk components; (ii) not more than 3.5 per cent milk fat; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-37 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (iii) 14 per cent milk solids; (iv) 55 per cent sucrose; (v) vegetable fat other than cocoa butter; or (vi) permitted flavouring substance and permitted food conditioner, as specified in the Twenty-third and Thirty-ninth Schedules, respectively. (4) White chocolate shall, in its water free, fat free and alkaline free content comply with regulation 154(b). (5) A chocolate drink shall contain sugar and not less than 15 per cent of cocoa paste or soluble cocoa. (6) The cocoa paste or soluble cocoa in a chocolate drink shall in its water free, fat free and alkaline free content comply with regulation 154(b). PART XIII – SWEETENING SUBSTANCE 156. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any sugar, glucose, honey or artificial sweetener or any food containing sugar, glucose, honey or artificial sweetener which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 157 to 163. 157. Sugar For the purposes of this Part – "sugar" – (a) means the food chemically known as sucrose; and (b) includes white sugar, white sugar cube, brown sugar, icing sugar or powdered sugar. 158. White sugar or white sugar cube White sugar or white sugar cube – (a) shall be sucrose or saccharose in a purified and crystallised form; (b) shall contain not less than 99.7 per cent sucrose; (c) shall yield not more than 0.04 per cent ash; and (d) may contain sulphur dioxide as a permitted preservative at a maximum level of 70 milligramme per kilogramme. 159. Brown sugar Brown sugar shall – (a) be the clean, partially refined, granulated product prepared from sugar; (b) contain not less than 90 per cent of sugar and invert sugar; (c) not yield more than 3.5 per cent sulphated ash; and (d) not contain more than 4.5 per cent water. 160. Icing sugar Icing sugar or powdered sugar shall – (a) be white sugar which has been finely pulverised; (b) contain not less than 97 per cent sucrose; (c) not yield more than 0.04 per cent ash; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-38 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (d) contain sulphur dioxide as a permitted preservative at a maximum level of 20 milligrammes per kilogramme; and (e) contain permitted anti caking agent as specified in the Forty-fourth Schedule. 161. Glucose Glucose shall – (a) be the solid product obtained by the hydrolysis of starch; (b) contain not less than 70 per cent of reducing sugars calculated as dextrose anhydrous; (c) not yield more than one per cent sulphated ash; and (d) contain not more than 40 milligrammes per kilogramme of sulphur dioxide as a permitted preservative. 162. Honey Honey shall – (a) be the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of blossoms or from secretions of or on living parts of plants and stored in honey combs; (b) contain not less than 65 per cent of reducing sugars calculated as invert sugar; (c) not contain more than 21 per cent water and one per cent ash; (d) have a sucrose content of not more than 10 per cent; and (e) have an acidity of not more than 40 milli-equivalents acid per 1,000 grammes. 163. Artificial sweetener (1) Artificial sweetening substance shall be any substance added to food for the purpose of sweetening. (2) No person shall import, manufacture, store, offer for sale or sell any artificial sweetening substance or any food containing an artificial sweetening substance unless the substance is a permitted artificial sweetening substance, as specified in the Fiftieth Schedule. (3) No aspartame or saccharine shall be used as an artificial sweetener unless it complies with the requirements specified in respect of artificial sweetener as specified in the Fifty-first Schedule. (4) No person shall import, manufacture, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing a food to which an artificial sweetener has been added unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label on the package specifically mentions the words “THIS FOOD CONTAINS ....................................... AS ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER”. (name of substance) PART XIV – EGG AND EGG PRODUCT 164. Prohibition No person shall import, store, offer for sale or sell egg, processed egg or food containing egg or processed egg unless it complies with the standard specified in the regulations 165 to 171. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-39 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 165. Egg (1) An egg shall be that of bird, including poultry and duck, in which no putrefaction and development of the embryo has begun, and which has not been incubated and whose shell shall be clean, not cracked or broken. (2) Processed egg includes liquid egg, liquid egg yolk, liquid egg white, dried egg powder, dried egg yolk powder and dried egg white powder. (3) A fresh egg is an egg which has not been subjected to any process of cooking or boiling. 166. Microbiological standard for egg An egg shall be suitable for human consumption where a sample of not less than 50 grammes of the egg, on being tested from suitable enrichment media, has been found to be free from salmonella organisms and complies with the microbiological standard for specified food as specified in the Eighth Schedule. 167. Liquid egg (1) Liquid egg shall be the whole egg removed from the shell and which shall be frozen or chilled. (2) No person shall use in the manufacture of food or sell any liquid egg unless it has been pasteurised by being retained at a temperature not lower than 64 degrees celsius for not lower than 2.5 minutes and immediately cooled to a temperature not higher than 7 degrees celsius. 168. Liquid egg yolk (1) Liquid egg yolk shall be the yolk of fresh eggs separated as completely as is practicable from the egg white. (2) No person shall use in the manufacture of food or sell any liquid egg yolk unless it has been pasteurised by being retained at a temperature not lower than 60 degrees celsius for 3.5 minutes and immediately cooled to a temperature not higher than 7 degrees celsius. 169. Liquid egg white (1) Liquid egg white shall be the white of fresh egg separated as completely as practicable from the yolk of the egg. (2) No person shall use in the manufacture or sell any liquid egg white unless it has been pasteurised by being retained at a temperature not lower than 55 degrees celsius for at least 9.5 minutes, and immediately cooled to a temperature not higher than 7 degrees celsius. 170. Dried egg powder Dried egg powder, dried egg yolk powder or dried egg white powder shall – (a) be the product obtained by drying liquid egg, liquid egg yolk or liquid egg white, respectively; and (b) contain not more than 5 per cent water. 171. Preserved egg A preserved egg shall be an egg which has been preserved by the application of substances used for that purpose. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-40 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 PART XV – SPECIAL PURPOSE FOOD 172. Interpretation For the purposes of this Part – “child” means any person aged between 12 months and 3 years; “infant” means any person up to 12 months of age; “special purpose food” means – (a) infant formula; (b) canned food for an infant or a child; (c) cereal-based food for an infant or a child; (d) low energy food; (e) formula dietary food; or (f) any other special purpose food approved by the Permanent Secretary. 173. Prohibition (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any special purpose food without the written approval of the Permanent Secretary. (2) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any special purpose food bearing a label with the words ‘sugarless’, ‘sugar free’ or any other word of similar import, where the special purpose food contains any carbohydrate. 174. Definition of infant formula Infant formula shall be a substitute for human milk for the feeding of infant, but does not include unsweetened condensed milk or evaporated milk. 175. Specially processed infant formula (1) No person shall modify an infant formula which has been specially processed or formulated to satisfy particular dietary requirements as a result of physical or physiological conditions of disease or disorder. (2) Where an infant formula is intended for infants with special nutritional requirements, there shall be written in the label of such food the specific requirements for which that formula is to be used and the dietary property or properties attributed to such food. (3) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) an infant formula which has been treated with ionising radiation; or (b) an infant formula containing an ingredient which has been treated with ionising radiation. 176. Infant formula and breast milk No person shall – (a) advertise or cause to be advertised any infant formula with any claim to the effect that the infant formula is superior to breast milk; and (b) import, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any infant formula which bears a label claiming that the infant formula is superior to breast milk. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-41 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 177. Special labelling requirements for infant formula (1) No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any infant formula unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label specifically mentions the following – (a) the method of preparing the food, including a statement of the quantity of food directed to be used in the preparation to be given to the infant; (b) a statement suggesting the quantity of the prepared food to be given at one time, and the frequency at which such quantity is to be given daily to the infant and such a statement shall be provided for each month of age up to 6 months; (c) any special storage instruction before and after the package has been opened; (d) the nature of the carbohydrate, if any, present in the infant formula; (e) the amount of energy expressed in kilocalorie or kilojoule; (f) the amount of protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamin, and mineral contents per 100 grammes of the food; and (g) the date of expiry, to which special attention shall be drawn. (2) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell an infant formula which does not include the nutrients specified in the first column of the Fifty-second Schedule and at the levels specified in the second and third columns of that Schedule. (3) (a) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell an infant formula which contains food additive other than those specified in the first column of the Fifty-third Schedule. (b) Where an infant formula contains a food additive specified in the first column of the Fifty-third Schedule, the additive shall be at the maximum level specified in the second column of that Schedule. 178. Definition of canned food for an infant and a child Canned food for an infant or a child shall be any wholesome food or mixture of wholesome food that is sold for feeding an infant or a child, but does not include infant formula or cereal-based food for an infant or a child. 179. Standards for canned food for an infant and a child (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any canned food for an infant or a child in ready to eat form unless it complies with the standards specified in paragraph (2). (2) Canned food for an infant or a child in ready to eat form – (a) shall be processed by heat so as to prevent spoilage, and packed in a hermetically sealed can, jar or other container; (b) shall be homogenous or comminuted in the following forms – (i) strained and containing small sized particles which does not require chewing before being swallowed; or (ii) non-strained and containing particles of a size that encourage chewing by infants or children; and (c) may contain sodium and the total sodium content of the product shall not exceed one gramme per kilogramme calculated on the ready to eat basis. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-42 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 180. Special labelling requirements for canned food for an infant and a child (1) No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any canned food for an infant or a child unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label specifically mentions the following – (a) the words “STRAINED” or “NON-STRAINED”, as the case may be, followed by the name of the food; (b) the words “NOT TO BE GIVEN TO INFANTS UNDER 4 MONTHS OF AGE”; (c) the common name of the animal, vegetable or plant from which the ingredient contained in the canned food is derived and its proportion; (d) the name of the food additives used in the canned food; (e) the amount of energy expressed in kilocalories or kilojoules; (f) the amount of protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamin and mineral content per 100 grammes of the food; (g) directions for preparation and use of the food; (h) instructions on storage before and after the package has been opened; and (i) the date of expiry, to which special attention shall be drawn. (2) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a canned food for an infant or a child which does not include the nutrients specified in the first column of the Fifty-fourth Schedule and at the levels specified in the second and third columns of that Schedule. (3) (a) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a canned food for an infant or a child which contains food additive other than those specified in the first column of the Fifty-fifth Schedule. (b) Where a canned food for an infant or a child contains a food additive specified in the first column of the Fifty-fifth Schedule, the additive shall be at the maximum level specified in the second column of that Schedule. 181. Definition of cereal-based food for an infant or a child Cereal-based food for an infant or a child shall be – (a) food based on cereal, nut, legume, or any combination of these, with or without other wholesome food; (b) dry cereal, nut or legume, or combination of these, and flour derived from them, cooked or uncooked, and so fragmented as to permit dilution with water or milk; (c) rusk and biscuit prepared from cereal, nut or legume or a combination of these, and produced by a baking process and which may be consumed directly or with the addition of water or milk; or (d) milk biscuit which is based on cereal, nut or legume, or a combination of these, and which may be consumed with milk. 182. Standards for cereal-based food for an infant or a child (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any cereal-based food for an infant or a child unless it complies with the standards specified in paragraph (2). (2) (a) The total sodium content of cereal-based food for an infant or a child shall not exceed 1.5 gramme per kilogramme on a ready to eat basis. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-43 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (b) The minimum content of protein in cereal-based food for an infant or a child other than cereal-based food for infants and children to be taken with milk, shall not be less than 15 per cent on a water free basis, and the quality of the protein shall not be less than 70 per cent of that of casein. (c) Where cereal-based food for infants and children is taken with milk, it shall contain not less than 6 per cent of protein on a ready to eat basis and the quality of the protein shall not be less than 70 per cent of that of casein. (d) No cereal-based food for infants and children and no ingredients used in the manufacture of such food shall have been treated with ionising radiation. 183. Special labelling requirements for cereal-based food (1) No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any cereal-based food for an infant or a child unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label specifically mentions the following – (a) the words “NOT TO BE GIVEN TO AN INFANT UNDER 4 MONTHS OF AGE”; (b) the words “CEREAL-BASED FOOD FOR AN INFANT OR A CHILD”; (c) the common name of the cereal, and its proportion; (d) the form of the cereal-based food, including “cereal for an INFANT or a child”, “rusk for an INFANT or a child”, “BISCUIT” or “MILK BISCUIT for an infant or a child”; (e) the name of the food additive used; (f) the ingredients used and their respective proportions; (g) the amount of energy expressed in kilocalories and kilojoules; (h) the amount of protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamin and mineral content per 100 grammes of the food; (i) directions for preparation and use of the food; (j) instructions on storage before and after the package has been opened; and (k) the date of expiry, to which special attention shall be drawn. (2) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a cereal-based food for an infant or a child which does not include the nutrients specified in the first column of the Fifty-fourth Schedule and at the levels specified in the second and third columns of that Schedule. (3) (a) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a cereal-based food for an infant or a child which contains food additive other than those specified in the first column of the Fifty-sixth Schedule. (b) Where a cereal-based food for an infant or a child contains a food additive specified in the first column of the Fifty-sixth Schedule, the additive shall be at the maximum level specified in the second column of that Schedule. 184. Definition of low energy food Low energy food – (a) shall be a special food for persons requiring a restricted energy diet; but (b) shall not have a total energy value exceeding that prescribed in Fifty-seventh Schedule in respect of that food. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-44 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 185. Special labelling requirements for low energy food No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any low energy food for an infant or a child unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label specifically mentions the following – (a) the words “LOW ENERGY FOOD”; (b) the total weight and separate percentages of carbohydrates, protein and fat in the package; (c) the total energy value of the food in the package, or in each 100 grammes of the food, or where the food is in liquid form, in each 100 millilitres; (d) the details of the claim on which special suitability is based; (e) an indication that the use of such low energy foods requires medical advice or supervision or as recommended by a dietician; and (f) the date of expiry, to which special attention shall be drawn. 186. Definition of formula dietary food Formula dietary food – (a) shall be food that is sold for consumption by an invalid or a person requiring a special diet but does not include bread or flour; and (b) shall be food sold, under medical advice, medical supervision or as recommended by a dietician, for consumption by a person suffering from a specific physical or physiological condition. 187. Special labelling requirements for formula dietary food No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any formula dietary food unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label specifically mentions the following – (a) the words “FORMULA DIETARY FOOD”; (b) a statement of the quantity of the food to be consumed in one day; (c) a statement of the energy yield, expressed in kilocalorie or kilojoule, of that quantity of the food; (d) the proportion of protein, fat, and carbohydrate in the food; and (e) an indication that the use of such formula dietary food requires medical advice, medical supervision or as recommended by a dietician. 188. Dietary food No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store or offer for sale or sell food as – (a) reduced calorie food unless the calorie content of that food is one-third lower than the calorie content that the food normally has; and (b) dietary product, unless it complies with the requirements for low energy food and reduced calorie food. 189. Special labelling requirements for dietary product No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store or offer for sale or sell any dietary product unless, in compliance with regulation 3 – (a) there is on the label, the details of the claim on which special suitability is based; and (b) the label does not make any claim associated with maintaining or reducing body weight. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-45 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 PART XVI – EDIBLE OIL OR FAT 190. Definition (1) Edible oil includes – (a) soya bean oil; (b) peanut oil; (c) cotton seed oil; (d) sunflower oil; (e) rapeseed oil; (f) maize or corn oil; (g) sesame oil (h) olive oil; (i) mustard oil; (j) low erucic rapeseed oil; (k) refined coconut oil; (l) edible palm oil; (m) palm olein; (n) edible safflower oil; and (o) cardamon oil. (2) Edible fat includes – (a) margarine; (b) vanaspati; (c) dripping; (d) suet; (e) lard; (f) shortening; and (g) ghee or butter oil. 191. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale and sell edible oil or fat unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 192 to 206. 192. Edible oil or fat Edible oil or fat shall – (a) be composed of triglycerides derived from fatty acids of vegetable or animal origin; (b) be free from rancidity and decomposition; (c) not be adulterated; (d) not contain any mineral oil; and (e) not contain non-food grade fat or oil. 193. Special labelling requirements for edible oil or fat No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store or offer for sale or sell edible oil or fat unless as specified in regulation 3, the label – FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-46 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (a) mentions the words “COOKING OIL” or “BLENDED COOKING OIL”; (b) bears the appropriate terminology for the following quantitative standards – (i) CHOLESTEROL FREE – less than 2 milligrammes of cholesterol per 100 grammes of oil or fat and not less than 45 per cent unsaturated fat; not more than 25 per cent saturated fat; and (ii) LOW CHOLESTEROL – less than 20 milligrammes of cholesterol per 100 grammes of oil or fat 194. Soya bean oil (1) Soya bean oil shall be the edible oil obtained from bean of the plant glycine max. (2) Soya bean oil shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 20 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 20 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.919 to 0.925; (b) a refractive index, at 40 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.466 to 1.470; (c) a saponification value ranging from 189 to 195 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 120 to 143; (e) an acid value not more than 0.6 milligramme of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of oil; (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 15 grammes per kilogramme of oil; (h) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 92 to 125; (i) an acid value of – (i) not more than 4 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of virgin oil; or (ii) not more than 0.6 milligramme of potassium hydroxide per gramme of non-virgin oil; (j) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of oil; (k) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 15 grammes per kilogramme of oil; and (l) the mass of erucic acid content shall not be more than 5 per cent of the mass of the component fatty acids. 195. Refined coconut oil (1) Refined coconut oil shall be the edible oil obtained from the kernel of the coconut plant cocos nucifera. (2) Refined coconut oil shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 40 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 20 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.908 to 0.921; (b) a refractive index, at 40 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.448 to 1.450; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-47 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (c) a saponification value ranging from 248 to 265 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 6 to 11; (e) an acid value of – (i) not more than 4 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of virgin oil; or (ii) not more than 0.6 milligramme of potassium hydroxide per gramme of non-virgin oil; (f) a peroxide value not more, than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of oil; (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 15 grammes per kilogramme of oil; (h) a reichert value ranging from 6 to 8.5; and (i) a polenske value ranging from 13 to 18. 196. Edible palm oil (1) Edible palm oil includes edible bleached palm oil and edible bleached, deodorised palm oil. (2) Edible palm oil shall be the edible oil obtained by a process of – (a) expression; (b) solvent extraction; or (c) expression and solvent extraction, from the fleshy mesocarp of the fruit of the red oil palm elaeis guineensis. (3) Edible palm oil shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 50 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 25 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.8910 to 0.9030; (b) a refractive index, at 50 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.449 to 1.455; (c) a saponification value ranging from 190 to 209 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 50 to 55; (e) an acid value of – (i) not more than 10 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of virgin oil; or (ii) not more than 0.6 milligramme of potassium hydroxide per gramme of non-virgin oil; (f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of oil; (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 12 grammes per kilogramme of oil; and (h) a total carotenoids of the oil of the red palm of – (i) not less than 500 milligrammes per kilogramme; and (ii) not more than 2,000 milligrammes per kilogramme, calculated as beta-carotene. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-48 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 197. Palm olein (1) Palm olein includes – (a) refined palm olein; (b) bleached palm olein; and (c) deodorised palm olein. (2) Palm olein shall be the liquid obtained by the process of fractionation of palm oil. (3) Palm olein shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 50 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 25 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.8910 to 0.9030; (b) a refractive index, at 50 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.449 to 1.459; (c) a saponification value ranging from 194 to 202 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 56 to 61; (e) an acid value of not more than 0.6 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of oil; (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 12 grammes per kilogramme of oil; and (h) a slip point of – (i) not less than 19 degrees celsius; and (ii) not more than 24 degrees celsius. 198. Edible safflower oil (1) Edible safflower oil includes – (a) safflower seed oil; (b) carthamus oil; and (c) kurdee. (2) Edible safflower oil shall be the oil obtained from the seeds of the plant carthamus tinctorius. (3) Edible safflower oil shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 20 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 20 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.922 to 0.927; (b) a refractive index, at 40 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.467 to 1.470; (c) a saponification value ranging from 186 to 198 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 135 to 150; (e) an acid value of not more than 0.6 milligramme of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of oil; and (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 15 grammes per kilogramme of oil. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-49 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 199. Margarine (1) Margarine shall include – (a) cooking margarine; and (b) table margarine. (2) Margarine shall be a mixture of edible fats, oil and water prepared in the form of a solid or semi-solid emulsion. (3) Margarine shall contain – (a) not less than 80 per cent fat; and (b) not more than 16 per cent water and 4 per cent salt. (4) Margarine shall contain beta-carotene, annatto or curcumin as permitted colouring substances as provided in the Sixteenth Schedule. (5) Table margarine – (a) shall contain – (i) not less than 2,500; and (ii) not more than 3,500, of international units of vitamin A, in each 100 grammes of margarine; and (b) shall contain – (i) not less than 250; and (ii) not more than 350, of international units of vitamin D, in each 100 grammes of margarine. (6) Polyunsaturated margarine shall contain – (a) not less than 45 per cent polyunsaturated fatty acids; and (b) not more than 25 per cent saturated fatty acids. 200. Special labelling requirement for margarine No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell margarine having a label bearing the word “POLYUNSATURATED” unless the margarine contains less than 5 milligrammes of cholesterol per 100 grammes of margarine. 201. Vanaspati (1) Vanaspati shall be the semi-solid edible fat product obtained from – (a) refined edible vegetable oil; (b) edible vegetable fat; or (c) refined edible vegetable oil and edible vegetable fat. (2) Vanaspati shall – (a) contain not less than 97 per cent of fat derived solely from vegetable; (b) contain not more than 0.25 per cent water; (c) not contain any edible animal fat; and (d) not contain animal oil. (3) Vanaspati shall have the following characteristics – (a) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 12.5 per cent gramme per kilogramme; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-50 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) a free fatty acid content of 0.25 per cent as oleic acid; and (c) a slip point ranging from 37 degrees celsius to 44 degrees celsius. (4) Vanaspati may contain – (a) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Sixteenth Schedule; (b) permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; or (c) vitamin A and its esters, vitamin D and vitamin E and its esters. 202. Dripping (1) Dripping shall be edible fat obtained from sound fatty tissues of – (a) bovine; (b) sheep; or (c) bovine and sheep. (2) Dripping shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 40 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 20 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.893 to 0.904; (b) a refractive index, at 40 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.448 to 1.460; (c) a saponification value ranging from 190 to 202 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 32 to 50; (e) an acid value of not more than 2.5 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of oil; (f) a peroxide value not more than 16 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of oil; (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 12 grammes per kilogramme of oil; and (h) a titre temperature ranging from 40 degrees celsius to 49 degrees celsius. 203. Suet (1) Suet shall be the edible fat obtained from the fatty tissues from the region of the kidney, loin or caul of a bovine. (2) Suet shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 40 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 20 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.893 to 0.898; (b) a refractive index, at 40 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.448 to 1.460; (c) a saponification value ranging from 190 to 200 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of fat; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 32 to 47; (e) an acid value of not more than 2.0 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of fat; (f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of fat; (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 10 grammes per kilogramme of oil; and (h) a titre temperature ranging from 42.5 degrees celsius to 47 degrees celsius. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-51 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 204. Lard (1) Lard shall be the edible fat obtained from fresh, clean and sound fatty tissues of swine sus scrofa. (2) Lard shall have the following characteristics – (a) a density at 40 degrees celsius, relative to the density of water at 20 degrees celsius, ranging from 0.896 to 0.904; (b) a refractive index, at 20 degrees celsius, ranging from 1.448 to 1.460; (c) a saponification value ranging from 192 to 203 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of fat; (d) an iodine value (Wij’s) ranging from 45 to 70; (e) an acid value of not more than 1.3 milligrammes of potassium hydroxide per gramme of fat; (f) a peroxide value not more than 10 milli-equivalents peroxide oxygen per kilogramme of fat; (g) an unsaponifiable matter of not more than 10 grammes per kilogramme of fat; and (h) a titre temperature ranging from 32 degrees celsius to 45 degrees celsius. 205. Shortening Shortening, other than butter or lard – (a) shall be the semi-solid edible fat prepared from – (i) fats; (ii) oils; or (iii) a combination of fats and oils, processed by hydrogenation; and (b) may contain – (i) permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; or (ii) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Sixteenth Schedule. 206. Maximum permissible level of fat No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any food specified in the first column of the Fifty-eight Schedule unless it complies with the maximum permissible level of polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat or palm oil specified in the second column of the Schedule in respect of that food. PART XVII – VINEGAR, SAUCE, PICKLE 207. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale and sell any vinegar, sauce or pickle unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 208 to 212. 208. Vinegar Vinegar – (a) shall be an acid liquid obtained wholly from acetous fermentation of country liquor or wine; (b) shall contain more than 2 degrees of acetic acid; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-52 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (c) may contain permitted preservative as provided in the Twelfth Schedule; (d) may contain caramel as a colouring substance; and (e) may contain spices. 209. Spirit vinegar (1) Spirit vinegar – (a) shall be an acid liquid, obtained wholly from acetous fermentation of a distilled alcoholic liquid; and (b) shall contain more than 2 degrees of acetic acid. (2) No person shall manufacture, process, pack, store or sell any package containing spirit vinegar unless, as specified in regulation 3, it bears a label in which shall be written the words “SPIRIT VINEGAR”. 210. Non-brewed condiment Non-brewed condiment shall be an acid liquid other than vinegar or spirit vinegar. 211. Cider vinegar Cider vinegar or apple vinegar shall be made from the liquid expressed from apples, and may contain caramel as a colouring substance. 212. Authorisation from Permanent Secretary Notwithstanding the Excise Act, no person shall import, manufacture, produce, process or pack vinegar, spirit vinegar or non-brewed condiment without a written authorisation from the Permanent Secretary. 213. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any soya sauce, fish sauce, hydrolysed sauce, blended hydrolysed sauce, chilli sauce, salad dressing or mayonnaise unless it complies with standards specified in regulations 214 to 224. 214. Sauce Sauce shall be a liquid or semi-liquid savoury preparation of wholesome food intended to be used in the preparation of, or eaten with food as a relish. 215. Soya sauce or soya bean sauce Soya sauce or soya bean sauce – (a) shall be the clear, salty brown liquid prepared from the fermentation of the bean of the plant glycine mix, together with cereal and flour; (b) shall contain not less than 0.6 per cent weight per volume of total nitrogen; (c) shall contain not less than 10 per cent salt; (d) may contain sugar, glucose syrup or molasses; (e) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (f) may contain caramel as a colouring substance; and (g) may contain any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 216. Fish sauce Fish sauce – (a) shall be the fish product in the form of liquid prepared by salt fermentation of fresh fish other than shellfish; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-53 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (b) shall contain not less than 15 per cent salt and 10 per cent protein; and (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (d) may contain caramel as a colouring substance; and (e) may contain any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 217. Hydrolysed sauce (1) Hydrolysed sauce may be hydrolysed plant protein sauce or vegetable protein sauce. (2) Hydrolysed sauce shall contain – (a) not less than 2.5 per cent weight per volume of total nitrogen; (b) not less than 10 per cent salt; (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; and (d) may contain caramel as a colouring substance. 218. Blended hydrolysed sauce (1) Blended hydrolysed sauce shall be the product obtained by blending hydrolysed sauce with soya sauce or soya bean sauce. (2) Blended hydrolysed sauce shall contain – (a) not less than 0.3 per cent weight per volume of total nitrogen; (b) not less than 10 per cent salt; (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (d) may contain caramel as a colouring substance; and (e) may contain any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 219. Special labelling requirements for hydrolysed sauce and blended hydrolysed sauce No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a package containing hydrolysed sauce or blended hydrolysed sauce unless, as specified in regulation 3 – (a) the words “hydrolysed plant protein sauce (HPP sauce)” are mentioned on the label where the hydrolysed sauce is derived from plants; (b) the words “hydrolysed vegetable protein sauce (HVP sauce)” are mentioned on the label where the hydrolysed sauce is derived exclusively from vegetables; (c) the words “blended hydrolysed plant protein sauce (Blended HPP sauce)” are mentioned on the label where the hydrolysed sauce is derived from plants; or (d) the words “blended hydrolysed vegetable protein sauce (Blended HVP sauce)” are mentioned on the label where the hydrolysed sauce is derived exclusively from vegetables. 220. Chilli sauce Chilli sauce shall – (a) be a sauce prepared from sound, ripe chillies or chilli powder, with salt, sugar, vinegar, with or without other food; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-54 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) contain not less than 25 per cent of total solids; (c) contain 0.8 per cent of total acidity expressed as acetic acid; (d) contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; and (e) contain any colouring substance specified in the Eighteenth Schedule. 221. Salad dressing Salad dressing – (a) shall be a mixture of edible vegetable oil, whole egg or egg yolk, vinegar or citrus fruit juice, with or without other food; (b) may contain water, salt, a sweetening agent, spice or other seasoning, an emulsifying agent, citric acid, tartaric or lactic acid; and (c) shall contain not less than 35 per cent of edible vegetable oil. 222. Mayonnaise In this regulation – (1) “mayonnaise” includes mayonnaise dressing or mayonnaise salad dressing. (2) Mayonnaise – (a) shall be a mixture of vinegar or citric fruit juice, liquid egg, or liquid egg yolk with edible vegetable oil; (b) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules, water, salt, a sweetening agent, spices, citric acid, lactic acid or tartaric acid; and (c) may contain not less than 65 per cent of edible vegetable oil. 223. Pickle Pickle – (a) shall be clean, sound vegetable or fruit or both, preserved in salt, vinegar, citric acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid or any combination of these, together with sugar, spices or vegetable oil; (b) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (c) may contain permitted colouring substance as specified in the Eighteenth Schedule; (d) may contain any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (e) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the Thirty-ninth Schedule. 224. Special labelling requirements for pickle (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a package containing pickle unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the word “PICKLE OF ........................................................................”, is mentioned on the label. (name of fruit or vegetable) (2) No fruit or vegetable shall be named on the label unless it is present in a proportion of not less than 50 per cent of the total fruit or vegetable contained in the pickle. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-55 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 PART XVIII – GELATIN 225. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, store, pack, offer for sale or sell any edible gelatin which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 226 and 227. 226. Edible gelatin Edible gelatin sold for human consumption – (a) shall be the clean and wholesome product obtained from skin, bone or other collagenous material; (b) shall contain not more than 16 per cent of moisture and shall yield not more than 3 per cent of ash; and (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 227. Label No person shall import, manufacture, store, pack, offer for sale or sell any food to which edible gelatin has been added unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the label on the package of the food specifically mentions the words “CONTAINS EDIBLE GELATIN FROM .................................................................................................................". (state the common name of the animal from which the edible gelatin is obtained) PART XIX – TOMATO, VEGETABLE AND VEGETABLE PRODUCT 228. Definition of tomato product Tomato product includes – (a) canned tomato; (b) tomato juice; (c) tomato purée; (d) tomato paste; and (e) tomato sauce. 229. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, store, pack, offer for sale or sell any tomato product which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 230 to 234. 230. Canned tomato Canned tomato – (a) shall be the product prepared from clean, sound, ripe and fresh tomato, sealed in a container and processed by heat to prevent spoilage; (b) may contain sugar, salt, tomato juice or purée; (c) may contain nisin, where the pH of the canned tomato is less than 4.5; and (d) may contain calcium chloride, sulphate or citrate in a proportion not exceeding 800 milligrammes per kilogramme, calculated as calcium. 231. Tomato juice Tomato juice – (a) shall be the liquid and suspended fine material expressed from clean, sound and ripe tomato sealed in a container and processed by heat to prevent spoilage; (b) shall be free from seeds, skin and other coarse material; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-56 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (c) shall contain not less than 180 milligrammes of ascorbic acid per litre; and (d) may contain added salt, sugar, spices or ascorbic acid. 232. Tomato purée Tomato purée – (a) shall be the product resulting from the concentration of the screened or strained fleshy and liquid portions of clean, sound and ripe tomato sealed in a container and processed by heat to prevent spoilage; (b) shall contain not less than 8 per cent of soluble salt free solids; and (c) may contain nisin whenever the pH of the tomato purée is less than 4.5. 233. Tomato paste Tomato paste – (a) shall be the product resulting from the concentration of the screened fleshy and liquid portions of clean, sound and ripe tomato sealed in a container and processed by heat to prevent spoilage; (b) shall contain not less than 25 per cent tomato solids; (c) may contain salt; and (d) may contain nisin wherever the pH of such tomato paste is less than 4.5. 234. Tomato sauce Tomato sauce or ketchup – (a) shall be sauce prepared from clean, sound and ripe tomato free from tamarind; (b) shall contain not less than 4 per cent of non-sugar organic solids; and (c) may contain sugar, salt, vinegar, acetic acid, onions, garlic, spices or other condiments. 235. Definition of processed vegetable and vegetable (1) Processed vegetable includes – (a) dried or dehydrated vegetable; (b) frozen vegetable; (c) salted vegetable; (d) dried salted vegetable; (e) canned vegetable; and (f) vegetable juice. (2) Vegetable shall be the clean and sound edible part of a herbaceous plant commonly used as food. 236. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, store, pack, offer for sale or sell any fresh vegetable or processed vegetable which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 237 to 245. 237. Fresh vegetable (1) Fresh vegetable shall be vegetable which is not processed and shall not be withered, shriveled, discoloured or infested with or by insects, worms and moulds. (2) No person shall store, expose for sale or sell fresh vegetable intended for human consumption – FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-57 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (a) unless the vegetable is kept on tables or stalls; and (b) in or beside a public convenience, in or beside a place where noxious substances are emitted or in or beside any place which is in an insanitary condition. 238. Dried or dehydrated vegetable Dried vegetable or dehydrated vegetable – (a) shall be the raw edible part of vegetable dehydrated by artificially induced conditions or naturally; (b) shall contain not more than 8 per cent moisture; (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; and (d) may contain any permitted colouring substance specified in the Eighteenth Schedule. 239. Frozen vegetable Frozen vegetable – (a) shall be fresh vegetable that is maintained in a frozen condition for a continuous period at a temperature of -18 degrees celsius or less, or any other temperature approved in food technology; and (b) shall not be thawed out before sale. 240. Salted vegetable Salted vegetable – (a) shall be fresh vegetable treated with salt; (b) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; and (c) may contain any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 241. Dried salted vegetable Dried salted vegetable – (a) shall be fresh vegetable treated with salt, and dried by artificially induced conditions or naturally; (b) shall contain not more than 8 per cent moisture; (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; and (d) may contain any permitted flavour enhancer as specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 242. Canned vegetable Canned vegetable – (a) shall be the vegetable product prepared from mature, fresh and sound vegetable, sealed in airtight containers and processed by heat; and (b) may contain other food, provided the other food does not exceed 50 per cent of the mixture. 243. Canned peas (1) Canned peas may be canned fresh peas or canned processed dried peas. (2) Canned fresh peas – (a) shall be fresh garden peas with or without salt; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-58 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) shall be packed in hermetically sealed containers; (c) shall be sterilised by heat; and (d) may contain any permitted colouring substance specified in the Eighteenth Schedule. (3) Processed dried peas – (a) shall be the product obtained by canning prepared dried peas with or without the addition of salt; (b) shall be packed in hermetically sealed containers; (c) shall be sterilised by heat; (d) may contain any permitted colouring substance specified in the Eighteenth Schedule; and (e) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the the Forty first, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. 244. Special labelling requirement for processed dried peas No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a package containing processed dried peas unless, in compliance with regulation 3 – (a) the words “PROCESSED DRIED PEAS” are conspicuously mentioned on the label; (b) the label does not bear any statement or pictorial design indicating or suggesting that the peas are fresh garden peas; and (c) the label does not bear any pictorial reproduction of peas in the pod. 245. Vegetable juice Vegetable juice – (a) shall be the liquid product of one or more vegetables; and (b) shall not contain fruit juice and herbal tea. 246. Prohibition No person shall engage in the canning of any tomato product or process any vegetable, on the same premises where meat, poultry or fish products are processed or canned. PART XX – NUT OR NUT PRODUCT 247. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, store, pack, offer for sale or sell any nut or nut product which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 248 to 252. 248. Definition of nut and nut product (1) Nut – (a) shall be the clean and sound edible seed, kernel or other similar parts of a plant; but (b) shall not include food classified as cereal, vegetable, fruit or spice. (2) Nut product includes – (a) desiccated coconut; (b) peanut butter; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-59 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (c) ground almond; and (d) marzipan. 249. Desiccated coconut Desiccated coconut – (a) shall be the dried and shredded kernel of the fruit of the plant cocos nucifera; (b) shall contain not less than 50 per cent coconut oil; and (c) shall contain not more than 3 per cent moisture. 250. Peanut butter Peanut butter – (a) shall be the product prepared by grinding clean and sound peanuts that have been decorticated; (b) shall contain not less than – (i) 85 per cent peanut; and (ii) 20 per cent protein; (c) shall contain not more than – (i) 55 per cent edible fat or edible oil; (ii) 3 per cent water; (iii) 2 per cent salt; (iv) 5 per cent hydrogenated vegetable oil; and (v) the maximum quantity of mycological contaminant as specified in the Ninth Schedule. (d) may contain – (i) sugar or glucose, or both; and (ii) permitted antioxidant as specified in the Twenty-eighth Schedule. 251. Ground almond Ground almond shall be the product obtained by grinding the seed kernels of the almond after cleaning, blanching, and removing the skins, but without removing oil. 252. Marzipan Marzipan or almond paste shall be a preparation of ground almond which – (a) shall contain – (i) sugar and glucose; (ii) water; (iii) one of the following acids – (A) acetic acid; (B) tartaric acid; or (C) lactic acid; (b) may contain – (i) egg; or (ii) flavouring substance which shall be wholly derived from almond. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-60 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 PART XXI – MILK AND MILK PRODUCT 253. Definition of milk, processed milk and milk product (1) Whole milk includes – (a) raw milk; and (b) fresh milk. (2) Processed milk includes – (a) skimmed milk; (b) sterilised milk, (c) pasteurised milk; and (d) ultra heat-treated (UHT) milk. (3) Milk products include – (a) flavoured milk; (b) full cream milk powder; (c) skimmed milk powder; (d) partly skimmed milk powder; (e) reconstituted milk; (f) evaporated milk; (g) sweetened condensed milk; (h) filled milk; (i) evaporated filled milk; (j) condensed filled milk; (k) filled milk powder; (l) cream; (m) pasteurised, sterilised or ultra heated cream; (n) imitation cream; (o) non-dairy coffee whitener or non-dairy creamer; (p) butter; (q) ghee; (r) cheese; (s) cottage cheese; (t) cream cheese; (u) processed cheese; (v) cheese spread; (w) sage cheese or hard cheese; (x) yogurt; (y) flavoured yogurt; and (z) fermented yogurt. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-61 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 254. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale, sell, hawk or consign whole milk, processed milk or any milk products unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 255 to 308. 255. Standard for whole milk (1) Whole milk – (a) shall be the clean and fresh mammary secretion obtained by milking a healthy cow without any addition to it or extraction from it; (b) shall contain not less than – (i) 3 per cent milk fat; and (ii) 8.5 per cent non-fat milk solids; (c) shall not contain any – (i) added water; (ii) food additive; (iii) other added or foreign substance; and (iv) trace of antibiotics or veterinary drugs. (2) (a) A person may deal in whole milk obtained from milking animals other than a cow or processed milk or milk products obtained from such milk provided he has obtained the written authorisation of the Permanent Secretary. (b) The Permanent Secretary may, in issuing an authorisation under paragraph (a), impose such conditions and set such standards as he may determine. 256. Dealer in whole milk (1) Every person who – (a) has in his possession, exposes, deposits or delivers for the purpose of sale; (b) offers for sale, sells, hawks or consigns, whole milk for human consumption shall be a dealer in whole milk. (2) (a) Every dealer in whole milk shall make an application for registration as such a dealer at the Health Office in the district where he resides. (b) Every applicant shall produce to the authorised officer dealing with his application, all information and documentary evidence requested by the authorised officer. (c) An authorised officer may, where he is satisfied that the applicant is a dealer in milk, deliver to him a certificate of registration. (d) A dealer in whole milk shall produce his certificate of registration to an authorised officer whenever requested. 257. Size of milk vessels for hawking of whole milk No person shall hawk whole milk except in a vessel which shall be of a capacity of not less than one litre or not more than 15 litres. 258. Sealing of consigned whole milk A person who consigns whole milk shall ensure that the milk is carried in a churn or vessel which is effectively closed and locked at the time it leaves his premises. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-62 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 259. Proper marking of milk vessel A person who consigns, hawks or delivers whole milk, shall have conspicuously painted on the side of every milk vessel – (a) an indication to the effect that the vessel contains whole milk; and (b) his name, surname and the number of his registration certificate. 260. Skimmed milk (1) Skimmed milk includes skim milk, non-fat milk, reduced fat milk and separated milk. (2) Skimmed milk shall – (a) be milk from which milk fat has been removed but shall not contain more than 0.5 per cent milk fat; (b) not contain less than 8.5 per cent non-fat milk solids; and (c) not contain any added water or other substances. 261. Special labelling requirement for skimmed milk No person shall import, manufacture, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing skimmed milk unless, in accordance with regulation 3 – (a) the words "skimmed milk", "skim milk", "non-fat milk", "reduced fat milk" or "separated milk", as the case may be, are mentioned on the label; and (b) the words “NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS EXCEPT ON MEDICAL ADVICE” are mentioned in capital letters. 262. Skimmed milk to be sold in packets (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall sell skimmed milk otherwise than in a sealed packet or bottle. (2) Skimmed milk may be sold otherwise in a sealed packet or bottle than in a depot approved by the Permanent Secretary. 263. Sterilised milk (1) Sterilised milk is milk which has been filtered or clarified, homogenised, and thereafter heated to and maintained at a temperature of not less than 100 degrees celsius for a length of time sufficient to render the milk sterile until its date of expiry. (2) The heat treatment referred to in paragraph (1) shall be carried out in a bottle and after treatment, the bottle shall be sealed so as to be airtight. (3) A sample of sterilised milk taken after treatment and before delivery to the consumer shall satisfy a turbidity test. 264. Pasteurised milk Pasteurised milk shall be milk which has been treated and retained at a temperature of – (a) not less than 63 degrees celsius and not more than 65 degrees celsius for 30 minutes, immediately – (i) cooled to a temperature of not more than 4 degrees celsius; (ii) packed in an aseptically container and maintained at that temperature until delivery; or (b) not less than 73 degrees celsius for 15 seconds, immediately – FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-63 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (i) cooled to a temperature of not more than 4 degrees celsius; (ii) packed in an aseptically container and maintained at that temperature until delivery. 265. Test for pasteurised milk (1) A licensee of a milk plant shall ensure that – (a) a phosphatase test; and (b) a methylene blue test, are carried out after milk has been pasteurised, but before delivery for human con sumption. (2) A licensee of a milk plant shall not deliver pasteurised milk for human consumption unless the milk satisfies – (a) the phosphatase test and does not contain coliform bacillus in 0.01 millilitre of the milk; and (b) the methylene blue test. (3) A person taking a sample of pasteurised milk for the purpose of a methylene blue test shall ensure that the sample is kept in an insulated container without artificial cooling until it reaches the laboratory. 266. Condition for storing pasteurised milk A licensee of a milk plant or a person who sells pasteurised milk shall ensure that the milk is properly kept, at all times, at a temperature of 4 degrees celsius or less until it is delivered or sold for human consumption. 267. Ultra heat-treated milk Ultra Heat-treated (UHT) milk shall be milk which has, at a continuous flow, been subjected to heat treatment of not less than 135 degrees celsius for at least 2 seconds, and immediately, aseptically packed in a sterile container. 268. Special labelling requirement for pasteurised milk, sterilised milk or ultra heat treated milk No person shall import, manufacture, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing pasteurised milk, sterilised milk or ultra heat-treated milk unless, in accordance with regulation 3 – (a) the package is marked or labelled so as to indicate the name and address of the milk plant where the milk was processed; and (b) the label indicates the nature of the milk contained in the package together with the date when the milk was pasteurised or sterilised or ultra heat-treated. 269. Flavoured milk Flavoured milk – (a) shall be whole milk, processed milk or reconstituted milk to which any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule has been added and which shall have been efficiently heat-treated by one of the methods specified in regulations 263, 264 and 267; (b) shall contain not less than – (i) 3 per cent milk fat; and (ii) 8.5 per cent non-fat milk solids; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-64 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (c) may contain any permitted colouring substance listed in the Nineteenth Schedule; (d) may contain permitted food conditioner as provided in the Forty-Fifth Schedule; and (e) may contain added sugar. 270. Full-cream milk powder Full-cream milk powder or dried full-cream milk – (a) shall be milk from which water has been removed; (b) shall not contain more than 5 per cent water; (c) shall contain not less than 26 per cent milk fat; and (d) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Schedules. 271. Special labelling requirement for full-cream milk powder No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing full-cream milk powder unless, in accordace with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF 6 MONTHS” are mentioned on the label. 272. Skimmed milk powder Skimmed milk powder – (a) shall be the product obtained by removing the water from skimmed milk; (b) shall not contain more than – (i) 5 per cent water; (ii) 1.5 per cent milk fat; and (c) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Schedules. 273. Special labelling requirement for skimmed milk powder No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing skimmed milk powder unless, in accordace with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS EXCEPT ON MEDICAL ADVICE” are mentioned on the label. 274. Partly skimmed milk powder Partly skimmed milk powder – (a) shall be the product obtained by removing water from partly skimmed milk; (b) shall contain – (i) not less than 1.5 per cent and not more than 26 per cent milk fat; and (ii) not more than 5 per cent water. 275. Special labelling requirement for partly skimmed milk powder No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing partly skimmed milk powder unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS EXCEPT ON MEDICAL ADVICE” are mentioned on the label. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-65 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 276. Reconstituted milk (1) Reconstituted milk – (a) shall be the liquid product prepared by the addition of water to full cream milk powder; and (b) shall be pasteurised, sterilised or ultra heat-treated as specified in regulations 263, 264 and 267. (2) No person shall sell reconstituted milk otherwise than in a sealed package. 277. Evaporated milk Evaporated milk or unsweetened condensed milk – (a) shall be the product obtained by evaporating a portion of water from milk, or by reconstitution of milk constituents and submitting the reconstituted milk constituents to part evaporation; (b) shall contain not less than – (i) 7.5 per cent milk fat; and (ii) 25 per cent total milk solids; and (c) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. 278. Special labelling requirement for evaporated milk No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing evaporated milk unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS” are mentioned on the label. 279. Condensed milk Condensed milk – (a) shall be the product obtained by evaporating a portion of water from milk, or by reconstitution of milk constituents and submitting the reconstituted milk constituents to part evaporation and to which sugar has been added; (b) shall contain not less than – (i) 28 per cent total milk solids; and (ii) 8 per cent milk fats; and (c) may contain sugar. 280. Special labelling requirement for condensed milk No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing condensed milk unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS” are mentioned on the label. 281. Filled milk Filled milk – (a) shall be whole milk from which the milk fat has been replaced wholly or partly by an equivalent amount of edible vegetable oil or edible vegetable fat, or a combination of both; (b) shall be sterilised or ultra heat-treated; and (c) shall contain not less than – (i) 3 per cent fat; and (ii) 8.5 per cent non-fat milk solids. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-66 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 282. Special labelling requirement for filled milk No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing filled milk unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS” are mentioned on the label. 283. Evaporated filled milk Evaporated filled milk or unsweetened condensed filled milk shall, in all respects, comply with the standard for evaporated milk or unsweetened condensed milk except that the milk fat content is replaced by edible vegetable oil or edible vegetable fat. 284. Special labelling requirement for evaporated filled milk No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing evaporated filled milk or unsweetened condensed filled milk unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS” are mentioned on the label. 285. Condensed filled milk Condensed filled milk shall comply with the standard for sweetened condensed milk except that the milk fat content is replaced by edible vegetable oil or edible vegetable fat. 286. Special labelling requirement for condensed filled milk No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing condensed filled milk unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS” are mentioned on the label. 287. Filled milk powder Filled milk powder or dried filled milk shall be milk from which water has been removed, and shall comply with the standards for full-cream milk powder, except that the milk fat content is replaced by edible vegetable oil or edible vegetable fat. 288. Special labelling requirement for filled milk powder No person shall import, manufacture, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing filled milk powder unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the words “THIS PRODUCT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR INFANTS BELOW THE AGE OF 6 MONTHS” are mentioned on the label. 289. Cream (1) Cream – (a) shall be a milk product obtained by separating the constituents of whole milk, through a mechanical separation process and may have varying percentages of fat as specified in paragraph (2); (b) shall have a minimum fat content of 18 per cent; (c) shall have a maximum level of 2 per cent milk solids non-fat and 0.1 per cent casein; (d) may contain permitted emulsifiers as specified in the Thirty-ninth Schedule; (e) may contain permitted stabilisers as specified in the Forty-fifth Schedule; (f) may contain permitted thickening agent as specified in the Forty-sixth Schedule; and (g) may contain any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-67 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (2) (a) Cream may be varied depending on the percentage of fat as specified in paragraph (b). (b) (i) Half cream shall have a minimum fat content of 10 per cent and a maximum fat content of less than 18 per cent. (ii) Whipping or whipped cream shall have a minimum fat content of 28 per cent. (iii) Heavy whipped cream shall have a minimum fat content of 35 per cent. (iv) Double cream shall have a minimum fat content of 45 per cent. 290. Pasteurised, sterilised, ultra heat-treated cream (1) Pasteurised cream shall be cream which – (a) has been manufactured from pasteurised milk; or (b) has been pasteurised by either of the methods of heat treatment referred to in regulation 264. (2) Sterilised cream shall be cream which has been sterilised by the method of heat treatment mentioned in regulation 263 while the cream is in the container in which it is supplied to the consumer. (3) Ultra heat-treated cream shall be cream which has been ultra heat-treated in a continuous flow by the method of heat treatment specified in regulation 267 and which has been packed aseptically. 291. Imitation cream Imitation cream shall – (a) be an emulsion of fat with or without other foodstuff and flavouring, prepared in imitation of cream; and (b) contain not less than 35 per cent total fats. 292. Special labelling requirement for imitation cream No person shall import, manufacture, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing imitation cream unless, in accordance with regulation 3 – (a) the words “IMITATION CREAM” are mentioned on the label; and (b) the label does not bear any pictorial suggesting that the product is cream derived from cow’s milk. 293. Non-dairy creamer Non-dairy creamer – (a) shall be a mixture of coffee in powder form, reducing sugars and hydrogenated edible vegetable fat; (b) shall contain not less than 35 per cent total fat; (c) may contain – (i) mono and diglycerides of fat forming fatty acids or lecithin in a proportion not exceeding 6 per cent; (ii) potassium phosphate not exceeding 2 per cent; and (iii) sodium silicoaluminate in proportion not exceeding 0.3 per cent of the total volume of the creamer; and (d) may contain any permitted flavouring specified in the Twenty-third Schedule. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-68 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 294. Butter Butter – (a) shall be the fatty product exclusively derived from milk; (b) shall have – (i) a minimum fat content of 80 per cent; (ii) a maximum milk solids non-fat content of 2 per cent; and (iii) a maximum water content of 16 per cent; (c) may contain annato, beta-carotene or curcumin as food colours; (d) may contain as neutralising salts – (i) a maximum of 2,000 milligrammes per kilogramme of sodium orthophosphate; (ii) sodium carbonate; (iii) sodium bicarbonate; (iv) sodium hydroxide; or (v) calcium hydroxide; (e) may contain sodium chloride; and (f) shall not contain any – (i) fat or oil foreign to milk; and (ii) preservative. 295. Ghee Ghee – (a) shall be the products exclusively obtained from butter or cream and resulting from the removal of water and solids non-fat content; (b) shall have – (i) a minimum milk fat content of 99.3 per cent; and (ii) a maximum water content of 0.5 per cent; (c) may contain permitted antioxidants as specified in the Twenty-eighth Schedule; and (d) shall not contain any substance foreign to milk, cream or butter. 296. Cheese Cheese – (a) shall be the fresh or matured solid or semi-solid product obtained by coagulating whole milk, skimmed milk, cream, buttermilk, whey or any mixture of these, with protein coagulating enzymes and subjecting the mixture to heat; (b) shall contain not less than 40 per cent of milk fat on a water free basis; (c) shall not contain any fat other than milk fat; (d) may contain – (i) ripening ferments; (ii) harmless acid producing bacterial cultures and mould cultures; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-69 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (iii) permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Schedules; (iv) permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin as specified in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Schedules; and (v) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; (e) may be coated with harmless wax or plastic. 297. Cottage cheese Cottage cheese – (a) shall be cheese made from pasteurised milk from which all the fat has not been removed with protein coagulating enzymes; (b) shall not contain more than 80 per cent water; and (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 298. Cream cheese (1) Cream cheese shall be cheese – (a) made from cream; or (b) from milk to which cream has been added. (2) Cream cheese shall contain – (a) not more than 55 per cent water; (b) not less than 65 per cent milk fat on a water free basis; (c) 0.5 per cent stabiliser as permitted food conditioner as specified in the Forty-fifth Schedule. (3) Cream cheese may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 299. Processed cheese Processed cheese – (a) shall be the product obtained by processing cheese which has been comminuted, emulsified and pasteurised; (b) shall contain – (i) cultures of harmless bacteria; (ii) not less than 45 per cent of milk fat on a water free basis; and (iii) not more than 3 per cent of emulsifying agent sodium phosphate or sodium citrate; (c) may contain – (i) permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Schedules; (ii) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule; (iii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; (iv) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; or (v) permitted food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth, Forty-second, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-70 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 300. Cheese spread (1) Cheese spread includes cheese paste and cheese mixture. (2) Cheese spread – (a) shall be a paste prepared from cheese together with other foodstuff and condiment; (b) shall not contain – (i) less than 75 per cent cheese; (ii) more than 50 per cent moisture; and (iii) more than 3 per cent permitted emulsifier as specified in the Fortieth Schedule; (c) may contain – (i) permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (ii) permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin as specified in the Eighteenth Schedule; (iii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (iv) permitted food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth, Forty-second, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. 301. Sage cheese (1) Sage cheese – (a) shall be cheese containing herbs; and (b) shall, subject to paragraph (2), not have on it any colouring substance. (2) Sage cheese may have on it carotene or annato as a colouring substance. 302. Hard and soft cheese (1) Soft cheese – (a) shall be cheese which is readily deformed by moderate pressure; and (b) shall not contain any colouring substance. (2) Hard cheese – (a) shall be cheese other than soft cheese, whey cheese or processed cheese; and (b) shall, subject to paragraph (3), not contain any colouring substance. (3) Hard cheese may have on its surface, carotene or annatto as a colouring substance. 303. Yogurt (1) Yogurt shall be the coagulated product obtained from pasteurised milk, pasteurised cream or a mixture of both which has been subjected to lactic acid fermentation through the action of organisms of the types lactobacillus bulgarius and streptococcus thermophilus. (2) (a) Yogurt shall be made from whole milk or cream and shall contain not less than 3 per cent milk fat. (b) Reduced fat yogurt shall be made from reduced fat milk and shall contain more than 0.5 per cent but less than 3 per cent milk fat. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-71 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (c) Non fat yogurt shall be made from non-fat milk and shall contain not more than 0.5 per cent milk fat. (3) Yogurt, reduced fat yogurt and non-fat yogurt – (a) shall contain not less than 8.2 per cent of milk solids other than fat; (b) shall have a pH value not greater than 4.5; (c) shall not contain more than one escherichia coli in one gramme of yogurt; (d) may contain added sugar; and (e) may contain any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule. 304. Flavoured yogurt (1) Flavoured yogurt shall be yogurt, reduced fat yogurt or non-fat yogurt mixed together with fruit, fruit pulp, sliced fruit, fruit juice, or flavouring derived from fruit. (2) Flavoured yogurt – (a) shall contain not less than 5 per cent fruit or fruit juice; (b) may contain sugar; (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (d) may contain any permitted colouring substance specified in the Eighteenth Schedule; and (e) may contain gelatin which shall not exceed one per cent of the yogurt. 305. Special labelling requirements for flavoured yogurt No person shall import, manufacture, process, store, offer for sale or sell any package containing flavoured yogurt, unless in accordance with regulation 3 – (a) the words “FLAVOURED YOGURT .............." are mentioned on the label; and (name of fruit or fruit flavouring) (b) the label does not bear any expression denoting fruit or pictorial representation of fruit where the yogurt does not contain fresh, canned, quick frozen or powdered fruit. 306. Curdled milk (1) Curdled milk includes fermented milk. (2) Curdled milk – (a) shall be the product obtained by subjecting sterilised or pasteurised whole milk, or skimmed milk to inoculation with a culture of organisms of the type lactobacillus acidophilus or lactobacillus bulgarius; (b) may contain added lactose; (c) may contain any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (d) shall have a pH of not less than 0.5 and not more than one. 307. Milk processing plant (1) A milk processing plant is a plant where milk is processed or milk products are manufactured. (2) (a) No person shall operate a milk processing plant unless he has a valid written permit issued by the Permanent Secretary. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-72 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) The Permanent Secretary may, when issuing permit, impose such sanitary conditions as he may determine. (c) The holder of a permit shall renew the permit every year. (3) The licensee of a milk processing plant shall, while the plant is in operation, allow an authorised officer to enter in his premises so as to inspect the condition of the premises and equipment, and to carry out any test which the authorised officer may determine. 308. Standards of equipment of a milk processing plant The owner, occupier or licensee of a milk plant shall ensure that – (a) the whole of the apparatus in which milk is pasteurised, or sterilised or ultra heat-treated, including the cooler, is so constructed as to afford protection to such milk from any risk of atmospheric contamination; (b) all piping, fitting and connection is of stainless steel and of suitable design, and of such interior dimensions as to be easily cleaned; (c) the temperature of milk or of the medium by which such milk is to be maintained at any temperature is automatically controlled; (d) any apparatus in which milk is to be heated to and maintained at a temperature of 63 degrees celsius or more is provided with a safety device which shall – (i) automatically divert the flow of milk which is not raised to or maintained at the temperature of 63 degrees celsius or more; and (ii) prevent the mixture of heat-treated milk with milk which has not been raised to a temperature of 63 degrees celsius or more; (e) a thermometer approved by the Permanent Secretary is installed in a suitable place in the apparatus where milk is processed; (f) all temperature charts or recordings of thermometers are dated and are kept for a period of not less than one year; (g) accurate daily records of – (i) the quantity, quality, nature and source of milk received at the plant; and (ii) the quantity of pasteurised, sterilised or ultra heat-treated milk and milk products leaving the plant, are kept for a period of not less than one year; (h) any record kept under paragraphs (f) and (g) are produced to an authorised officer on demand. PART XXII – ICE CREAM AND RELATED PRODUCT 309. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell ice cream unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 310 to 318. 310. Definition of ice cream Ice cream – (a) shall be the product obtained by freezing a mixture of milk with one or more of the following – (i) milk fat; (ii) vegetable fat; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-73 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (iii) cream; (iv) butter; or (v) sugar; (b) may contain other food; (c) shall contain not less than 10 per cent of milk fat or vegetable fat or a combination of these; (d) shall not contain any farinaceous substance, other than gelatinised starch; and (e) shall contain any permitted colouring substance specified in the Eighteenth Schedule. 311. Definition of milk ice Milk ice – (a) shall be the product obtained by freezing a mixture of milk with one or more of the following – (i) water; (ii) sugar; (iii) glucose; or (iv) fruit juice; (b) shall contain not less than 8 per cent of whole milk solids; and (c) may contain permitted colouring as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule. 312. Microbiological standard Ice cream or milk ice shall comply with the microbiological standard specified in the Eighth Schedule. 313. Heat treatment of ice cream Ice cream, together with any ingredient used in the preparation of ice cream, shall be frozen after having been efficiently heat-treated by being kept at a temperature of not less than – (a) 69 degrees celsius for at least 20 minutes; (b) 74 degrees celsius for at least 10 minutes; or (c) 80 degrees celsius for at least 10 seconds. 314. Incorporation of air in ice cream The volume of air incorporated in ice cream shall be such that the weight per unit of volume of ice cream in its frozen state shall not be less than 0.51 calculated as gramme per millilitre. 315. Level of gelatin permitted The addition to ice cream of gelatin, sodium alginate, edible gum, pre-gelatinised starch and the mono or diglycerides of fat forming fatty acids is permitted, singly or in combination, but in a total proportion not exceeding 1.4 per cent. 316. Special labelling requirement for ice cream (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any package of ice cream unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the label complies with paragraph (2). FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-74 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (2) (a) The label shall not bear the word “DAIRY” or any word of similar meaning if the fat content of the ice cream is not derived solely from milk. (b) Where the ice cream contains a fruit flavour, the label shall not indicate the flavour by the name of the fruit unless the ice cream contains more than 5 per cent of that fruit or the juice of that fruit. (c) The label shall not bear the picture of a fruit or any expression implying the presence of a fruit or fruit juice unless the ice cream contains at least 5 per cent of that fruit or fruit juice. 317. Dairy ice mix Dairy ice mix – (a) shall be a mixture of foodstuff, the fat content of which consists only of milk fat, and which is used in the preparation of ice cream; (b) may contain permitted stabiliser as specified in the Forty-fifth Schedule. 318. Ice cream prepared from dairy ice mix Where dairy ice mix is used, according to written directions contained on its package, to prepare ice cream, the ice cream shall contain not more than 5 per cent of milk fat and not more than 1.4 per cent stabilisers. PART XXIII – MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCT 319. Definition of meat product Meat products include – (a) manufactured meat; (b) canned meat; (c) canned meat with other food; (d) canned meat with pastry; (e) canned meat with pie; (f) meat extract or meat juice; and (g) meat paste. 320. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell meat or any meat product unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 321 to 329. 321. Meat (1) Meat shall be the edible part, as specified in paragraph (2), of – (a) a healthy slaughter animal slaughtered in an abattoir and shall include the edible offal of the animal; and (b) a healthy animal shot or otherwise killed as game. (2) The edible part of the animal – (a) shall be the skeletal muscle of the animal with or without the accompanying and overlying fat; (b) shall be the muscle tissue of the animal together with sinew, nerve and blood vessels which shall not be separated from muscle tissue during the process of dressing; and (c) shall not include the muscle found in the lips, snout, scalp or ear. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-75 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 322. Mincemeat (1) Mincemeat – (a) shall be meat that has been disintegrated by mixing, chopping, cutting or comminuting; (b) shall not contain – (i) any preservative or salt; and (ii) more than 30 per cent fat. (2) Mincemeat shall not be made from a mixture of meat from animals of different common appellation. 323. Different meat not to be processed together (1) No person shall process or pack meat from animal of different common appellation in the same section of a meat processing establishment. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), nothing shall prevent a person from mixing meat from animal of different common appellation for sale as a mixed meat product. 324. Manufactured meat (1) Manufactured meat – (a) shall be a meat product prepared from meat, whether minced, chopped or comminuted, cooked or uncooked with the addition of salt, saltpetre, nitrites, sugar, vinegar, spices, herbs, edible fat and oils, and sold as cuts in a package or shaped in a casing; (b) shall not contain – (i) less than 1.7 per cent nitrogen; and (ii) more than 30 per cent fat; (c) may, where the manufactured meat is corned, cured, pickled or salted, contain sodium nitrite, potassium nitrite, sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate, alone or in combination, as permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Schedules; and (d) may contain – (i) soluble inorganic phosphates in proportion not exceeding 0.3 per cent calculated as phosphorous pentoxide; (ii) ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, isoascorbic acid and sodium isoascorbate as permitted food conditioner; (iii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; (iv) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; and (v) any permitted colouring substance specified in the Sixteenth Schedule. (2) Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to manufactured meat described as salami or salami type product. (3) Where manufactured meat is sold in a casing that is edible, the casing – (a) shall be an integral part of the meat for the purpose of evaluating the meat; and (b) may contain any permitted colouring substance as specified in the Sixteenth Schedule. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-76 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 325. Canned meat Canned meat – (a) shall be – (i) a meat product prepared from manufactured meat; (ii) packed in a clean and hermetically sealed container; and (iii) heat processed to ensure preservation; (b) may contain – (i) salt, water or brine; (ii) sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite or potassium nitrite, alone or in combination, as a permitted preservative as specified in the Thirteenth Schedule; (iii) ascorbic acid, sodium isoascorbate and isoascorbic acid as permitted antioxidant as specified in the Twenty-eighth Schedule; (iv) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (v) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 326. Canned meat with other food Canned meat with other food – (a) shall be – (i) a meat product prepared from meat, or manufactured meat with other food; (ii) packed in a clean and hermetically sealed container; and (iii) heat processed to ensure preservation; (b) may contain – (i) sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite or potassium nitrite, alone or in combination, as permitted preservative as specified in the Thirteenth Schedule; (ii) soluble inorganic phosphates in a proportion not exceeding 0.3 per cent of the product, calculated as phosphorous pentoxide, as a permitted food conditioner; (iii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (iv) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 327. Meat extract, meat juice or meat essence Meat extract, meat juice or meat essence – (a) shall – (i) be a meat product obtained solely by expression or concentration of meat or by extraction from meat; (ii) not contain yeast extract; and (iii) contain animal protein; (b) may contain salt or other condiments. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-77 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 328. Meat paste Meat paste – (a) shall be a paste prepared with meat and condiments; and (b) may contain – (i) other food; or (ii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule. 329. Percentage of meat in meat product (1) A meat product shall contain the percentage of meat specified in paragraph (2) in respect of that product. (2) (a) Manufactured meat shall contain not less than 65 per cent meat. (b) Canned meat shall contain not less than 90 per cent manufactured meat. (c) Canned meat with other food shall contain not less than 45 per cent meat. (d) Canned meat with pastry shall contain not less than 51 per cent meat. (e) Canned meat pie shall contain not less than 40 per cent meat. (f) Meat extract or meat juice or meat essence shall contain not less than 80 per cent of extract, juice or essence of meat. (g) Meat paste shall contain not less than 70 per cent meat. 330. Special labelling requirements for manufactured meat and meat product No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell manufactured meat or a meat product unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the label bears – (a) the common name of the animal whose meat has been used to prepare the manufactured meat or meat product; (b) the common name of each animal whose meat has been used to prepare the manufactured meat or the meat product, where the manufactured meat or meat product has been prepared from a mixture of meat of animals of different common appellation; and (c) the words “LIVER PASTE” where there is more than 51 per cent liver in a paste containing liver and meat. PART XXIV – FRUIT, FRUIT PRODUCT AND SOFT DRINK 331. Definition of fruit product Fruit product includes – (a) jam; (b) marmalade; (c) fruit jelly; (d) dried fruit; (e) mixed dried fruit; (f) crystallised or candied fruit; (g) candied peel; (h) canned fruit; (i) fruit juice; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-78 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (j) concentrated fruit juice; (k) fruit juice cordial; (l) imitation fruit juice cordial; (m) fruit squash; and (n) fruit flavoured drink. 332. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any fresh fruit or fruit product which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 333 to 355. 333. Fresh fruit Fresh fruit – (a) shall be a fruit that is not dried, pulped, dehydrated, frozen, canned, candied or pickled; (b) shall not be withered, shriveled, discoloured, diseased or decomposed; and (c) shall not contain pesticide residues at a level more than that specified in the Tenth Schedule. 334. Jam Jam – (a) shall be a product prepared by boiling, with sugar and with or without added pectin, one or more types of sound fruits, whether fresh, frozen, canned, concentrated, processed or preserved; (b) shall contain – (i) not more than 15 per cent glucose; (ii) between a range of 33 per cent and 45 per cent, inclusive, of fruit by weight except for – (A) blackcurrant, rose Hip, quince which shall be between 25 per cent and 35 per cent, inclusive by weight; (B) ginger which shall be between 15 per cent and 25 per cent, inclusive by weight; (C) cashew apple which shall be between 16 per cent and 23 per cent, inclusive by weight; (D) passion fruit which shall be between 6 per cent and 8 per cent, inclusive by weight; (iii) not less than 65 per cent soluble solids; and (c) may contain – (i) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule; (ii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (iii) permitted food conditioner as specified in the Thirty-ninth, Forty-second and Forty-sixth Schedules; (d) shall not contain any added gelatin or starch; and (e) may contain spices. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-79 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 335. Marmalade Marmalade – (a) shall be a clear jelly in which slices of citrus fruit or peel are suspended; (b) shall contain not less than 65 per cent soluble solids; and (c) may contain – (i) permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (ii) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule; and (iii) food conditioner as specified in the Thirty-ninth, Forty-second and Forty-sixth Schedules. 336. Fruit jelly Fruit jelly – (a) shall be the gelatinous product prepared by boiling the juice of one or more types of fruits whether fresh, processed or semi processed, with added sugar and with or without added pectin; (b) shall be free from seed and peel; (c) shall contain – (i) not less than 35 per cent fruit juice extract; and (ii) not less than 65 per cent soluble solids; (d) may contain – (i) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule; (ii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (iii) food conditioner as specified in the Thirty-ninth, Forty-second and Forty-sixth Schedules. 337. Dried fruit Dried fruit – (a) shall be clean and sound raw fruit that has been prepared and dried naturally or artificially; (b) may contain – (i) sugar; (ii) glucose; (iii) glycerol; (iv) sorbitol; (v) edible oil or edible fat; and (vi) not more than 0.3 per cent liquid paraffin; (c) may be bleached with sulphur dioxide and treated with glycerine; (d) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 338. Mixed dried fruit Mixed dried fruit – (a) shall be the product prepared by mixing dried fruits; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-80 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) shall contain not less than 70 per cent dried fruit; and (c) may contain not more than 15 per cent citrus peel. 339. Crystallised fruit (1) Crystallised fruit shall include candied fruit or fruit glace. (2) Crystallised fruit – (a) shall be the product obtained by treating fresh fruit or a mixture of fruits with sugar, glycerol or sorbitol; (b) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; and (c) may contain permitted colouring substances specified in the Seventeenth Schedule. 340. Candied peel Candied peel – (a) shall be the product obtained by treating the peel of fruit with sugar, glycerol or sorbitol; and (b) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 341. Canned fruit (1) Canned fruit – (a) shall be the sound fruit of one type packed in a clean and hermetically sealed container and which has been heat processed; and (b) may contain sugar and water. (2) Canned fruit cocktail shall be a mixture of 2 or more types of sound fruit submitted to the same process as specified in paragraph (1). (3) Canned fruit or canned fruit cocktail may contain permitted colouring substance and permitted food conditioner as specified in the Seventeenth, Forty-second, Forty-fifth and Forty-seventh Schedules, respectively. (4) The fruit contained in the canned fruit or canned fruit cocktail shall be in pieces which shall be of reasonably uniform size. 342. Fruit juice (1) Fruit juice – (a) shall be – (i) juice expressed from one or more species of fruit; or (ii) concentrated juice of one or more species of fruit which has been reconstituted by the addition of water; (b) may be carbonated. (2) The acidity of fruit juice, calculated as anhydrous citric acid shall not exceed 3.5 per cent, unless otherwise provided for a specific fruit juice. (3) The total soluble solids of fruit juice shall not be less than 8 grammes in 100 millilitres measured at 20 degrees celsius, unless otherwise provided for a specific fruit juice. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-81 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 343. Concentrated fruit juice Concentrated fruit juice – (a) shall be the expressed juice of one or more fruits, concentrated to such an extent that the product has a soluble solid content which is not less than twice the concentration of the original juice; (b) may contain ascorbic acid as a permitted food conditioner or permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (c) may contain permitted flavouring substance provided the flavouring substance is derived from one or more of the fruits used to make the fruit juice. 344. Apple juice Apple juice shall – (a) be the fruit juice of mature apples; (b) contain, in 100 millilitres of juice measured at 20 degrees celsius, not less than – (i) 11.5 grammes soluble solids; and (ii) 0.3 gramme and not more than 0.8 gramme of acid calculated as malic acid. 345. Grapefruit juice Grapefruit juice shall – (a) be the fruit juice of mature grapefruits; (b) contain, in 100 millilitres of juice measured at 20 degrees celsius, not less than – (i) 9.5 grammes soluble solids; (ii) one gramme and not more than 2 grammes of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid; and (iii) 7 grammes of soluble solids to each gramme of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid; (c) contain not more than 0.03 millilitre of essential oil. 346. Lemon juice Lemon juice shall – (a) be the fruit juice of mature lemons; (b) contain, in 100 millilitres of juice measured at 20 degrees celsius, not less than – (i) 8 grammes soluble solids; and (ii) 4.5 grammes of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid; and (c) contain not more than 0.05 millilitre of essential oil. 347. Lime juice Lime juice shall – (a) be the fruit juice of mature lime; (b) contain, in 100 millilitres of juice measured at 20 degrees celsius, not less than – (i) 8 grammes soluble solids; and (ii) 6 grammes of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-82 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 348. Orange juice Orange juice shall – (a) be the fruit juice of mature oranges; (b) contain, in 100 millilitres of juice measured at 20 degrees celsius, not less than – (i) 0.5 gramme of soluble solids; (ii) 0.65 gramme and not more than 1.5 grammes of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid; (iii) 10 grammes of soluble solids to each gramme of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid; and (c) contain not more than 0.03 millilitre of essential oil. 349. Pineapple juice Pineapple juice shall – (a) be the fruit juice of mature pineapples; and (b) contain not less than 8 grammes of soluble solids in 100 millilitres of juice, measured at 20 degrees celsius. 350. Passion fruit juice Passion fruit juice shall – (a) be the fruit juice of mature passion fruits; (b) contain, in 100 millilitres of juice, measured at 20 degrees celsius, not less than – (i) 12 grammes of soluble solids; and (ii) 1.5 grammes and not more than 4.5 grammes of acid calculated as anhydrous citric acid. 351. Fruit juice cordial (1) Fruit juice cordial shall include fruit juice syrup. (2) Fruit juice cordial – (a) shall contain – (i) juice; (ii) concentrated fruit juice; (iii) extracts of fruit; (iv) water; and (v) sugar; (b) may contain – (i) glucose; (ii) citric acid; (iii) lactic acid; (iv) tartaric acid; (v) sodium alginate in a proportion not exceeding 0.3 per cent; and (vi) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-83 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (c) may contain permitted flavouring substance provided the flavouring substance is derived from one or more of the fruits used to make the fruit juice cordial. (3) Where fruit juice, extract of fruit or concentrated fruit juice is used in the preparation of cordial, the finished product shall contain not less than 20 per cent of the fruit juice, extract of fruit or concentrated fruit juice. (4) Lemon juice cordial or lime juice cordial shall not – (a) by weight, contain less than 1.3 per cent of citric acid derived from lemon or lime; (b) contain tartaric acid; and (c) contain added citric acid. 352. Imitation fruit juice cordial (1) Imitation fruit juice cordial shall include imitation fruit juice syrup. (2) Imitation fruit juice cordial – (a) shall contain – (i) imitation fruit or vegetable essences or extracts; (ii) water; and (iii) sugar; (b) may contain – (i) lactic acid; (ii) citric acid; (iii) tartaric acid; (iv) acetic acid; (v) vinegar; (vi) permitted preservative or permitted colouring substance as specified in the Twelfth and Nineteenth Schedules; and (vii) permitted artificial sweetening substance and sodium alginate which, together, shall not exceed a proportion 0.3 per cent of the cordial. 353. Fruit Squash Fruit squash – (a) shall be a drink prepared for immediate consumption from fruit juice or fruit juice concentrate and water; (b) shall, by volume, contain not less than 50 per cent juice of the fruit or fruits claimed to be present in the squash; (c) shall, by volume, contain not less than 10 per cent lemon juice in the case of lemon squash; (d) shall not contain any added flavouring, colouring or preservative; (e) may contain – (i) carbonated water; and (ii) sugar. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-84 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 354. Fruit flavoured drink Fruit flavoured drink – (a) shall be a drink prepared from essences derived from fruit and water; (b) may contain – (i) carbonated water; (ii) sugar; (iii) glucose; (iv) citric acid; (v) tartaric acid; (vi) lactic acid; (vii) permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; and (viii) permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 355. Special labelling requirements for fruit juice (1) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) fruit juice cordial; (b) imitation fruit juice cordial; (c) fruit flavoured drinks; or (d) soft drink powder, unless, in accordance with regulation 3, the label does not bear any word or picture which indicates that the content of the package consists, wholly or partly, of any natural fruit juice. (2) No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) a fruit juice labelled as “lemon juice” unless the juice contains at least 25 per cent lemon juice; (b) a fruit juice labelled as “pineapple juice” unless the juice contains at least 50 per cent pineapple juice; (c) a fruit juice, labelled as “pear juice” unless the juice contains at least 50 per cent pear juice; (d) a fruit juice labelled as “apple juice” unless the juice contains at least 50 per cent apple juice; (e) a fruit juice labelled “mixture of pineapple juice, pear juice and apple juice” unless the juice contains a mixture of those 3 juices which consists of at least 50 per cent of the juice; (f) a fruit juice bearing a label other than the labels referred to in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), unless the juice contains at least 35 per cent of the juice of that fruit. 356. Definition of soft drink Soft drink – (a) shall include – (i) any liquid suitable or intended for human consumption as a drink, without or after dilution; (ii) any fruit drink, squash, crush or cordial; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-85 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (iii) soda water or artificially carbonated water; (iv) Indian or quinine tonic water; (v) ginger beer and any herbal or botanical beverage; and (vi) barley water, liquid products used in the preparation of barley water or cereal products containing less than 2 per cent of alcohol by volume; (b) shall not include – (i) water, water from natural springs, whether in its natural state or with added mineral substances; (ii) any cereal product other than the cereal products specified in paragraph (a)(vi); (iii) fruit juice, whether sweetened, unsweetened, concentrated, frozen, or not; (iv) milk, tea, coffee, dandelion, cocoa or chocolate or any of their preparations; (v) any egg product; (vi) meat, yeast, or vegetable extracts; (vii) soup or soup mixtures or a similar preparation; (viii) tomato juice, vegetable juice or any of their preparations; (ix) alcoholic liquor containing more than 2 per cent of alcohol by volume; (x) any other unsweetened drink other than soda water; (xi) a product that is capable of being used as a medicine. 357. Standards for soft drink (1) Subject to regulation 356, every soft drink specified in the first column of the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first and Sixty-second Schedules shall comply with the requirements specified, in respect of that drink, in the other columns of the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first and Sixty-second Schedules, as the case may be. (2) Where a soft drink is subjected to brewing in the course of its manufacture, allowance shall be made, in assessing the maximum quantity of added sugar, for any change in sugar content due to fermentation during the brewing. 358. Standards for low energy soft drink (1) No soft drink intended for human consumption as a low energy soft drink shall have a maximum energy content which – (a) where the drink is intended for consumption after dilution, exceeds 110 kilojoules or 26 kilocalories per 100 grammes of fluid; (b) where the drink is intended for consumption without dilution, exceeds 22 kilojoules or 5 kilocalories per 100 grammes of fluid. (2) Where a soft drink intended for human consumption as a low energy soft drink contains any fruit juice or potable fruit content specified in the first column of the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first and Sixty-second Schedules, the soft drink – (a) shall comply with the requirements specified in respect of that drink in the second column of the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first and Sixty-second Schedules, as the case may be; (b) may not comply with the requirements specified in the other columns of the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first and Sixty-second Schedules, as the case may be. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-86 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 359. Acid content of soft drink (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no soft drink shall contain any acid other than – (a) ascorbic acid; (b) citric acid; (c) lactic acid; (d) malic acid; (e) nicotinic acid; (f) tartaric acid; and (g) benzoic acid. (2) A soft drink, other than a squash or a comminuted citrus drink, may contain acetic acid or phosphoric acid. 360. Tonic, bitter and a drink containing quinine (1) Tonic, bitter and a drink containing quinine shall conform with the standard for fruit flavoured drink. (2) Where a drink contains quinine, the quinine content shall not be less than 57 milligrammes per litre expressed as quinine sulphate. 361. Soya bean milk Soya bean milk – (a) shall be a soft drink made with the extraction obtained from sound bean of the plant glycine max or from soy flour or soy concentrate; (b) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; and (c) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule. 362. Soda water Soda water or artificially carbonated water shall be the soft drink prepared from potable water and shall contain not less than 570 milligrammes of sodium bicarbonate per litre. 363. Artificial sweeteners in soft drink No soft drink shall contain any artificial sweetener other than the artificial sweeteners specified in the Fiftieth Schedule. 364. Special labelling requirements for soft drink No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell – (a) a semi sweet soft drink unless its container bears a label with the words “SEMI SWEET” immediately preceding the description of the soft drink; (b) a soft drink intended for diabetics unless its container bears a label with the words “DIABETIC DRINK”; (c) a soft drink intended as a low energy soft drink unless its container bears a label with the words “LOW ENERGY”; or (d) a soft drink to which sugar or an artificial sweetener has been added unless its container bears a label to indicate that sugar or a specific artificial sweetener has been added. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-87 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 PART XXV – JELLY PRODUCT 365. Definition Jelly product shall include – (a) jelly crystal; (b) jelly tablet; (c) jelly cube; and (d) jelly mix. 366. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a jelly product which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 367, 368 and 369. 367. Jelly crystal, jelly tablet or jelly cube Jelly crystal, jelly tablet or jelly cube shall be a preparation which – (a) shall contain – (i) water; (ii) gelatin; (iii) sugar; (iv) citric acid; and (v) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; (b) may contain – (i) glucose; (ii) tartaric acid; (iii) lactic acid; or (iv) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule. 368. Jelly mix Jelly mix shall be a preparation which – (a) shall contain – (i) the following vegetable gelling substances – (A) alginate; (B) pectin; (C) agar; or (D) edible gum; (ii) sugar; (iii) citric acid; and (iv) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; (b) may contain – (i) glucose; (ii) tartaric acid; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-88 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (iii) lactic acid; (iv) tripotassium citrate; (v) calcium sulphate; or (vi) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Nineteenth Schedule. 369. Special labelling requirements for jelly product No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell a jelly product unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label does not bear any word or picture which indicates that the content of the package consists wholly or partly of any natural fruit. PART XXVI – FISH AND FISH PRODUCT 370. Interpretation (1) Processed fish includes – (a) filleted fish; (b) cured fish; (c) pickled fish; (d) smoked fish; (e) salted fish; (f) dried salted fish; (g) minced fish. (2) Fish product includes – (a) canned fish; (b) fish paste; (c) fish stick; (d) fish ball or fish cake. 371. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell processed fish or fish product which does not comply with the standards specified in regulations 372 to 383. 372. Filleted fish Filleted fish shall be fish that has been gutted, scaled, deboned and maintained at – (a) a temperature of -18 degrees celsius or less when frozen; and (b) a temperature between 0 and 4 degrees celsius when chilled. 373. Cured fish, pickled fish or salted fish Cured fish, pickled fish or salted fish – (a) shall be prepared from cooked or uncooked fish that has been treated with salt, sugar, vinegar and spices; (b) may contain – (i) ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, isoascorbic acid, or sodium isoascorbate as food conditioner; or (ii) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-89 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 374. Dried salted fish Dried salted fish shall be fish which has been maintained in a wholesome condition, treated with salt and dried. 375. Smoked fish Smoked fish – (a) shall be fish which has been maintained in a wholesome condition, treated with salt and subjected to the action of wood smoke; and (b) may contain – (i) formaldehyde incidentally absorbed during processing in a proportion of not more than 5 milligrammes per kilogramme; (ii) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; or (iii) contaminant which shall not exceed the maximum permitted proportion specified in the Seventh Schedule. 376. Canned fish Canned fish – (a) shall be – (i) a product made with fish with or without any of the ingredients specified in paragraph (c); (ii) packed in a clean and hermetically sealed container; and (iii) heat-treated to ensure preservation; (b) shall contain – (i) not less than 55 per cent fish; (ii) any permitted flavour enhancer as specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; (iii) phosphate in such a proportion that the total phosphorus content calculated as phosphorus pentoxide, as food conditioner, does not exceed 0.3 per cent of the canned food; (iv) calcium disodium ethylenediamine tetra acetate in a proportion of not more than 300 milligrammes per kilogramme; (c) may contain – (i) wholesome food; (ii) salt; (iii) sugar; (iv) acetic acid; (v) vinegar; (vi) saltpetre; (vii) potassium or sodium nitrite; (viii) water; or (ix) edible oil. 377. Minced fish Minced fish shall consist of particles of skeletal muscle of fish which – (a) have, in the process of preparation, been separated from the bone and skin of the fish; and FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-90 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (b) shall, in its final product form, be free from the bone and skin of fish. 378. Fish paste (1) Fish paste – (a) shall be a product prepared from skeletal muscle of fish with or without any of the ingredients specified in paragraph (c); (b) shall not contain – (i) less than 15 per cent salt; (ii) less than 30 per cent protein; (iii) more than 40 per cent water; and (iv) more than 25 per cent ash; (c) may contain – (i) wholesome food; (ii) condiment; or (iii) permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule; (iv) permitted colouring substance specified in the Nineteenth Schedule; and (v) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. (2) Fish paste – (a) may be made with a mixture of the skeletal muscle of fish of different common appellation; and (b) shall, in its final product form, be free from the bone and skin of fish. 379. Fish stick Fish stick – (a) shall be a product made from raw or partially cooked skeletal muscle of fish coated with – (i) bread crumbs; (ii) batter; or (iii) bread crumbs and batter; (b) shall – (i) weigh not less than 20 grammes and not more than 50 grammes, including the coating; (ii) be shaped so that the length of the fish stick is not less than 3 times its width; (iii) not be less than 10 millimetres thick; and (iv) contain not less than 50 per cent fish; (c) may contain any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; and (d) may contain permitted food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-91 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 380. Fish ball or fish cake (1) Fish ball or fish cake shall be a fish product – (a) prepared from a mixture of the skeletal muscle of fish with starch, and with or without any of the ingredients specified in paragraph (2)(b); and (b) which has been formed into a ball or cake. (2) Fish ball or fish cake – (a) shall contain not less than 50 per cent fish; and (b) may contain – (i) vegetable; (ii) condiment; (iii) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; or (iv) permitted food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. 381. Shellfish from approved sources No person shall offer for sale or sell oyster unless it has been purged in a place approved by the Permanent Secretary. 382. Toxic fish No person shall import, land, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell any toxic fish as specified in the Sixty-third Schedule. 383. Fish or fish product unfit for human consumption (1) Fish or fish product shall be unfit for human consumption – (a) where it exceeds the bacteriological count as specified in the Eighth Schedule; (b) the fish is radioactive; (c) the fish contains a Total Volatile Base (TVB) of more than 150 milligrammes calculated in milligrammes of nitrogen per 100 grammes of moisture free fish; or (d) the body fats of the fish has a peroxide value of more than 20. (2) Paragraph (1)(c) shall not apply to elasmobranch fish, including chimaeras, ray, shark and skate. (3) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), fish commonly known as dorade, tuna or bécune shall be unfit for human consumption, where the histamine value is more than 100 parts per million for one sample of fish. (b) Dorade, tuna or bécune may be fit for human consumption where the combined histamine value of 2 samples of fish is not more than 200 parts per million. PART XXVII – ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE 384. Interpretation For the purposes of these regulations – (a) “alcohol” means the product obtained by distilling a fermented liquid; (b) “alcoholic beverage” means a fermented beverage other than beer, having an alcoholic strength of not more than 9 per cent of alcohol by volume; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-92 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (c) “alcoholic drink” includes – (i) aperitif; (ii) wine; (iii) sparkling wine; (iv) sweet wine; (v) dry wine; (vi) fruit wine; (vii) rice wine; (viii) cider; (ix) perry; (x) beer, ale, porter, lager or stout; (xi) brandy; (xii) blended brandy; (xiii) cognac or cognac brandy; (xiv) rum; (xv) whisky; (xvi) blended whisky; (xvii) vodka; (xviii) gin; (xix) blended gin; (xx) flavoured gin; (xxi) gin concentrate; (xxii) liqueur; and (xxiii) shandy. (d) “alcoholic strength” means the ratio of the volume of pure alcohol present in a product at 20 degrees celsius to the total volume of the product at the same temperature measured in accordance with the system recommended by the International Organisation of Legal Metrology; (e) “compounded spirits” means rum or local rum compounded into a product of a different flavour, taste or colour and having an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent and not more than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume; (f) “cordial” means a product having an alcoholic strength of not more than 39 per cent of alcohol by volume obtained by adding lime juice or any other fruit juice to redistilled alcohol; (g) “country liquor” means a product having an alcoholic strength of not more than 15 per cent of alcohol by volume obtained from the fermentation of grape must or of any plant or fruit other than fresh grapes; (h) “fortified country liquor” means a product having an alcoholic strength of not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume obtained by adding spirits of not less than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume to country liquor; (i) “fortified wine” means a product having an alcoholic strength of not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume obtained by adding spirits of not less than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume to wine; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-93 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (j) “liquor” – (i) means any beverage having an alcoholic strength of not less than 2 per cent of alcohol by volume; but (ii) does not include rum, local rum or compounded spirits; (k) “local spirits” means a product other than brandy, gin, vodka or whisky obtained by distilling a fermented liquid. 385. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, store, expose for sale or sell any alcoholic drink unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 385 to 407. 386. Aperitif Aperitif – (a) shall be redistilled alcohol which has been flavoured, aromatised or sweetened; (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not more than 39 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (c) may contain permitted colouring substance as specified in the Seventeenth Schedule. 387. Wine Wine – (a) shall be a product obtained from the fermentation of fresh grapes; (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 9 per cent and not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 388. Sparkling wine Sparkling wine shall – (a) be wine which contains carbon dioxide generated solely during the process of fermentation; and (b) have an alcoholic strength of not less than 9 per cent and not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume. 389. Sweet wine (1) Sweet wine shall be the product obtained by a mixture of – (a) the partial alcoholic fermentation of – (i) grape juice; or (ii) the reconstituted product of grape must; (b) potable water; and (c) sugar derived solely from the juice or must of the grapes from which it is made. (2) Sweet wine – (a) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 9 per cent and not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (b) may contain permitted preservative and permitted colouring substance as specified in the Twelfth and Nineteenth Schedules. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-94 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 390. Dry wine (1) Dry wine shall be the product obtained by a mixture of – (a) the complete alcoholic fermentation of – (i) grape juice; or (ii) the reconstituted product of grape must; and (b) potable water. (2) Dry wine – (a) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 9 per cent and not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (b) shall not contain added sugar, fructose, glucose or glucose syrup; or (c) any other sweetening agent. 391. Fruit wine Fruit wine – (a) shall be the product of the partial or complete alcoholic fermentation of – (i) the juice of sound ripe fruit; or (ii) juice of grape together with the juice of sound ripe fruit; (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 9 per cent and not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (c) may contain permitted preservative and permitted colouring substance as specified in the Twelfth and Nineteenth Schedules. 392. Rice wine Rice wine – (a) shall be the product of the alcoholic fermentation of rice and other grain; (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 9 per cent and not more than 22 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (c) may contain permitted preservative as specified in the Twelfth Schedule. 393. Cider Cider – (a) shall be an alcoholic beverage obtained from the fermentation of apple juice; and (b) may contain permitted preservative and permitted colouring substance as specified in the Twelfth and Nineteenth Schedules. 394. Perry Perry – (a) shall be an alcoholic beverage obtained from the fermentation of pear juice; and (b) may contain permitted preservative and permitted colouring substance as specified in the Twelfth and Nineteenth Schedules. 395. Beer (1) Beer includes ale, porter, lager, stout and any other product manufactured and sold as beer. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-95 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (2) Beer – (a) shall be a product obtained from the fermentation of malt or any other saccharine substance; (b) shall be flavoured with hops or other bitters; (c) shall have an alcoholic strength of not more than 9 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (d) may contain permitted preservative and permitted colouring substance as specified in the Twelfth and Sixteenth Schedules. 396. Brandy Brandy – (a) shall be obtained by distilling – (i) fermented grape juice; (ii) wine; (iii) wine lees; (iv) country liquor; or (v) country liquor lees; (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent of alcohol by volume. 397. Blended brandy Blended brandy – (a) shall be obtained by blending brandy with re-distilled alcohol; (b) shall be a product having an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent of alcohol by volume; (c) may contain any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty sixth Schedule; and (d) may contain permitted colouring substance as specified in the Seventeenth Schedule. 398. Rum (1) Rum – (a) shall be obtained exclusively from the fermentation of – (i) molasses; (ii) syrup produced in the manufacture of cane sugar; or (iii) sugar cane juice, and distilled at less than 96 per cent volume so that the distillate has the discernible specific organoleptic characteristics of the raw material used; (b) shall be a cane spirit having an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent and not more than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume; and (c) may contain essences or flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. (2) Local rum shall be a cane spirit having an alcoholic strength of not less than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-96 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 399. Whisky Whisky – (a) shall be a product obtained – (i) by distilling a mash of cereals, saccharified by the diastase of the malt contained therein, with or without other natural enzymes; (ii) fermented by the action of yeast; (iii) distilled at less than 94.8 per cent volume, so that the distillate has an aroma and taste derived from the raw material used; and (iv) matured for at least 3 years in a wooden cask; and (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent of alcohol by volume. 400. Blended whisky Blended whisky – (a) shall be obtained by blending a number of distillates each of which has the characteristics of whisky as specified in regulation 399; and (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent of alcohol by volume. 401. Vodka Vodka – (a) shall be obtained by treating re-distilled alcohol with charcoal; and (b) shall be a product having an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent and not more than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume. 402. Gin concentrate Gin concentrate – (a) shall – (i) be a product obtained by re-distilling alcohol with juniper berries, provided the final product has a predominant juniper taste; and (ii) have an initial alcoholic strength of not less than 96 per cent of alcohol by volume; (b) may contain aromates. 403. Gin Gin – (a) shall be obtained by flavouring re-distilled alcohol, having an alcoholic strength of not less than 96 per cent of alcohol by volume, with gin concentrate; and (b) shall be a product having an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent and not more than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume. 404. Blended gin Blended gin – (a) shall be obtained by blending gin with re-distilled alcohol; and (b) shall be a product having an alcoholic strength of not less than 40 per cent of alcohol by volume. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-97 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 405. Flavoured gin Flavoured gin – (a) shall be obtained by flavouring distilled local spirits with aromates; and (b) shall be a product having not less than 40 per cent and not more than 50 per cent of alcohol by volume. 406. Liqueur Liqueur – (a) shall be obtained by flavouring and sweetening re-distilled alcohol by adding – (i) cream; (ii) milk or other milk products; (iii) fruit wine; or (iv) flavoured wine; (b) shall be a product having an alcoholic strength of not more than 39 per cent of alcohol by volume; (c) may contain – (i) added sugar; (ii) dextrose; (iii) glucose; or (iv) permitted colouring substance as specified in the Seventeenth Schedule; and (v) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule. 407. Shandy Shandy – (a) shall be a beverage obtained by mixing beer with a soft drink; (b) shall have an alcoholic strength of not more than one per cent of alcohol by volume; and (c) may contain permitted preservative and permitted colouring substance as specified in the Twelfth and Seventeenth Schedules. PART XXVIII – ESSENCE 408. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, store, offer for sale or sell any essence unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 409 to 419. 409. Definition of essence (1) Essence shall be an edible flavouring substance prepared by adding an extract to a permitted vehicle specified in paragraph (2). (2) The permitted vehicle for essences shall be one or more of the following – (a) dextrin; (b) ethyl alcohol; (c) glycerol; (d) gum; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-98 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (e) acacia; (f) gum benzoin; (g) gum guar; (h) agar agar; (i) pectin; (j) alginate; (k) gelatine; (l) starch; (m) propylene glycol; (n) salt; (o) sorbitol; (p) sugar; (q) mono and disaccharide; (r) vegetable oil; or (s) water. 410. Almond essence Almond essence shall – (a) be the essence derived from the kernel of the bitter almond; and (b) contain not less than one per cent by volume of volatile oil obtained from the kernel. 411. Anise essence Anise essence shall – (a) be the essence derived from the natural oil of anise; and (b) contain not less than 3 per cent by volume of volatile oil obtained from the fruit of the plant pimpinella anisum. 412. Cinnamon essence Cinnamon or cassia essence shall – (a) be the essence derived from the natural oil of the leaves and twigs of the plant cinnamomum cassia; and (b) contain not less than 2 per cent of volatile oil of the plant cassia cinnamon. 413. Clove essence Clove essence shall – (a) be the essence derived from the volatile oil obtained from clove buds; and (b) contain not less than 2 per cent of oil of clove. 414. Lemon essence (1) The fruit of the plant citrus medica variety limomum means lemon and the peel of the lemon. (2) Lemon essence shall – (a) be the essence prepared from the oil obtained from the fruit of the plant citrus medica, variety limomum; and (b) contain not less than 10 per cent by volume of lemon oil. FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-99 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 415. Rose essence Rose essence shall – (a) be the essence obtained from the flower of the plant rosa damascena or rosa moschata; and (b) contain not less than 0.4 per cent by volume of the essential oil of rose. 416. Orange essence (1) The fruit of the plant citrus aurantium means sweet orange and the peel of the sweet orange. (2) Orange essence shall – (a) be the essence prepared from the oil obtained from the fruit of the plant citrus aurantium; and (b) contain not less than 5 per cent by volume of the volatile oil of orange oil. 417. Peppermint essence Peppermint essence shall – (a) be the essence prepared from the leaves and flowering tops of the plant mentha piperita or mentha arvensis; and (b) contain not less than 3 per cent by volume of peppermint oil. 418. Vanilla essence Vanilla essence shall – (a) be the essence prepared from the dried cured fruit of the plant vanilla planifolia; (b) contain not less than 0.1 per cent vanillin; and (c) not contain added colouring substance. 419. Imitation fruit essence or imitation vegetable essence (1) Imitation fruit essence or imitation vegetable essence are preparations made wholly or in part from artificial flavouring substance imitation of natural fruit or vegetable flavour. (2) Every package containing imitation essence derived wholly or in part from a synthetic flavouring substance shall have affixed thereto a label in which shall be written the words “IMITATION”, followed by the word “EXTRACT” or “FLAVOUR”, which may be substituted for the word “ESSENCE”. PART XXIX – BOTTLED WATER 420. Prohibition No person shall import, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell bottled water for human consumption unless it complies with the standards specified in regulations 421 and 422. 421. Bottled water (1) Bottled water sold for human consumption shall be clean and potable water. (2) Potable water shall – (a) be obtained from a source that is free from pollution; (b) be free from faecal coliform, coliform organisms and pathogenic protozoa when judged by the result of a microbiological or biological examination as specified in the Eighth Schedule; FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-100 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (c) conform with the turbidity characteristic guideline value prescribed in the Sixty-fourth Schedule; (d) comply with the guidance values prescribed in the Sixty-fourth Schedule, when judged by the results of a chemical analysis. 422. Special labelling requirements for bottled water No person shall import, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell bottled water for human consumption unless in accordance with regulation 3, there is no claim on the label to the effect that the water has or may have therapeutic effects. PART XXX – ICE 423. Definition (1) Ice shall be the product derived from clean and potable water as specified in regulation 421. (2) Ice shall comply with the bacteriological and chemical standards as specified in the Eighth and Sixty-fourth Schedules. 424. Prohibition (1) No person shall manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell ice unless it complies with the standards specified in regulation 423. (2) No person shall use or cause to be used ice in the preparation of food for sale for human consumption unless the ice complies with the standards specified in regulation 423. (3) No person shall use or cause to be used ice for the preservation of food for sale for human consumption unless the ice complies with the standards specified in regulation 423. 425. Prevention of contamination of ice No person shall transport, handle, or deliver ice in such condition as to make it unfit for human consumption contrary to regulation 423. PART XXXI – SOUP AND SOUP STOCK 426. Prohibition No person shall import, manufacture, process, pack, store, offer for sale or sell soup or soup stock unless it complies with the standards specified in regulation 427. 427. Interpretation (1) Soup – (a) shall be a liquid product obtained by boiling one or more of the following ingredients – (i) meat; (ii) fish; (iii) crustaceans; (iv) vegetable; or (v) cereal; (b) may contain – (i) salt; (ii) any permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin as specified in the Eighteenth Schedule; FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-101 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 (iii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty-third Schedule; (iv) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; and (v) permitted food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth, Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. (2) Meat soup shall contain per litre – (a) total nitrogen not less than 100 milligrammes; (b) sodium chloride not more than 12.5 grammes; and (c) two-thirds of the total creatinine content shall be of bovine origin and not less than 70 milligrammes. (3) Poultry soup shall contain per litre – (a) total nitrogen not less than 100 milligrammes; and (b) sodium chloride not more than 12.5 grammes. (4) Other soups shall contain per litre – (a) total nitrogen not less than 350 milligrammes; (b) total amino nitrogen not less than 210 milligrammes; and (c) sodium chloride not more than 12.5 grammes. (5) Soup stock – (a) shall be composed of any of the ingredients of soup in liquid, dry or compacted form; (b) may contain – (i) caramel; (ii) any permitted colouring substance of vegetable origin as specified in the Eighteenth Schedule; (iii) any permitted flavouring substance specified in the Twenty- third Schedule; (iv) any permitted flavour enhancer specified in the Twenty-sixth Schedule; and (v) permitted food conditioner as specified in the Fortieth and Forty-first, Forty-second, Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Schedules. (6) Meat stock shall contain per litre – (a) total nitrogen not less than 160 milligrammes; (b) sodium chloride not more than 12.5 grammes; and (c) two-thirds of the total creatinine content shall be of bovine origin and not less than 110 milligrammes. (7) The addition of creatinine to soup and stock shall not be permitted. 428. – FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-102 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 3(i)] FOOD NOT REQUIRING INDICATION OF EXPIRY DATE Bakers’ or pastry cooks’ wares which, given the nature of their content, are normally consumed within 24 hours of their manufacture Beverage containing 10 per cent or more by volume of alcohol Chewing gum Confectionery product consisting of flavoured and coloured sugar Food grade salt Fresh fruit and vegetable, including potato, which have not been peeled, cut or similarly treated Solid sugar Vinegar Wine, liqueur wine, sparkling wine, aromatised wine, fruit wine and sparkling fruit wine SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 20] FOOD REQUIRING A WRITTEN WARRANTY Canned food for infant and child Cereal-based food for infant and child Colouring substance Full-cream milk powder Infant formula Milk Skimmed milk powder THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 23(a) and (d)] LIST OF FOOD, PRE-PACKED FOOD, CONTAINER AND CONTACT MATERIAL REQUIRING PRE-MARKET APPROVAL Any novel food Artificial sweetener Baby feed bottle, teat, nipple and baby feed mug Biscuit Breakfast cereal Canned food for infant and child, infant formula, icing sugar Cereal-based food for infant and child Coffee and chicory blend, cocoa, jam FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-103 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Confectionery, snack and cracker, wafer, chocolate, pastry Dry egg powder, liquid egg, including egg yolk and egg white Edible fat and oil, including shortening, margarine, vanaspati ghee Essence Fish product Food additive Food conditioner Food container and contact material Formula dietary food Frozen confection and related product Fruit juice, fruit cordial, soft drink, soft drink powder Honey Irradiated food Low energy food Meat product Milk and milk product, including ice cream, condensed milk, evaporated milk, sterilised milk, UHT milk, tinned cream, cheese, butter Mixed spice, pickle, preserved vegetable, preserved egg Non-alcoholic beverage Nutrient supplement Oriental saffron (jaffran) Poultry product Refined salt, table salt, iodised salt, low sodium salt, salt for salting fish Roasted cereal, nut Sauce, vinegar, relish, including salad dressing and mayonnaise, seasoning Self-raising flour, baking ingredient Special purpose food Tomato paste, ketchup, bottled water FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-104 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FOURTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 23(b)] MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOOD REGULATIONS 1999 APPLICATION FOR PRE-MARKET APPROVAL OF CONTAINER, CONTACT MATERIAL, FOOD AND PRE-PACKED FOOD INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION 1. Name and address of importer/manufacturer ........................................................... ........................................................................................................................................ ........................................................................................................................................ Common name of food/product .................................................................................. Scientific name of food/product (if any ) ................................................................... Country of origin .......................................................................................................... Any laboratory certificate produced ........................................................................... Composition of the food/product ................................................................................ Brand name .................................................................................................................. Type of package .......................................................................................................... Material used for packaging ........................................................................................ Specimen of label produced/not produced ............................................................... Any special storage conditions .................................................................................. Has the food been treated with ionising radiation ................................................... Has the food been subjected to any treatment ......................................................... If so, indicate what treatment ..................................................................................... 2. Type of food container/contact material .................................................................... Composition of the material of the food container/contact material ...................... Purity and grade of the container/contact material ................................................... Country of origin .......................................................................................................... Material of food container/contact material .............................................................. Nature of food to be packed in the food container/contact material ....................... Any laboratory certificate produced ........................................................................... ............................................................. .................................. Signature of applicant Date ....................................................................... Name and Address of applicant FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-105 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 FIFTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 28(b)] MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOOD REGULATIONS 1999 CERTIFICATE OF SAMPLING To ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ This is to certify that in accordance with regulation 28 of the Food Regulations 1999, ............. (units or lots) of ................................... from a consignment of ................ (name of food) .................... Ex ....................................... and lying at ........................................................ ............................................ have been taken for purposes of analysis/microbiological/ physical examination*. The consignment has/has not been* sealed until receipt of the result of the analysis or examination. ................................................................ Signature of authorised officer ................................................................ Name ................................................................ Signature of importer/agent ......................... ................................................................ Date Name *Delete as appropriate FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-106 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 SIXTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 28(d)] MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOOD REGULATIONS 1999 CERTIFICATE WHERE AN OFFENCE HAS BEEN COMMITTED UNDER THE FOOD ACT To – (a) The Director-General of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (b) The General Manager, Mauritius Port Authority This is to certify that samples of food taken in accordance with regulation 28 of the Food Regulations 1999, ................................ from a consignment of ...................... ............................................................................................................................................... (quantity, mark and name of food) Ex ...................................... and lying at .............................................................................. and consigned to ................................................... have been analysed and found to be unfit for human consumption. You are kindly requested to take action for the destruction of the above mentioned food commodities, in the interest of public health. Please inform the undersigned of the date of destruction thereof to allow an officer of this Ministry to be in attendance for supervision. .............................................................. Signature of authorised officer .............................................................. Name ......................... Date FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-107 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 S E V E N T H S C H E D U L E [R e g u la ti o n 6 2 (2 )( a )] M A X IM U M P E R M IT T E D P R O P O R T IO N O F M E TA L C O N TA M IN A N T I N S P E C IF IE D F O O D F o o d M a x im u m P e rm it te d P ro p o rt io n i n P a rt s p e r m il li o n ( p .p .m ) A rs e n ic A n ti m o n y L e a d C o p p e r T in Z in c M e rc u ry C a d m iu m F lu o ri n e S e le n iu m A g a r 1. 0 1. 0 10 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 A lc o h o li c b e v e ra g e 0 .2 0 .1 5 0 .5 5 .0 4 0 .0 2 .0 0 .0 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 A lg in ic a ci d a n d a lg in a te 1. 0 1. 0 10 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 A p p le s 1. 0 1. 0 3 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 B ak in g p o w d er , cr ea m o f ta rt ar 2 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 1. 0 1 5 .0 2 .0 B e e r 0 .2 0 .1 5 0 .5 5 .0 4 0 .0 2 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C a ra m e l 1. 0 1. 0 5 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C a rr a g e n e 1. 0 1. 0 10 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C h em ic al , e xc lu d in g s yn th et ic co lo u ri n g 2 .0 1. 0 10 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C id e r a n d P e rr y 0 .2 0 .1 5 0 .5 5 .0 4 0 .0 2 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C o co a p ro d u ct 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 7 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C o ff e e a n d C h ic o ry 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 7 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C o u n tr y l iq u o r 0 .2 0 .1 5 0 .5 5 .0 4 0 .0 2 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C u rr y p o w d e r 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 D ex tr o se m o n o h yd ra te an d an h yd ro u s 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 D ri e d h e rb 5 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-108 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 F o o d M a x im u m P e rm it te d P ro p o rt io n i n P a rt s p e r m il li o n ( p .p .m ) A rs e n ic A n ti m o n y L e a d C o p p e r T in Z in c M e rc u ry C a d m iu m F lu o ri n e S e le n iu m E d ib le f a t a n d o il 0 .1 1. 0 0 .1 0 .5 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 E d ib le g e la ti n 2 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 10 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 F in in g a n d c le a ri n g a g e n ts 5 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 F is h a n d F is h p ro d u ct 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 10 0 .0 1. 0 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 F la v o u ri n g s u b st a n ce 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 F lo u r 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 3 .0 2 .0 Fo rt ifi e d c o u n tr y l iq u o r 0 .2 0 .1 5 1. 0 5 .0 4 0 .0 2 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 Fo rt ifi e d w in e 0 .2 0 .1 5 1. 0 5 .0 4 0 .0 2 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 Fr o ze n c o n fe ct io n 0 .5 1. 0 0 .5 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 Fr u it j u ic e ( v e g e ta b le j u ic e ) 0 .1 0 .1 5 0 .5 10 .0 4 0 .0 5 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 H o n e y 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 H o p c o n ce n tr a te , e x ce p t fo r co m m e rc ia l b re w in g 5 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 H o p d ri e d , e x ce p t fo r co m m e rc ia l b re w in g 2 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 Ic e c re a m 0 .5 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 L e ci th in 1. 0 1. 0 5 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 L iq u o r ic e 2 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 M e a t a n d m e a t p ro d u ct 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 2 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 M il k a n d m il k p ro d u ct 0 .5 1. 0 1. 0 2 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 M o la ss e e d ib le 1. 0 1. 0 5 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 M u st a rd 5 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 O n io n d e h y d ra te d 2 .0 1. 0 10 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-109 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 F o o d M a x im u m P e rm it te d P ro p o rt io n i n P a rt s p e r m il li o n ( p .p .m ) A rs e n ic A n ti m o n y L e a d C o p p e r T in Z in c M e rc u ry C a d m iu m F lu o ri n e S e le n iu m P e a 1. 0 1. 0 3 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 P e ct in , li q u id 2 .0 1. 0 10 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 P e ct in , so li d 5 .0 1. 0 5 0 .0 3 0 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 P h o sp h a te u se d in fo o d p re p a ra ti o n 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 3 0 .0 2 .0 P ic kl e 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 P ro te in , h y d ro ly se d 1. 0 1. 0 5 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 S e a w e e d , e d ib le f u n g u s 1. 0 1. 0 10 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 S h e ll fi sh 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 1 5 .0 2 .0 S o ft d ri n k co n ce n tr a te 0 .5 0 .1 5 2 .5 2 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 C o n ce n tr a te d s o ft d ri n k 0 .5 0 .1 5 1. 0 10 .0 4 0 .0 2 5 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 S o ft d ri n k fo r d ir e ct co n su m p ti o n 0 .1 0 .1 5 2 .0 2 .0 4 0 .0 5 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 S p e ci a l p u rp o se fo o d fo r in fa n t a n d c h il d 0 .1 1. 0 0 .5 5 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 S u g a r, r a w 1. 0 1. 0 5 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 S u g a r, w h it e 1. 0 1. 0 0 .5 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 S p ic e 5 .0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 0 .0 2 .0 Te a , sc e n te d t e a 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 1 5 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 To m a to , p u lp , p a st e , p u ré e 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 10 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 V e g e ta b le p ro d u ct , fr u it p ro d u ct 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-110 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 F o o d M a x im u m P e rm it te d P ro p o rt io n i n P a rt s p e r m il li o n ( p .p .m ) A rs e n ic A n ti m o n y L e a d C o p p e r T in Z in c M e rc u ry C a d m iu m F lu o ri n e S e le n iu m Y e a st , b re w e r’ s y e a st fo r th e m a n u fa ct u re o f y e a st p ro d u ct 5 .0 1. 0 10 .0 1 2 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 Y e a st a n d y e a st p ro d u ct 2 .0 1. 0 7. 0 1 2 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 O th e r fo o d fo r w h ic h n o li m it i s sp e ci fi e d 1. 0 1. 0 2 .0 3 0 .0 4 0 .0 4 0 .0 0 .0 3 1. 0 10 .0 2 .0 Fo o d p a ck e d in ca n a n d ti n fo il o th e r th a n sp e ci a l p u rp o se f o o d N il N il N il N il 2 5 0 N il N il N il N il N il N o te – N il – T h e s u b st a n ce i s p ro h ib it e d i n t h a t fo o d . FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-111 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 E IG H T H S C H E D U L E [R e g u la ti o n 6 2 (2 )( b )] M IC R O B IO LO G IC A L S TA N D A R D F O R S P E C IF IE D F O O D M A N D A T O R Y IN D IC A T O R S p e ci fi e d fo o d S a lm o n e ll a C a m p y lo b a ct e r E . C o li O 1 5 7 a n d o th e r S h ig a t o x in p ro d u ci n g E . C o li V ib ri o S . a u re u s C o li fo rm E . c o li L is te ri a C lo st ri d iu m B a ci ll u s ce re u s To ta l v ia b le co u n t (3 0 ° C ) 4 8 h rs C o li fo rm R a w m e a t & p o u lt ry A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g R a w b iv a lv e m o ll u sc s A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g 3 p e r g R a w fi sh & C ru st a ce a n A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g D ri e d s e a fo o d A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g C o o ke d cr u st a ce a n A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 10 p e r g 10 6 /g E g g ( li q u id , d ri e d , w h it e o r y o lk ) A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 10 p e r g 10 5 /g In fa n t fo rm u la A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 p e r g 10 p e r g A b se n t in 1 g 10 4 /g P a st e u ri se d m il k, f u ll cr e a m m il k p o w d e r, sk im m e d m il k p o w d e r, m il k cr e a m A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 10 p e r g A b se n t in 1 g 10 5 /g Ic e c re a m , m il k ic e A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 1 p e r g A b se n t in 1 g 10 5 /g 10 0 p e r g FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-112 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 M A N D A T O R Y IN D IC A T O R S p e ci fi e d fo o d S a lm o n e ll a C a m p y lo b a ct e r E . C o li O 1 5 7 a n d o th e r S h ig a t o x in p ro d u ci n g E . C o li V ib ri o S . a u re u s C o li fo rm E . c o li L is te ri a C lo st ri d iu m B a ci ll u s ce re u s To ta l v ia b le co u n t (3 0 ° C ) 4 8 h rs C o li fo rm Y o g u rt A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 1 p e r g A b se n t in 1 g 10 p e r g M il k b a se d d ri n k A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 1 p e r g A b se n t in 1 g 10 5 /g 10 0 p e r g C a n n e d Fo o d A b se n t A b se n t A b se n t A b se n t A b se n t A b se n t A b se n t A b se n t Ic e A b se n t in 1 0 0 m l A b se n t in 1 0 0 m l C h e e se A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 10 p e r g f o r p a st e u ri se d A b se n t in 2 5 g 1 ,0 0 0 p e r g f o r u n p a st e u ri se d 10 ,0 0 0 p e r g f o r u n p a st e u ri se d R e a d y t o e a t fo o d o th e r th a n th o se sp e ci fi e d a b o v e A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g A b se n t in 2 5 g 10 0 p e r g 1 ,0 0 0 p e r g 1 ,0 0 0 p e r g 10 ,0 0 0 p e r g 10 0 ,0 0 0 p e r g 10 7 /g 10 ,0 0 0 p e r g FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-113 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 NINTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 62(2)(c)] MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE QUANTITY OF MYCOLOGICAL CONTAMINANT IN FOOD Food Maximum quantity of Aflatoxin B1 (mg per kg) Maximum quantity of total Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, G2, M1 and M2 (mg per kg) Peanuts 0.005 0.015 Other foods 0.005 0.010 TENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 62(2)(d)] MAXIMUM PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food ALDICARB 0.5 Potato, banana 0.1 Dried bean, coffee bean, sweet potato 0.05 Onion, peanut in kernel AMITRAZ 0.01 Milk 0.05 Carcass meat of pig and cattle AZINPHOS-METHYL 4.0 Grape, kiwi fruit, peach 2.0 Apricot, melon, celery 1.0 Broccoli, brussels sprout, other fruits 0.5 Other vegetables 0.2 Potato BENDIOCARB 0.1 Mushroom 0.05 Barley, egg, milk, potato, poultry meat, wheat BINAPACRYL 0.5 Apple, grape, pear BROMOPHOS 5.0 Olive, olive oil 10.0 Cereal grain 2.0 Carrot, white flour, white bread, radish 0.1 Broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, pea FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-114 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food 0.5 Onion, lettuce, brussels sprout, Carcass meat, tomato 1.0 Pear, plum, spinach BROMOPHOS-ETHYL 3.0 Carcass meat 2.0 Apple, carrot, pear, plum, spinach 1.0 Red currant, brussels sprout 0.5 Cabbage, peach, rapeseed oil, strawberry, sweet cherry 0.05 Maize BROMOPROPYLATE 5.0 Apple, banana, cherry, citrus fruit, grape, dried hops, nectarine, peach, pear, plum, strawberry 1.0 Vegetable 0.2 Banana (pulp), citrus fruit (pulp) CAPTAN 25.0 Apple, pear 20.0 Apricot, red and black currant, spinach, strawberry 15.0 Citrus fruit, endive, peach, plum, tomato CARBARYL 10.0 Apricot, asparagus, cherry, kiwi fruit, nut in shell, nectarine 5.0 Apple, barley, bean, eggplant, pea, grape, tomato 3.0 Cucumber 2.0 Wholemeal flour, carrot, beetroot, peanut whole in shell CARBOFURAN 5.0 Dried hops 2.0 Brussels sprout 0.5 Cabbage, carrot 0.2 Cauliflower 0.1 Banana, barley, coffee (raw bean), eggplant, lettuce, mustard seed, maize, oat, onion, peach, peanut kernel 0.2 Carcase meat (in the carcase fat), wheat flour (white) CARBOPHENOTHION 2.0 Spinach, citrus fruit 1.0 Apple, apricot, nectarine, peach, pear, plum, carcass meat (in the fat) FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-115 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food 0.5 Cauliflower, broccoli 0.2 Olive oil CARTAP 5.0 Dried hops 2.0 Chinese cabbage 1.0 Grape 0.2 Cabbage 0.1 Ginger, potato, sweetcorn CHLORFENVINPHOS 0.4 Carrot, celery 0.1 Cauliflower, radish, tomato 0.05 Eggplant, cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprout, onion, peanut, sweet potato, maize, turnip CHLORMEQUAT 1.0 Grape, raisin 3.0 Pear 5.0 Wheat CHLOROBENZILATE 5.0 Apple 1.0 Citrus fruit, melon 2.0 Grape, pear 0.2 Almond, tomato CHLORPYRIFOS 1.0 Apple, grape, kiwifruit 2.0 Carcass meat (in the fat) 0.1 Lettuce 0.2 Bean, eggplant, turkey (in the skin and carcase fat) 0.3 Citrus fruit 0.05 Onion, mushroom, potato, Cauliflower, celery CHLORPYRIFOS-METHYL 10.0 Maize, wheat 2.0 Flour, wholemeal bread 0.5 Peach, tomato, white bread 0.1 Cabbage, artichoke, bean, Chinese cabbage, eggplant, pepper, radish, rice 0.05 Egg 0.5 Carrot, pear, pepper, tomato CRUFOMATE 1.0 Meat 0.05 Milk CYHEXATIN 2.0 Apple FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-116 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food 1.0 Gherkin 0.5 Cucumber, melon CYPERMETHRIN 2.0 Citrus fruit 1.0 Cherry, plum 0.5 Bean (with pod), edible vegetable, oils, pepper, tomato, leek 0.2 Cucumber, eggplant 0.1 Onion 0.05 Bean (without pod), egg, peanut, maize, root and tuber vegetable, sweetcorn 2, 4-D 2.0 Citrus fruit 2, 4,5,T 0.05 Apple, apricot, barley, egg, meat by product, milk, rice, wheat, carcass meat 2.0 Potato, raw cereal DELTAMETHRIN 0.1 Assorted fruits edible peel, bulb vegetable, legume vegetable 0.05 Artichoke, grape, orange, Strawberry 0.01 Pineapple, mushroom, root and tuber vegetable, melon, legume oil seed DENETIB-S-METHYL 2.0 Grape 1.0 Peach, apple, plum 0.5 Citrus fruit, pear, strawberry 0.2 Cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprout, cucumber, eggplant, pea, potato, pumpkin, watermelon, spinach 0.05 Shelled nut DIAZINON 0.7 Sweetcorn, pigs carcass meat (in the fat), leafy vegetable, citrus fruit 0.5 Vegetable (except leafy vegetable and sweetcorn) 0.1 Almond, barley, peanut, rice, wheat DICHLOFUANID 15.0 Currant, grape 10.0 Lettuce, strawberry 5.0 Apple, cucumber, peach, pear 2.0 Bean, cherry, pepper, tomato 1.0 Eggplant, dried hop FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-117 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food 0.1 Wheat, barley, cereal grain, oat, onion, potato DICHLORAN 15.0 Cherry, peach 10.0 Apricot, carrot, grape, lettuce, nectarine, plum, strawberry 2.0 Bean 0.5 Gherkin, tomato DICHLORVOS 2.0 Lentil, peanut, soya bean 1.0 Lettuce 2.0 Cereal grain 0.5 Mushroom, vegetable 0.02 Milk 0.05 Egg, carcass meat, milled products from raw grain 0.1 Apple, pear, peach, strawberry DICOFOL 5.0 Vegetable, fruit, except strawberry, dried hop 2.0 Cucumber, gherkin 1.0 Tomato, strawberry DIOXATION 5.0 Apple, pear 3.0 Citrus fruit 2.0 Grape 1.0 Carcass meat (in fat) 0.1 Apricot, peach, plum DIPHENYL 110.0 Citrus fruit DIPHENYLAMINE 5.0 Apple DIQUAT 5.0 Barley 2.0 Wheat, wholemeal, wheat flour 0.2 Potato, white flour 0.05 Egg, meat, meat products, bean, vegetable 0.1 Onion, pea, maize, sesame seed oil, sunflower seed oil DISULFOTON 0.5 Vegetable, potato, maize, celery DODINE 5.0 Apple, grape, pear, strawberry, peach 2.0 Cherry EDIFENPHOS 0.02 Rice 0.01 Egg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-118 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food ETHIOFENCARB 10.0 Lettuce, cherry 5.0 Apple, apricot, artichoke, chinese cabbage, peach, plum, pear 2.0 Eggplant 1.0 Cucumber 0.2 Bean (without pod) 0.5 Potato, radish 0.05 Barley, oat, wheat ETHOXYQUIN 3.0 Apple, pear ETRIMFOS 0.5 Refined rapeseed oil 0.01 Milk, carcass meat of cattle FENBUTATIN OXIDE 7.0 Dried citrus pulp, peach 5.0 Citrus fruit, cherry, grape, pear 3.0 Plum, strawberry 1.0 Cucumber, eggplant, gherkin, tomato FENCHLORPHOS 10.0 Carcass meat (in fat) 0.08 Milk 0.05 Egg 0.01 Poultry FENSULFOTHION 0.1 Tomato, potato, maize 0.05 Peanut, pineapple 0.02 Banana, carcass meat (in fat) FENTION 2.0 Apple, citrus fruit, cherry, peach, pear 1.0 Plum, olive, olive oil, banana, cabbage, cauliflower 0.5 Pea, grape, tomato 0.2 Citrus juice, squash 0.1 Onion, wheat, rice 0.05 Milk, potato FENTIN 1.0 Celery 0.1 Potato, raw coffee bean 0.2 Carrot 0.05 Peanut FORMOTHION 0.2 Citrus fruit GUAZATINE 5.0 Citrus fruit, melon FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-119 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food 0.1 Pineapple, potato, raw cereal HEPTACHLOR 0.2 Carrot, carcass meat (in fat) 0.02 Raw cereal, tomato 0.05 Vegetable HYDROGEN CYANIDE 75.0 Cereal grain 6.0 Flour HYDROGEN PHOSPHIDE 0.1 Cereal grain 0.01 Breakfast cereal, dried food, dried fruit, dried vegetable, nut, peanut, spice IPRODIONE 10.0 Apple, grape, lettuce, peach, pear, plum, strawberry 5.0 Black currant, cucumber, kiwi fruit, tomato MALATHION 8.0 Dried bean, cabbage, cereal grain, endive, lettuce, lentil, dried fruit, nut, spinach 6.0 Peach, cherry, plum 4.0 Citrus fruit 3.0 Turnip, tomato 2.0 Apple, green bean, wholemeal flour MALEIC HYDRIZIDE 50.0 Potato 15.0 Onion METHIDATION 5.0 Mandarin 3.0 Dried hop 0.5 Apple, pear 0.2 Cabbage, cauliflower, apricot, cherry, leafy vegetable, plum, peach, nectarine 0.02 Potato 0.1 Tomato, pea, maize, bean MEVINPHOS 1.0 Strawberry, cauliflower, cherry 0.5 Apple, grape, lettuce, spinach 0.2 Citrus fruit, apricot, tomato, cucumber 0.1 Bean, carrot, onion, pea, potato, turnip 0.05 Melon MONOCROTOPHOS 1.0 Apple, pear, tomato 0.2 Bean, cabbage, cauliflower, citrus fruit 0.02 Egg (on a shell free basis), milk products FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-120 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food OMETHOATE 2.0 Citrus fruit, vegetable 1.0 Pepper, strawberry, tomato PARATION 1.0 Apricot, citrus fruit, peach 0.5 Other fruit 0.7 Vegetable, except carrot PARATION-METHYL 0.2 Tomato, fruit, melon PERMETHRIN 50.0 Dried hop 5.0 Cabbage, chinese cabbage 2.0 Grape, cereal grain, broccoli, currant 1.0 Olive, eggplant, strawberry, sunflower, seed oil, pepper, carcass fat, asparagus 0.5 Cauliflower, citrus fruit, cucumber, gherkin, leek, squash 0.1 Soya bean oil, pea (without pod), egg, carrot, mushroom, sweetcorn, dry bean, almond 0.05 Potato, coffee bean PHENTHOATE 1.0 Citrus fruit 0.01 Milk 0.05 Egg, carcass meat of cattle PHOSALONE 10.0 Cherry 5.0 Apple, grape, peach, plum 2.0 Pear, dried hop, beetroot PHOSMET 15.0 Kiwi fruit 10.0 Sweet potato (washed) 5.0 Citrus fruit 0.1 Pea (fresh or dried) 0.05 Potato 2.0 Pear, dried hop, beetroot 1.0 Tomato, strawberry, cucumber, citrus fruit, Brussels sprout, broccoli 0.1 Potato PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE 20.0 Cereal grain, dried fish FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-121 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food PRIMICARB 2.0 Chilli pepper 1.0 Bean, broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, eggplant, tomato, gherkin, lettuce, cucumber, spinach, watercress, parsley 0.5 Black currant, onion, strawberry, plum, peach 0.05 Beetroot, barley, potato, turnip, sweetcorn PIRIMIPHOS-METHYL 50.0 Whole peanut 10.0 Cereal grain, peanut oil 5.0 Lettuce, mushroom, olive 2.0 Apple, cabbage, brussels sprout, cauliflower, cherry, kiwi fruit, pear, plum 1.0 Wholemeal bread, carrot, cucumber, spring onion, pepper, bean, white bread 0.5 Bean, white bread, cheese, citrus fruit 0.05 Egg, milk, carcase meat, pea 8.0 Fruit, dried fruit, vegetable, peanut, fried vegetable PROPARGITE 30.0 Dried hop 20.0 Bean (in the pod), strawberry 5.0 Pear, citrus fruit, apple 2.0 Fig, tomato 0.2 Dry bean 0.1 Milk, potato, almond, egg PROPOXUR 3.0 Apple, pear, plum, peach, strawberry, redcurrant, vegetable 0.5 Root vegetable, potato, cereal grain PYRETHRINS 3.0 Cereal grain, dried fish QUINTOZENE 5.0 Peanut 3.0 Lettuce 2.0 Peanut kernel 1.0 Banana (in the whole product) 0.2 Potato 0.1 Tomato 0.01 Bean, banana (in the pod) 0.02 Cabbage FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-122 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Maximum residue limit (mg/kg) Food TECHNAZENE 2.0 Lettuce 1.0 Potato (washed) 0.1 Vegetable THIABENDAZOLE 10.0 Apple, citrus fruit, pear 5.0 Potato (washed) 3.0 Banana, strawberry 0.2 Cereal grain 0.1 Onion THIOMETON 2.0 Dried hop 0.5 Apple, apricot, bean, cabbage, celery, chicory, eggplant, endive, grape, lettuce, parsley, peach, peanut, pear, pea, pepper, plum, strawberry, tomato 0.05 Potato, mustard seed, carrot, raw cereal THIOPHANATE-METHYL 20.0 Celery 10.0 Citrus fruit, grape, cherry, peach 5.0 Apple, carrot, pear, tomato 2.0 Bean, gherkin, plum 1.0 Mushroom, banana 0.5 Cucumber 0.1 Onion TRICHLORFON 2.0 Apple 1.0 Strawberry, pepper 0.2 Banana (pulp), beetroot, cauliflower, celery, peach, tomato, sweetcorn 0.1 Bean, cereal grain, citrus fruit, peanut (shell free), pumpkin, radish, turnip 0.5 Spinach TRIFORINE 5.0 Peach 2.0 Apple, cherry, plum 1.0 Bean, strawberry 0.5 Tomato 0.2 Brussels sprout 0.1 Cereal grain FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-123 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 ELEVENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 86(1) and (2)] PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE NUMBER SYSTEM ALTERNATIVE FORM IN WHICH THE PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAY BE USED NUMBER SYSTEM 2(thiazol-4-yl) benzimidazole E233 2-Hydroxybiphenyl E231 Acetic acid glacial 260 Benzoic acid E210 Heptyl p-hydroxybenzoate Sodium benzoate Potassium benzoate Calcium benzoate E209 E211 E212 E213 Biphenyl E230 Sodium biphenyl 2-yl oxide (Sodium orthophenylphenol) E232 Boric acid E284 Calcium acetate 263 Calcium formate 238 Dehydroacetic acid 265 Dimethyl dicarbonate 242 Ethyl para hydroxybenzoate E214 Sodium ethyl para hydroxybenzoate E215 Formaldehyde 240 Formic acid 236 Gum guaicum 241 Hexamamethylene tetramine (hexamine) E239 Methyl para hydroxybenzoate E218 Sodium methyl para hydroxybenzoate E219 Nisin E234 Orthophenylphenol Pimaricin (natamycin) 235 Potassium acetate 261 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-124 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE NUMBER SYSTEM ALTERNATIVE FORM IN WHICH THE PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAY BE USED NUMBER SYSTEM Propionic acid E280 Sodium propionate Calcium propionate Potassium propionate E281 E282 E283 Propyl para hydroxybenzoate E216 Sodium propyl para hydroxybenzoate E217 Sodium acetate 262 Sodium diacetate Sodium dehydroacetate 266 Sodium formate 237 Sodium nitrate E251 Potassium nitrate E252 Sodium nitrite E250 Potassium nitrite E249 Sorbic acid E200 Sodium sorbate Potassium sorbate Calcium sorbate E201 E203 E203 Sulphur dioxide E220 Sodium sulphite Sodium hydrogen sulphite Sodium metabisulphite (Sodium pyrosulphite or Sodium disulphite) Potassium metabisulphite (Potassium pyrosulphite or Potassium disulphite) Potassium sulphite Calcium sulphite Calcium hydrogen sulphite Potassium bisulphite E221 E222 E223 E224 E225 E226 E227 E228 Thiabendazole E233 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-125 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 TWELFTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 87(1), (3) and (4)(a)] MAXIMUM PROPORTION OF PRESERVATIVE IN SPECIFIED FOOD COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Batter Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Beer Either benzoic acid (E210) 70 or ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) 70 or propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) 70 or methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) 70 or Sulphur dioxide (E220) 70 Alcohol-free beer in keg Benzoic acid (E210) 200 Bread Propionic acid (E280) 3,000 (calculated on the weight of the flour) Dry biscuit Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 Candied peel or cut and drained (syruped) peel Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Canned food Nisin (E234) GMP Caramel Sulphur dioxide (E220) 1,000 Cauliflower canned Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Cereal and potato based snack Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 Cereal and potato based snacks and coated nut Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 1,000 singly or in combination (Max. 300 benzoic acid) Cheese (whey cheese extra hard cheese, grating cheese, cheddar cheese, cheshire cheese) Sorbic acid (E200) or Sodium sorbate (E201) Potassium sorbate (E202) 1,000 1,000 singly or in combination, with the acid, expressed as sorbic acid Cheese (gouda, edam, norwgen) Sodium nitrate (E251) or Potassium nitrate (E252) 50 singly or in combination with potassium Chewing gum Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 1,500 singly or in combination Chicory and coffee essence Benzoic acid (E210) or 450 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 450 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 450 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) 450 Coffee solid extract Sulphur dioxide (E220) 150 Christmas pudding Propionic acid (E280) 1,000 Cider, including perry, fruit wine, sparkling fruit wine, alcohol-free product Sorbic acid (E200) or Sulphur acid (E220) 200 200 Coconut desiccated Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-126 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Colouring matter, except caramel, if in the form of a solution of a permitted colouring matter Sorbic acid (E200) or Benzoic acid (E210) or Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 Cured meat, including bacon or ham Sodium nitrite (E250) and 125 mg/kg expressed as sodium nitrite, singly or in combination with potassium nitrite Sodium nitrate (E251) 500 mg/kg expressed as sodium nitrate, singly or in combination with potassium nitrate Curdled milk Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Canned corned meat Sodium nitrite (E250) 50 mg/kg expressed as Sodium nitrite singly or in combination with potassium nitrite Concentrated pineapple juice with preservative (for manufacturing use only) Sorbic acid (E200) or Sodium Sorbate (E201) or 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with the acid, benzoic acid, their salts and sulphites but sulphites not to exceed Calcium sorbate (E203) or Benzoic acid (E210) Sodium benzoate (E211) or Potassium benzoate (E212) or 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with sorbic acids (sulphites not to exceed 500) Sulphur dioxide (E220) or Sodium sulphite (E221) or Sodium hydrogen sulphite (E222) or Potassium sulphite (E225) or Potassium bisulphite(E228) 500 mg/kg singly or in combination with other sulphites, benzoic acid, sorbic acid and their salt (calculated as SO 2 ) Citrus marmalade Sodium sorbate (E201) 500 mg/kg singly or in combination with the acid, expressed as sorbic acid Canned chestnuts Sulphur dioxide (E220) 30 mg/kg calculated as SO 2 Desserts, fruit based milk and cream Sorbic acid (E200) or Sulphur dioxide (E220) 300 100 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-127 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Pickled cucumber Potassium benzoate (E212) 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, and sorbic acid and its sodium and potassium salts Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 mg/kg as carry-over from the raw product Non-heat-treated dairy based dessert Sorbic acid (E200) and benzoic acid (E210) 300 singly or in combination Dehydrated, concentrated, frozen and deep frozen egg product Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Fat emulsions, excluding butter within fat content of 60 per cent or more Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Fat emulsions with a fat content less than 60 per cent Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Dried fruit – apricot, peach, grape, prune and fig banana Sulphur dioxide (E220) Sulphur dioxide (E220) 2,000 1,000 apple and pear Sulphur dioxide (E220) 600 other, including nut in shells Sulphur dioxide (E220) 500 Dried apricot Sorbic acid (E200) 500 singly or in combination with sorbic acid and sodium sorbate expressed as sorbic acid Dried fruit Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Fruit-based pie filling Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Fruit pulp intended for manufacturing purposes Sulphur dioxide (E220) 3,000 Dried fig Sorbic acid (E200) or Sulphur dioxide (E220) 500 2,000 Dried salted fish (klippfish of the Gadidae family) Sorbic acid (E200) 200 mg/kg singly or in combination with its salts Dextrose anhydrous Dextrose monohydrate Sulphur dioxide (E220) 20 mg/kg Fish paste Benzoic acid (E210) 750 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-128 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Flavouring substance or flavouring agent and flavouring syrup Benzoic acid (E210) or 800 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 800 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 800 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 800 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 350 Flour (intended for use in the manufacture of biscuit or pastry) Sulphur dioxide (E220) 200 Filling of ravioli and similar products Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Frozen pizza Calcium sorbate (E203) 2,000 as sorbic acid Freeze drink Sorbic acid (E200) or 300 Benzoic acid (E210) or 160 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 160 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 160 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 160 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 70 Fruit crystalised, glacé or candied, and vegetable Sorbic acid (E200) and Sulphur dioxide (E220) or 100 Benzoic acid (E210) or 1,000 singly or in combination Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) Fruit, fresh citrus Biphenyl (E230) or 70 12Orthophenylphenol (E231) or Thiobendazole (E233) 10 Grape Sulphur dioxide (E220) 15 Unfermented grape Juice products (intended for cremental purposes) Sorbic acid (E200) and or 2,000 singly or in combination Benzoic acid (E210) 70 Sulphur dioxide (E220) Fruit juice, sweetened or unsweetened, whether concentrated or not Sulphur dioxide (E220) or 350 Benzoic acid (E210) or 800 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 800 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 800 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) 800 Fruit spread Sorbic acid (E200) and 1,000 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Garlic powdered Sulphur dioxide (E220) 2,000 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-129 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Gelatin Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 Ginger, dried root Sulphur dioxide (E220) 150 Glucose drink containing not less than 234 g of glucose syrup per litre of the drink Benzoic acid (E210) or 800 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzdate (E214) or 800 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 800 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 800 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 350 Glucose syrup Sulphur dioxide (E220) 40 400 mg/kg mg/kg for the manufacturing of sugar confectionery only Dried glucose syrup Sulphur dioxide (E220) 40 150 mg/kg mg/kg for the manufacturing of sugar confectionery only Semi-preserved fish products, including fish roe product Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 2,000 singly or in combination Horseradish, fresh, grated and horseradish sauce Benzoic acid (E210) or 250 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 250 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 250 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 250 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 200 Jam for diabetic Sorbic acid (E200) or 1,000 singly or in combination either Benzoic acid (E210) or 500 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 500 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 500 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) 500 and Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Jelly and jam (fruit preserve) Sulphur dioxide (E220) or 100 mg/kg singly Calcium hydrogen sulphite (E227) or 200 mg/kg Ethyl p - hdroxybenzoate (E214) 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with benzoate, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-130 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Citrus marmalade Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with the acid, benzoic acid and their salts, expressed as the acid Sodium sorbate (E201) or 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with benzoates, sorbic acid and potassium sorbate Sodium benzoate (E211) or Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 mg/kg resulting from carry-over Liquid tea concentrate, liquid fruit and herbal infusion concentrate Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 600 singly or in combination Lime and lemon juice Sulphur dioxide (E220) 350 Bottled sliced lemon Sulphur dioxide (E220) 250 Liquid egg (white) yolk or whole egg Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 5,000 singly or in combination Low fat products consisting of an emulsion principally of water in oil Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Luncheon meat Sodium nitrite (E250) 125 mg/kg expressed as sodium nitrite, singly or in combination with potassium nitrite Margarine Sorbic acid (E200) 500 Sodium sorbate (E201) or Benzoic acid (E210) or Sodium benzoate (E211) 1,000 singly or in combination with sorbic and benzoic acids and their salts Marzipan Sodium benzoate (E211) 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with sorbic and benzoic acids and their salts FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-131 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Minarine Sorbic acid (E200) or Sodium sorbate (E201) 2,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with the acid, benzoic acid and their salts expressed as the acid but benzoic acid not to exceed Sodium benzoate (E211) 1,000 singly or in combination with sorbic and benzoic acids and their salts Mushroom frozen Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 Dry mushroom Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Dijon mustard Sulphur dioxide (E220) 500 Mustard Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 1,000 singly or in combination Mango chutney Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 mg/kg Sodium benzoate (E211) or Potassium benzoate (E212) or 250 mg/kg singly or in combination Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (218) Sodium metabisulphite (E223) Potassium metabisulphite (E224) 100 mg/kg singly or in combination Mayonnaise Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with the acid, benzoic acid and their salts, expressed as the acids Sodium benzoate (E211) 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with benzoic acid and its salts, expressed as benzoic acid Non-alcoholic flavoured drink Sorbic acid (E200) 300 Benzoic acid (E210) 150 Nut paste, sweetened Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Olive pickled Sorbic acid (E200) or 500 Benzoic acid (E210) or 250 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 250 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 250 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 250 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-132 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Olive (table) Sodium sorbate (E201) 500 mg/kg singly or in combination with acid, expressed as sorbic acid Benzoic acid (E210) or Sodium benzoate (E211) 1,000 singly or in combination with its salt as benzoic acid Olive and olive based preparation Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Processed cheese Processed cheese preparation Sorbic acid (E200) or Potassium sorbate (E202) or Propionic acid (E280) or Calcium propionate (E282) 3,000 singly or in combination with sorbic acid or their salts, or in combination with propionic acid and their salts Cheese pre-packed, sliced, unripened cheese Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Layered cheese and cheese with added food Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Pea, garden, canned containing no added colouring Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Pectin (liquid) Sulphur dioxide (E220) 250 Pickle other than pickle olive Sorbic acid (E200) or 1,000 Benzoic acid (E210) or 250 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 250 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 250 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 250 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Processed potato, including frozen and deep frozen Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Potato, raw, peeled Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 Potato dough and pre fried potato slice Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Provolone cheese Hexamethylene tetramine (E239) 600 of the liquid used to work the curd Pre-packed sliced bread and rye bread Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Partially baked, Pre-packed bakery wares intended for retail sale Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Preparation of permitted artificial sweetener and water only Benzoic acid (E210) and 750 either Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) 250 or Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) 250 or Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) 250 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-133 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Fine bakery wares with a water activity of more than 0.65 Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Powdered sugar (icing sugar) fructose, powdered dextrose (icing dextrose) Sulphur dioxide (E220) 20 mg/kg resulting from carry-over Prepared salad Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 1,500 mg/kg singly or in combination Raisin Sulphur dioxide (E220) 1,500 mg/kg for bleached raisins only Quick frozen lobster Sodium sulphite (E221) or Sodium hydrogen sulphite (E222) or Sodium metabisulphite (E223) or Potassium metabisulphite (E224) or Potassium sulphite (E225) or Potassium bisulphite (E228) 100 mg/kg in the raw product, 30 mg/kg in the cooked product expressed as SO 2 , singly or in combination with other sulphites Quick frozen shrimp and prawn Sodium sulphite (E221) or Sodium hydrogen sulphate (E222) or Sodium metabisulphite (E223) or Potassium metabisulphite (E224) 100 mg/kg in the raw product, 30 mg/kg in the cooked product expressed as SO 2 , singly or in combination with other sulphites Quick frozen fish stick (fish finger) and fish portion, breaded or in batter (for the bread or batter only) Potassium benzoate (E212) Limited to GMP Quick frozen french fried potato Sodium sulphite (E221) or 50 mg/kg singly or in combination with other sulphites, expressed as SO 2 Sodium hydrogen sulphite (E222) or Sodium metabisulphite (E223) or Potassium metabisulphite (E224) or Potassium sulphite (E225) or Potassium bisulphite (E228) Sauce, other than Horseradish sauce, including fruit based dessert sauce with a total soluble solids content of less than 75 per cent Sorbic acid (E200) or 1,000 benzoic acid (E210) or 250 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 250 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 250 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 250 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Non-emulsified sauces Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 1,000 singly or in combination Sausage or sausage meat, including hamburgers, beef burger or similar products Sulphur dioxide (E220) 450 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-134 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Emulsified sauce with a fat content of 60 per cent or more Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Emulsified sauce with a fat content less than 60 per cent Sorbic acid (E200) 2,000 Fruit and vegetable preparation, including fruit based sauce, excluding purée, mousse, compote, salad and similar products, canned or bottled Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Liquid soup and broth, excluding canned Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 500 singly or in combination Soft drink for consumption after dilution not otherwise specified in this schedule Sorbic acid (E200) or 1,500 Benzoic acid (E210) or 800 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 800 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 800 Methyl p - fiydroxybenzoate (E218) or 800 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 350 Soft drink for consumption without dilution not otherwise specified in this schedule Sorbic acid (E200) or 300 Benzoic acid (E210) or 160 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 160 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 160 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 160 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 70 Starch, including modified starch Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Salad cream, including mayonnaise and salad dressing Sorbic acid (E200) or 1,000 Benzoic acid (E210) or 250 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 250 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 250 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 250 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 100 Hydrolysed starch Sulphur dioxide (E220) 400 Other sugar except lactose Sulphur dioxide (E220) 70 Soft sugar Sulphur dioxide (E220) 40 mg/kg Seasoning and condiment Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 1,000 singly or in combination Salted, dried fish Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 200 singly or in combination Shrimp, cooked Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 2,000 singly or in combination FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-135 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Tea extract (liquid) Benzoic acid (E210) or 450 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 450 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 450 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) 450 Tomato pulp, paste or purée Benzoic acid (E210) or 800 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 800 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 800 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 800 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 350 Topping (syrup for pancake, flavoured syrup for milkshake and ice cream; similar products) Sorbic acid (E200) 1,000 Vegetable, ehydrated – Brussels sprout Cabbage Potato Others Sulphur dioxide (1-220) 2,500 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 2,500 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 550 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 2,000 White vegetable, processed, including frozen and deep frozen Sulphur dioxide (E220) 50 Vegetable and cereal, protein-based meat, fish and crustacean analogue Sulphur dioxide (E220) 200 Vegetable in vinegar, brine or oil, excluding olives Sorbic acid (E200) and Benzoic acid (E210) 2,000 singly or in combination Vinegar cider or wine vinegar Others Sulphur dioxide (E220) Sulphur dioxide (E220) 200 70 mg/kg Wine, including alcoholic cordial and country liquor Sorbic acid (E200) and Sulphur dioxide (E220) 200 430 mg/l mg/l Wheat flour (for biscuit and pastry manufacture only) Sulphur dioxide 200 mg/kg White sugar Sulphur dioxide (E220) 20 70 mg/kg Spec. A mg/kg Spec. B FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-136 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 SPECIFIED FOOD PERMITTED PRESERVATIVE MAXIMUM PERMITTED LEVEL mg/kg or mg/litre Yogurt, fruit Sorbic acid (E200) or 300 Benzoic acid (E210) or 120 Ethyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E214) or 120 Propyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E216) or 120 Methyl p - hydroxybenzoate (E218) or 120 Sulphur dioxide (E220) 60 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-137 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 THIRTEENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 87(5)] PRESERVATIVE PERMITTED FOR CERTAIN FOOD ONLY COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 Permitted preservative Specified food Maximum permissible level 1. Biphenyl, diphenyl (E230) Surface treatment of citrus fruit 70 mg/kg 2. Orphophenyl phenol (E231) Sodium orphophenyl phenol (E232) Surface treatment of citrus fruit 12 mg/kg individually or in combination expressed as orthophenyl phenol 3. Thiabendazole (E233) Surface treatment of – (1) citrus fruit (2) banana 6 mg/kg 3 mg/kg 4. Nisin (E234) Semolina and tapioca Pudding and similar products Ripened cheese and Processed cheese Clotted cream 3 mg/kg 12.5 mg/kg 10 mg/kg 5. Natamycin (E235) Surface treatment of – (1) hard cheese (2) dried cured sausage 1 mg/dm2 surface (not present at a depth of 5 mm) 6. Hexamethylene tetramine (E239) Provelone cheese 25 mg/kg residual amount expressed as formaldehyde 7. Dimethyl dicarbonate (E242) Non-alcoholic flavoured drink Alcohol-free wine Liquid-ten concentrate 250 mg/l in going amount, residues not detectable 8. Boric acid (E284) Sturgeons' eggs (Caviar) 4g/kg expressed as boric acid 9. Potassium nitrite (E249) Sodium nitrite (E250) Non-heat-treated, cured, dried meat product 50 mg/kg Other cured meat product, Canned meat product foie gras, foie gras entier, bloc de foie gras 100 mg/kg Cured bacon 175 mg/kg 10. Sodium nitrate (E251) Cured meat product Canned meat product 250 mg/kg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-138 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 Permitted preservative Specified food Maximum permissible level Potassium nitrate (E252) Hard, semi-hard, semi-soft cheese, dairy-based cheese analogue 50 mg/kg Pickled herring and sprat 200 mg/kg 11. Propionic acid (E280) Sodium propionate (E281) Calcium propionate (E282) Potassium propionate (E283) Pre-packed sliced bread and rye bread 3,000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid Energy reduced bread Partially baked, pre-packed bread Pre-packed fine bakery, including floor confectionery with a water activity of more than 0.65 Pre-packed roll, buns and pitta 2,000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid Christmas pudding pre-packed bread 1,000 mg/kg expressed as propionic acid FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-139 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 FOURTEENTH SCHEDULE (Regulation 90(1)] PERMITTED COLOURING SUBSTANCE EEC NO. COMMON NAME COLOUR INDEX NUMBER E100 Curcumin 75300 E101 (1) Riboflavin (2) Roboflavin-5’-phosphate E102 Tartrazine 19140 E104 Quinoline yellow 47005 E110 Sunset yellow FCF, orange yellow S 15985 E120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmine 75470 E122 Azorubine, carmoisine 14720 E123 Amaranth 16185 E124 Ponceau 4R, cochineal red A 16255 E127 Erythrosine 45430 E128 Red 2G 18050 E129 Allura red AC 16035 E131 Patent blue V 42051 E132 Indigotine, indigo carmine 73015 E133 Brilliant blue FCF 42090 E140 Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin (1) chlorophyll (2) chlorophyllin 75810 75815 E141 Copper complex of chlorophyll and chlorophyllin (1) copper complex of chlorophyll (2) copper complex of chlorophyllin 75815 E142 Green S 44090 E150a Plain caramel (1) E150b Caustic sulphite caramel E150c Ammonia caramel E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel E151 Brilliant black BN, black PN 28440 E153 Vegetable carbon E154 Brown FK E155 Brown HT 20285 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-140 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 EEC NO. COMMON NAME COLOUR INDEX NUMBER E160a Carotene – (1) Mixed carotene (2) Beta-carotene 75130 40800 E 160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin E160c Paprika extract, capsanthin, capsorubin E160d Lycopene E160e Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (C 30) 40820 E160f Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid (C 30) 40825 E161b Lutein E161g Canthaxanthin E162 Beet-root red, betanin E163 Anthocyanin Prepared by physical means from fruit and vegetable E170 Calcium carbonate 77220 E171 Titanium dioxide 77891 E 172 Iron oxide and hydroxide 77491,77492,77499 E173 Aluminium E174 Silver E175 Gold E180 Litholrubine BK Note – The term “Caramel” relates to products of a more or less intense brown colour which are intended for colouring. It does not correspond to the sugary aromatic product obtained from heating sugar and which is used for flavouring food (e.g confectionery, pastry, alcoholic drinks). FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-141 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 91(a)] FOOD WHICH MAY NOT CONTAIN ADDED COLOURING SUBSTANCE EXCEPT WHERE SPECIALLY PROVIDED FOR IN THE SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH SCHEDULES Bread Coffee, including instant coffee Egg yolk, egg white, whole egg and egg powder Extra jam, extra jelly and chestnut purée (unprocessed) Fish, meat, poultry, game, meat preparation and prepared meat Flour and starch Food for infant and young child Fruit juice and fruit nectar unprocessed Fruit preserve Honey Mineral water Pasta Spice Tea, tea extract and infusion, including instant tea mix Tomato paste and tomato preserve Unflavoured butter milk Unflavoured cream and cream powder Unflavoured fermented milk Unflavoured milk, semi-skimmed and skimmed milk, pasteurised or sterilised milk and UHT milk Unflavoured preserved milk Unprocessed cocoa and chocolate product Unprocessed food Unprocessed sugar Vegetable preserve and processed vegetable Virgin oil and olive oil Wine FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-142 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 91(b)] FOOD TO WHICH ONLY CERTAIN PERMITTED COLOURING SUBSTANCE MAY BE ADDED COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 FOOD PERMITTED COLOUR MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL (mg/kg) Brown and malt bread E150a Plain caramel E150b Caustic sulphite caramel E150c Ammonia caramel E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel GMP Beer E150a Plain caramel E150b Caustic sulphite caramel E150c Ammonia caramel E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel GMP Butter, including reduced fat butter and concentrated butter E160a Carotene E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin GMP Margarine, Minarine, Other fat emulsion, and fat essentially free from water E100 Curcumin E160a Carotene E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin GMP Blue-green veined and marbled cheese E131 Patent blue V E140 Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin E141 Copper complexes of Chlorophyll and chlorophyllin GMP Morbier cheese E153 Vegetable carbon GMP Orange, yellow and broken white cheese E160a Carotene E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin E171 Titanium dioxide GMP Refined vegetable oils except olive oil (for colour restoration only) E100 Curcumin E160a Carotene E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin GMP Chorize E120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmine E124 Ponceau 4R, cochineal red A 200 mg/kg 250 mg/kg Sobrasada E110 Sunset yellow FCF E124 Ponceau 4R, cochineal red A 135 mg/kg 200 mg/kg FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-143 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 FOOD PERMITTED COLOUR MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL (mg/kg) Sausage, including e.g Salami, cervelat, hot dog Paté, meat pie and Luncheon meat, burger Meat containing minimum content meat/ fat of 82 per cent and a minimum of 6 per cent cereal E100 Curcumin E110 Sunset yellow E120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmine E124 Ponceau 4R E129 Allura red E150a Plain caramel E150b Caustic sulphite caramel E150c Ammonia caramel E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel E160a Carotene E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin E160c Paprika extract, Capsanthin, capsorubin E162 Beetroot red, betanin E171 Titanium dioxide E172 Iron oxide 20 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 100 mg/kg 40 mg/kg 150 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP GMP 20 mg/kg 20 mg/kg 10 mg/kg GMP GMP GMP Pasturmas (edible external coating) E100 Curcumins or E101 (1) Riboflavin (2) Riboflavin 5 – phosphate or E120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmines GMP Extended, puffed and/ or fruit flavoured breakfast cereal E150c Ammonia caramel E160a Carotene E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin E160c Paprika extract, capsanthine, capsorubin GMP GMP 200 mg/kg GMP Fruit flavoured breakfast cereal E120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmine E162 Beetroot red betanine E163 Anthocyanin singly or in combination 200 mg/kg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-144 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 SEVENTEENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 91(c)] COLOURING SUBSTANCE PERMITTED FOR CERTAIN FOOD ONLY COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLOUR FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL E123 Amaranth Alcoholic drink, aperitif wine and spirit drink Fish roe 30 mg/kg 30 mg/kg E127 Erythrosine Cocktail cherry and candied cherry Cherry in syrup and cherry in cocktail 200 mg/kg 150 mg/kg E128 Red 2G Sausage and burger with a starch content of more than 6 per cent Decoration and coating Vegetable protein flour 20 mg/kg 50 mg/kg 150 mg/kg E154 Brown FK Smoked and cured fish 20 mg/kg E161 Cauthaxanthin Cooked sausage 30 mg/kg E173 Aluminium External coating of sugar confectionery for the decoration of cake and pastry GMP E174 Silver External coating of confectionery (chocolate excluded), liqueur GMP E175 Gold External coating of confectionery (chocolate excluded), liqueur GMP E180 Litholrubine BK Edible cheese surface GMP FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-145 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 EIGHTEENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 91(d)] COLOURING SUBSTANCE PERMITTED IN ALL FOOD OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED IN THE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH SCHEDULES AT GMP E101 – (a) Riboflavin (b) Riboflavin-5'-phosphate E140 Chlorophyll and Chlorophyllin E141 Copper complexes of Chlorophyll and Chlorophyllin E150a Plain caramel E150b Caustic sulphite caramel E150c Ammonia caramel E150d Sulphite ammonia caramel E153 Vegetable carbon E160a Carotene E160c Paprika extract, capsanthin, capsorubin E162 Beetroot red, betanin E163 Anthocyanin E170 Calcium carbonate E171 Titanium dioxide E172 Iron oxide and hydroxide FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-146 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 NINETEENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 91(e)] COLOURING SUBSTANCE PERMITTED SINGLY OR IN COMBINATION IN THE FOOD MENTIONED IN THE TWENTIETH SCHEDULE UP TO THE SPECIFIED MAXIMUM LEVEL E100 Curcumin E102 Tartrazine E104 Quinoline yellow E110 Sunset yellow FCF, orange yellow S E120 Cochineal, carminic acid, carmine E122 Azorubine, carmoisine E124 Ponceau 4R, cochineal red A E129 Allura red AC E131 Patent blue V E132 Indigotine, indigo carmine E133 Brilliant blue FCF E142 Green S E151 Brilliant black BN, black PN E155 Brown HT E160b Annatto, bixin, norbixin E160d Lycopene E160e Beta-apo-8'-carotenal (C30) E160f Ethyl ester of beta-apo-8'-carotenic acid (C30) E161b Lutein FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-147 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 TWENTIETH SCHEDULE [Regulation 91(e)] FOOD TO WHICH COLOURING SUBSTANCE MENTIONED IN THE NINETEENTH SCHEDULE THAT MAY BE ADDED COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 FOOD MAXIMUM LEVEL Non-alcoholic flavoured drink 100 mg/l Jam, jelly, marmalade and other similar fruit preparation 200 mg/kg Candied fruit 200 mg/kg Preserve of red fruit 200 mg/kg Confectionery 300 mg/kg Decoration and coating 500 mg/kg Fine bakery ware (e.g viennoiserie, biscuit, cake and wafer) 200 mg/kg Edible ice 150 mg/kg Processed cheese 200 mg/kg Dessert 150 mg/kg Vegetable and fruit in vinegar, brine or oil 150 mg/kg Sauce, seasoning and condiment 500 mg/kg Mustard 300 mg/kg Fish and crustacean paste, fish roe, salmon substitute, surimi, smoked or preserved fish 500 mg/kg Ready-to-eat savoury 200 mg/kg Edible cheese rind and edible collagen casing GMP Fruit wine, aromatized wine and spirit 200 mg/l Cider or perry 100 mg/l Formulae for particular nutritional use 50 mg/kg Dietary supplement GMP FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-148 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 TWENTY-FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 93(1)(a)] NATURAL AND NATURE IDENTICAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCE Acetoin (Acetyl methyl carbonol) Agaric acid Alpha ionone Amyl butyrate Benzaldehyde 3,4 Benzopyren Beta - azarone in – (a) alcoholic beverage (b) other food Beta ionone Carvomenthenol Cinnamic aldehyde (Cinnamaldehyde) (Cinnamal) Coumarin Ethyl acetate Ethyl butyrate Ethyl lactate Ethyl propionate Heliotropine (Piperonal) Hydrocuanic acid Hypercin in – (a) alcoholic beverage (b) other food Methyl-cyclopentenolone Methyl nonyl ketone Pulegone Quassine Quinine (total alkaloids derived from cinchaona, calculated in quinine) in – (a) alcoholic beverage (b) other food Safrole Spartein Thujone Vanillin FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-149 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 TWENTY-SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 93(1)(b)] ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURING SUBSTANCE α, α-Dimethylphenethyl acetate α, α-Dimethylphenethyl butyrate α, α-Dimethylphenethyl formate (3-methyl-4-phenyl-3-butene-2-one) (4-emthyl-1-phenyl-2-pentanone) α-Ethylbenzyl butyrate (isoeugenyl benzylether) α-isomethylionone ß-isomethylionone α-Methyl Cinnamaldehyde α-Methyl ionone ß-Methyl ionone α-Methyl lactate α-Methylbenzyl butyrate α-Methylbenzyl formate α-Methylbenzyl isobutyrate α-Methylbenzyl propionate ß-Naptyl anthranilate ß-Naptyl ethylether ß-Naptyl isobutyl ethir α-Terpinyl anthranilate 0-(Ethoxymethyl) phenol 1-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-l-penten-3-one 1,4-Nonanediol diacetate 1,9-Nonanedithiol 1,2,3-Tris(1’ethocy)-ethocy-propane 1,2-Butanedithiol 1,2-Di(l’ethoxyl) propane 1,2-Propanedithiol 1,3-Butanedithiol 1,8-Octanedithiol 1-Ethylhexyl tiglate 1-Phenyl-2-propyl butyrate 1-Phenyl-3 or 5-propylpyrazole 2-(1-Methylpropyl) thiazole 2-(2-Butyl)-4, 5-dimethyl-3-thiazoline FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-150 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 2-(3-Phenylpropyl) pyridine 2-(3-Phenylpropyl) tetrahydrofuran 2-(p-Tolyl)-propanal 2, 6-Nonadienal diethyl acetal 2,3 or 10-Mercaptopinane 2,3-Butanedithiol 2,4-Dimethyl-2-pentenoic acid 2,4-Dimethyl-5-acetylthiazole 2,5-Dimethyl-2,5-dihydroxy-l,4-dithiane 2,5-Dimethyl-3-furanthiol 2,5-Dimethyl-3-thioisovaleryfuran 2,5-Dimetyl -3-thofuroylfuran 2,6,6-Trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1 acetaldehyde 2,6-Dimethyl-,3-(2-methyl-3-furyl) thio-4-heptanone 2,6-Dimethyl-4-heptanol 2,6-Dimethyl-6-hepten-1-ol 2,6-Dimethyloctanal 2-2-Dithiodithiophene 2-Amyl-5 or keto-1,4-dioxane 2-Benzofuran carbozaldehyde 2-Butyl-2-butenal 2-Butyl-5 or 6-keto-1,4-dioxane 2-Ethocythiazole 2-Ethyl-1, 3, 3-trimethyl-2-norbornanol 2-Ethyl-2-heptanal 2-Ethylbutyl acetate 2-Ethylthiophenol 2-Furanmethanethiol formate 2-Hexylidene cyclopentanone 2-Hydroxy-2-cyclohexen-1-one 2-Hydroxy-3, 5,5-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenone 2-Hydroxymethyl-6, 6-dimethyl-bioyclo (3,1,1) hept-2-enyl formate 2-Mercaptopropionic acid 2-Methoxy-5 or 6-Isopropylpyrazine 2-Methyl 2-oxo-3-methylpentanoate 2-Methyl-3, 5 or 6-metnylthio-pyrazine 2-Methyl-3, 5 or 6-furfurylthio-pyrazine 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol 2-Methyl-3-Tolyl-propanal FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-151 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 2-Methyl-4-pentenoic acid 2-Methyl-4-phenyl-2-butanol 2-Methyl-4-pheylbutanal 2-Methyl-5-methoxythiazole 2-Methylallyl butyrate 2-Methyloctanl 2-MethylundecanaI 2-Pentyl-1-butan-3-one 2-Phenyl-1-propanol 2-Phenyl-3-(2-furyl)-prop-2-enal 2-Phenyl-3-carbethoxy furan 2-Phenyl-4-pentenal 2-Phenylpropanal dimethyl acetal 2-Phenylpropionaldehyde 2-Phenylpropyl butyrate 2-Phenylpropyl isobutyrate 2-Pyridine methanethiol 2-Seo-Butylcyclohexanone 2-Thienylmercaptan 2-trans-6-trans-Octadienal 3-((2-Mercapto-1-methylpropyl)thio)-2-butanol 3-((2-Methyl-3-furyl)thio)-4-heptanone 3-(2-Methylpropyl) pyridine 3-(5-Metrhyl-2-furyl) butanal 3-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-heptanone 3-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-octanone 3-(Methylthio) butanal 3-(p-Isopropyl)-phenyl propanl 3,5,5-Trimethylhexanal 3,5,5-Trimethylhexanol 3,7-Dimethyl-2, 6-oxtadienyl 2-ethylbutyrate 3-Acetyl-2,5-dimethylfuiran 3-Acetyl-2, 5-dimethylthiophene 3-Benzyl-4-heptanone 3-Ethyl-2-hydroxy-4-methyl-cyclopent-2-en-1-one 3-Heptyl-5-methyl-2(3H)-furanone 3-Mercapto-2-butanol 3-Mercapto-2-butanone 3-Mercapto-2-pentanone FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-152 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 3-Methyl-2-phenylbutanal 3-Methyl-5-propyl-2-cyclohexene-1-one 3-Octen-2-ol 3-Oxobutanal dimethyl acetal 3-Phenyl-4-pentenal 3-Phenylpropyl formate 3-Phenylpropyl hexanoate 3-Phenylpropyl isobutyrate 3-Phenylpropyl isovalerate 3-Phenylpropyl propionate 4-((2-Methyl-3-furyl)-thio)-5-nonanone 4-(Methylthio) butanal 4-(Methylthio) butanol 4-(Methylthio)-2-butanone 4-(Methylthio)-4-metyl-2-pentanone 4-(p-Acetaxyphenyl)-2-butanone 4,4-Dibutyl-y-butyrolactone 4,5-Dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline 4,5-Dimethyl-2-isobutyl-3-thiazoline 4-Acetyl-6-t-butyl-1, 1-dimethylindane 4-Heptanal diethyl acetal 4-Mercapto-2-butanone (2-keto-4-butanethiol) 4-Methyl-2-pentyI-1, 3-dioxolane 4-Methyl-5-thiazoleethanolaacetate 4-Methylbiphenyl 4-Phenyl-2-butyl acetate 5-and 6-Decenoic acid 5 or 6-Methoxy-3-ethyl-pyrazine 5 or 6-Methoxy-3-methyl-pyrazine 5,7-Dihydro-2-methylthieno (3,4-d) pyrimidine 5-Ethyl-2-hydroxy-3-methyl-cyclopent-2-en-1-one 5-Methyl-5-hexen-2-one 5-Phenyl-pentanol 6-Hydroxy-3, 7-dimethyloctanoic acid lactone 6-Methyl Coumarin 6-Octenal 7-Ethocy-4-methyl-coumarin 7-Methyl-4,4a, 5, 6-tetrahydro-2(3H)-naphthalenone 9-Undecenal FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-153 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 10-Undecen-1-yl-acetate 10-Undecenal Acetaldehyde butyl phenethyl acetal Acetaldehyde disopropyl acetal Acetaldehyde phenethyl propyl acetal Acetyl nonanoyl (2,3-undecadione) Allyl 2-ethyIbutyrate Allyl acetic acid (pentenoic acid) Allyl anthranilate Allyl butyrate Allyl cinnamate Allyl crotonate Allyl cyclohexylacetate Allyl cyclohexylbutyrate Allyl cyclohexylhexanoate Allyl cyclohexylvalerate Allyl furoate Allyl heptanoate Allyl hexenoate Allyl isovalerate Allyl nonanoate Allyl octanoate Allyl phenoxyacetate Allyl phenylacetate Allyl propionate Allyl sorbate Allyl thiopropionate Allyl tiglate Allyll undecen-10-oate Allyl-x-ionone Anisyl phenylacetate Anisyl propionate Anisylactenone (4-p-methocyphenyl-butanone) Benzaldehyde glyceryl acetate Benzaldehyde propyleneglycol acetal Benzoin Benzyl 2, 3-dimethyl-crotonate Benzyl butyl ether Benzyl isobutyl carbinol FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-154 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Benzyl isobutyl ketone Benzyl isoeugegenyl ether Benzyl phenylacetate Benzyl propyl carbinol Benzylidene methional Benzylidene methyl acetone Bis-(2,5-dimethyl-3-furyl) disulphide Bis-(2-methyl-3-furyl) disulphide Bis-(2-methyl-3-furyl) tetrasulphide Butan-3-one-2-yl butanoate Butyl 10-undecenoate Butyl 2-decenoate Butyl acetoacetate Butyl anthranilate Butyl butyrylglycollate Butyl butyryllactate Butyl cinnamate Butyl ethyl malonate Butyl levulinato Carvacryl ethylether Carvyl propionate Caryophylene alcohol acetate Cedryl acetate Cinnamaldehyde ethyleneglycol acetal Cinnamyl formate Cinnamyl isobutyrate Cinnamyl phenylacetate Cinnamyl propionate Cis-5-Isopropenyl-cis-2-methylcyclo-pentan-1 -carboxaldehyde Citral diethyl acetal Citral dimethyl acetal Citral propyleneglycol acetal Citronellyl oxyacetaldehyde Citronellyl phenylacetate Cyclocitral Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid Cyclohexyl acetic acid Cyclohexyl actetate Cyclohexyl anthranilate FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-155 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Cyclohexyl formate Cyclohexyl hexanoate Cyclohexyl isovalerate Cyclohexyl meroaptan Cyclohexyl methyl pyrazine Cyclohexyl propionate Cyclohexylbutyrate Cyclohexylcinnameta Cyclohexylethyl acetate Cyclopentanethiol Damascone Decalactone Decanal dimethyl acetal Dehydrodihydroinone Dehydrodihydroionol Di-(butan-3-one-1-yl) sulphide Diallyl polysulphide Dibenzyl disulphide Dibenzyl ether Dibenzyl ketone (1,3-diphenyl-2-propanone) Dibutyl sebacate Dicyclohexyl disulphide Diemthyl phenylethyl carbinyl acetate Diethyl sebacate Dimethyl phenyl carbinyl isobutyrate Dimethyl phenylethyl carbinyl isobutyrate Diphenyl disulphide Dodeca-3,6-dienal Dodecalactone Dodecyl isobutyrate Ethyl 10-undecenoate Ethyl 2,4-dioxohexanoate Ethyl 2-acetyl-3-phenylpropionate Ethyl 2-ethyl-3-phenylpropanoate Ethyl 2-methyl-3, 4-pentadienoate Ethyl 2-methyl-3-pentencate Ethyl 2-methyl-4-pentenoate Ethyl 2-methylpentanoate Ethyl 3-(furfrylthio) propionate FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-156 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Ethyl 3-oxohexanoate Ethyl 4-(methylthio)-butyrate Ethyl 4-phenylbutyrate Ethyl aconitate Ethyl benzoylacetate Ethyl butyryllaciate Ethyl cresoxyacetate Ethyl cyclohexanecarboxylate Ethyl cyclohexylproprionate Ethyl furylpropionate Ethyl isoeugenyl ether (isoeugenyl ethyl ether) Ethyl maltol Ethyl methyl phenyl glycidate Ethyl N-ethylanthranilate Ethyl nitrite Ethyl octine carnonate (ethyl 2-nonynoate) Ethyl phenylglycidate Ethyl-2-mercaptopropionate Ethyleneglycol tridecanedioic acid cyolic diester Ethylvanillin Eugenyl formate Furfuryl isopropyl sulphide Furfuryl octanoate Furfuryl thipropionate Furfurylidene butanal Geranyl acetoacetate Geranyl phenylacetate Glucose pentaacetate Glyceryl 5-hydroxydecanoate Glyceryl 5-hydroxydodecanoate Guaiacyl phenylacetate Guaiyl acetate Heptanal dimethyl acetal Heptanal glyceryl acetal (2-hexyl-4-hydroxymethyl-1, 3-dioxolon and 2-hexyl-5 hydroxy-1,3-dioxane) Heptyl cinnamate Hexyl 2-furoate Hexyl 2-methyl-3(4)-pentenoate Hydroquinone monoethyl ether FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-157 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Hydroxycitronellal Hydroxycitronellal diethyl acetal Hydroxycitronellal dimethyl acetal Isoamyl acetoacetate Isoamyl cinnamate Isoamyl furylbutyrate Isoamyl furylpropionate Isoamyl pyruvate Isobornyl acetate Isobornyl anthranilate Isobornyl butyrate Isobornyl cinnamate Isobornyl formate Isobornyl isovalerate Isobornyl phenylacatate Isobornyl propionate Isobutyl acetoacetate Isobutyl furyl propinoate Isobutyl phenylacetate Isobutyl salicylate Isoeugenyl acetate Isoeugenyl butyl ether Isoeugenyl formate Isoeugenyl phenylacetate Isojasmone Isopropyl cinnamate Isopropyl phenylacetate Isopropyl tiglate Isoquinoline Linalyl anthraniate Linalyl cinnamate Linalyl phenylacetate Maltyl Isobutyrate Methoxypyrazine Methyl ß-naphthyl ketone Methyl 1-acetoxycyclohexy ketone Methyl 4-(methylthio) butyrate Methyl 4-phenylbutyrate Methyl docine carbonate (methyl 2-undecynoate) FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-158 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Methyl furfuracrylate Methyl heptine carbonate (methyl 2-octynoate) Methyl octine carbnonate (methyl 2-nonynoate) Methyl p-tert-butylphenylacetate Methyl styryl carbinol (4-phenyl-3-buten-2-ol) Methyl-isobutylcarbinyl acetate Methyl-p-methoxy-cinnamaldehyde N-Ethyl-2-isopropyl-5-methyl-cyclohexane carboxamide Nonanediol acetate Octanal dimethyl acetal Octyl formate Octyl phenylacetate Octylheptanoate O-Propylphenol O-Tolyl acetate O-Tolyl isobutyrate O-Tolyl salicyalte Pentyl 2-furyl ketone Peperonyl acetate p-Ethoxybenzaldehyde Phenethyl 2-furoate Phenethyl anthranilate Phenetyl seneciate Phenoxyacetic acid Phenoxyethyl osibutyrate Phenyl ethyl methyl ethyl carbinol (1-phenyI-3-methyl-3-pentanol) Phenylacetal dehyde 2, 3-butylene-glycol acetal Phenylacetaldehyde diisobutyl acetal Phenylacetaldehyde glycery acetal Phenylethyl methyl carninol (4-phenyl-2-butanol) Piperonyl acetone Piperonyl isobutyrate p-Isopropyl phenyl acetaldehyde p-Methyl Cinnamaldehyde p-Methylbenzyl acetone (4-(p-tolyl)-2-butanone) Potassium 2- (1'-ethoxy)ethoxypropanoate p-Propyl anisole Propenylguaethol Propyl 2-furoate FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-159 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Propyl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulphide Propyl cinnamate Propyl furylacrylate Propyl thioacetate Propylene glycol dibenzoate Pseudo-cyclocitral p-Tolyl 3-methylbutyrate p-Tolyl isobutyrate p-Tolyl laurate p-Tolyl octanoate p-Tolyl phenylacetate Pyrazine ethanethiol Pyrazine methanethiol Pyrazinyl methyl sulphide Resorcinol dimethyl ether Rhodinyl acetate Rhodinyl isovalerate Rhodinyl phenylacetate Rhodinyl propionate Santalylacetate Santalyl phenylacetate S-Methyl ionone Spiro (2,4-Dithia-1-methyl-8-oxabicyclo (3,3,0) Octane-3, 3'-(1'-oxa-2'-methyl) cyclopentane) Sucrose octaacetate t-2-Octenyl butanoate Terpinyl cinnamate Terpinyl isobutyrate Terpinyl isovalerate Tetrahydrofurfuryl acetate Tetrahydrofurfuryl butyrate Tetrahydrofurfuryl cinnamate Tetrahydrofurfuryl propionate Tetrahydrolianlool Tetrahydro-pseudo-ionone Tetramethyl ethylcyclohexenone Thiogeraniol Tolualdehyde glyceryl acetal Trans-3-Heptenyl acetate FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-160 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Trans-3-Heptenyl isobutyrate Tributyl acetylcitrate Vanillin acetate Vanillin isobutyrate Vanillylidene acetone Vetiveryl acetate x-Amylcinnamaldehyde dimethyl acetal x-Amylcinnamic aldehyde x-Amylcinnamyl acetate x-Amylcinnamyl alcohol x-Amylcinnamyl formate x-Amylcinnamyl isovalerate x-Butylcinnamaldehyde FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-161 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 TWENTY-THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 93(1)(c)] ANY OTHER PERMITTED FLAVOURING SUBSTANCE IN FOOD Acetic acid glacial Allyl hexanoate Allyl tiglate Allyl-3-cyclohexyl propionate Allyl-alpha-ionone Alpa-ionone Alpha-amyl cinnamic aldehyde Alpha-amyl cinnamic aldehyde dimethyl acetal Alpha-amyl cinnamyl alcohol Alpha-hexyl cinnamic aldehyde Alpha-methyl cinnamic aldehyde Amyl acetate Anisylacetone Benzaldehyde Benzoin gum Benzyl acetate Benzyl alcohol Benzyl benzoate Benzyl butyl ether Benzyl isobutyl carbinol Benzyl isoeugenyl ether Beta-ionone Butan-1-ol Butan-2-ol Butyl acetate Carvone (D-) Carvone (L-) Cinnamaldehyde Citral Citric acid Citronellol (90 degrees celsius and 98 degrees celsius total alcohol) Decanal Diacetyl Dibenzl ether Dibytyl sebacate Diethyl tartrate FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-162 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Dimenthyl-5-Heptenal (2,6-) Estragole Ethyl acetate Ethyl butyrate Ethyl formate Ethyl heptanoate Ethyl lactate Ethyl laurate Ethyl maltol Ethyl methyl phenyl glycidate Ethyl nonanoate Ethyl phenylglicidate Ethyl vanillin Eugenol Eugenyl methyl ether Fumaric acid Furfural Gamma-nonalactone Gamma-undacalactone Geranyl acetate Geranyl acetoacetate Hydrocyanic acid Hydroxycitronellal Hydroxycitronellal dimethyl acetal Hydroxycitronellol Iso-alpha-methyl-ionone Isoamyl butyrate Isobutarol Isopropyl acetate Isoquinoline Linalol Linalyl acetate Malic acid (DL-) Maltol Menthol (L-and DL-) Methyl anthranilate Methyl beta-naphytyl ketone Methyl coumarin (6-) Methyl ethyl ketone FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-163 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Methyl N-methyl anthranilate Methyl phenylacetate Methyl salicylate Nonanal Octanal Paprika oleoresins Para-prohylanisole Phenylacetaldehyde Piperonal Quinine hydrochloride Quinine sulphate Safrole and isosafrole Trans-anethole Vanillin TWENTY-FOURTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 93(2)] LIST OF SUBSTANCES NOT DECLARED AS FLAVOURING SUBSTANCE Acetic acid Chicory Coffee Fruit acid Fruit juice Garlic Herb Onion Salt Soft drink Spice Any carbohydrate material Any purine derivative Any yeast preparation Any protein hydrolysate FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-164 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 TWENTY-FIFTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 93(2)] LIST OF SUBSTANCES NOT DECLARED AS FLAVOURING SUBSTANCE LATIN NAME COMMON NAME Anemone hepatica Liverwort Atrepa belladonna Deadly nightshade Bryonia alba White bryony Chenopodium ambrodioides Mexican goosefoot Convallaria majalis Lily of the valley Daphne mexereum Mezereum Dryopteris filixmas Male fern Heliotropium europaeum Heliotrope Piscidia erythrina Jamaica dogswood Polypodium vulgare Polypody Punica granatum Pomegranate tree Ulmus fulva Slippery elm Urginea scilla Squill TWENTY-SIXTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 96] PERMITTED FLAVOUR ENHANCER IN FOOD Calcium 5'-guanylate Calcium 5'-inosinate Calcium Di-L-glutamate Dipotassium 5’-guanylate Disodium 5'-guanylate Disodium 5'-inosinate Ethyl maltol Glumatic acid [L(+)-] Guanylic acid Inosinic acid Magnesium Di-L-glutamate Monoammonium L-glutamate Monopotassium L-glutamate Monosodium L-glutamate Potassium guanylate Potassium inosinate Thaumatin FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-165 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 TWENTY-SEVENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 100] PERMITTED ANTIOXIDANT Alpha tocopherol Ascorbic acid Ascorbyl palmitate Ascorbyl stearate Butylated hydroxy anisole (BHT) Butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT) Dilauryl thiodin propionate Dodecyl gallate Iso-ascorbic acid Isopropyl citrate Mixed tocopherol concentrate Monoglyceride citrate Octyl gallate Propyl gallate Sodium ascorbate Sodium erythorbate Tertiary butylhydroquinone FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-166 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 TWENTY-EIGHTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 102(1)(3), and (4)] MAXIMUM LEVEL OF PERMITTED ANTIOXIDANT IN SPECIFIC FOOD ANTIOXIDANT SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM LEVEL Alpha tocopherol Processed cereal-based food for infant, canned food 300 mg/kg Bouillon and consommé 50 mg/kg singly or in combination with mixed concentrated tocopherol, on a ready to eat basis Refined olive oil 200 mg/kg Mayonnaise 240 mg/kg Edible animal and vegetable fat and oil 500 mg/kg Ascorbic acid Quick frozen french fried potato 100 mg/kg, singly or in combination with other sequestrant (Phosphate expressed as P2O5) Canned apple sauce 150 mg/kg, singly or in combination with isoascorbic acid Table olive, canned mango, mango chutney 200 mg/kg Wheat flour, canned palmist, canned chestnut, and canned chestnut purée 300 mg/kg Minarine 300 mg/kg of the fat content Grape juice*, fruit juice*, fruit nectars* 400 mg/kg Vinegar 400 mg/kg in the final product Concentrated grape juice* *Preserved exclusively by physical means 500 mg/kg Canned fruit cocktail, jam (fruit preserve) and jellied, citrus marmalade, canned corned beef, canned baby food, mayonnaise, FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-167 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 ANTIOXIDANT SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM LEVEL processed cereal-based food for infant and child 500 mg/kg singly or in combination with iso-ascorbic acid and their sodium salt, expressed as ascorbic acid Luncheon meat, cooked cured chopped meat, 550 mg/kg cooked cured pork shoulder, 700 mg/kg Cooked cured ham Canned peach 750 mg/kg 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with ascorbate (calculated as ascorbic acid) on a ready to eat basis Canned tropical fruit salad Blackcurrant jam, quick frozen peach Quick frozen fish preparation Ascorbyl palmitate Infant formula 10 mg/1,000 ml of the ready to drink product, all types of infant formula Canned baby food, processed cereal-based food for infant and child 200 mg/kg of the fat content Margarine 200 mg/kg singly or in combination with ascorbyl stearate Edible fat and oil 500 mg/kg singly or in combination with ascorbyl stearate Quick frozen fish and fish product 1,000 mg/kg singly or in combination with ascorbic acid Ascorbyl stearate Same products and level of use as provided for Ascorbyl palmitate with the exception that Ascorbyl stearate is not permitted in infant formula, canned baby food or processed cereal-based food for infant and child Maximum level of use based on Ascorbyl stearate or in combination with Ascorbyl palmitate FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-168 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 ANTIOXIDANT SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM LEVEL Butylate hydroxy anisole (BHA) E320 Partial glycerol, ester 100 mg/kg Butter for manufacturing purpose 160 mg/kg Mayonnaise 140 mg/kg Margarine and minarine 175 mg/kg Edible fat and oil 250 mg/kg Essential oil 1,000 mg/kg Butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT) E321 Mayonnaise 60 mg/kg Edible fat and oil, including margarine and minarine 75 mg/kg singly or in combination with BHA, TBHQ or Propyl gallate but Propyl gallate not to exceed 100 Butter, oil 160 mg/kg Partial glycerol ester 200 mg/kg Essential oil 1,000 mg/kg Dilauryl thiodin propionate Edible fat and oil Butter oil 200 mg/kg 80 mg/kg Dodecyl gallate E312 Edible fat and oil Partial glycerol ester 100 mg/kg Essential oil 1,000 mg/kg Iso-ascorbic acid Canned apple sauce 150 mg/kg singly or in combination with ascorbic acid Luncheon meat, cooked cured chopped meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham 500 mg/kg singly or in combination with ascorbic acid and their sodium salt expressed as ascorbic acid Iso-propul citrate Margarine, edible oil and fat 100 mg/kg Mixed tocophenol concentrate Infant formula Bouillon and consommé 10 mg/kg 50 mg/kg Mayonnaise 240 mg/kg Canned baby food, processed cereal-based food for infant and child 300 mg/kg Monoglyceride citrate Edible oil and fat 100 mg/kg Octyl gallate (E311) Edible oil and fat, margarine, essential oil 1,000 mg/kg FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-169 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 ANTIOXIDANT SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM LEVEL Propyl gallate Edible fat and oil, partial glycerol ester 100 mg/kg Essential oil 1,000 mg/kg Sodium ascorbate Canned chestnut and canned chestnut purée, wheat flour 300 mg/kg expressed as ascorbic acid Canned corned beef, cooked and chopped meat, cooked cured meat shoulder, cooked cured ham, luncheon meat, canned baby food, processed cereal-based food for infant and child 500 mg/kg expressed as ascorbic acid Quick frozen lobster, quick frozen fish, bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as ascorbic acid Sodium erythorbate E316 Luncheon meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 500 mg/kg expressed as ascorbic acid Tertiary butylhydro quinone Edible fat and oil 120 mg/kg Sodium erythorbate E316 Semi-preserved and preserved 500 mg/kg expressed as erythorbic acid Sodium acid E315 (Isoascorbic E315) Preserved and semi preserved fish product Frozen and deep frozen fish with red skin 1,500 mg/kg expressed as erythorbic acid FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-170 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 TWENTY-NINTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(a)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER EMULSIFIER NAME INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate 450 Calcium stearoyl fumarate 486 Calcium stearoyl lactylate 482 Cholic acid 1,000 Choline acetate 1,001 Choline carbonate 1,001 Choline chloride 1,001 Choline citrate 1,001 Choline lactate 1,001 Choline tartrate 1,001 Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol 472 c Diacetyl tartaric and fatty acid esters of glycerol 472 e Dimagnesium diphosphate 450 Dipotassium diphosphate 450 Disodium diphosphate 450 Disodium monohydrogen citrate 331 Disodium orthophosphate 339 Ethoxylated mono and diglycerides 488 Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol 472 b Lactylated fatty acid ethers of glycerol and propylene glycol 478 Lecithin 322 Mixed tartaric acetic and fatty acid esters of glycerol 472 F Mono and diglycerides 471 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acid 475 Polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid 476 Polyoxyethelene sorbitan monolaurate 432 Polyoxyethelene sorbitan monooleate 433 Polyoxyethelene sorbitan monopalmitate 434 Polyoxyethelene sorbitan monostearate 435 Polyoxyethelene sorbitan tristearate 436 Polyoxyethelene stearate 430 Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids 477 Sodium laurylsulphate 487 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-171 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 NAME INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM Sodium polyphosphate 452 Sorbitan molaurate 493 Sorbitan monooleate 494 Sorbitan monopalmitate 495 Sorbitan monostearate 491 Sorbitan tristearate 492 Sucroglyceride 474 Sucrose esters of fatty acid 473 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-172 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 THIRTIETH SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(b)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER EMULSIFYING SALT AND PHOSPHATE Calcium hydrogen phosphate Calcium polyphosphate Calcium phosphate tribasic Calcium pyrophosphate Dipotassium diphosphate Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate Disodium hydrogen phosphate Disodium pyrophosphate Monocalcium phosphate monobasic Monopotassium monophosphate Monosodium monophosphate Penta potassium triphosphate Penta sodium triphosphate Potassium aluminium sulphate Potassium polyphosphate Sodium aluminium phosphate Sodium phosphate Sodium polyphosphate Tetrapotassium diphosphate Tetrasodium diphosphate FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-173 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 THIRTY-FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(c)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER MODIFIED STARCH Acetylated distarch adipate Acetylated distarch glycerol Acetylated distarch phosphate Acid-treated starch Alkaline treated starch Bleached starch Roasted starch white & yellow Distarch glycerol Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate Monostarch phosphate Oxidized starch Phosphated distarch phosphate Hydroxypropyl distarch glycerol Hydroxypropyl starch Hydroxypropyl distarch adipate Starch acetate Starch enzyme treated FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-174 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 THIRTY-SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(d)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER ACIDITY REGULATOR NAME INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM Acetic acid 260 Calcium salts Citric acid 330 Fumaric acid 297 Glucono delta-lactone 575 Lactic acid 270 Magnesium carbonate 504 Magnesium citrate 345 Magnesium gluconate 580 Magnesium hydroxide 528 Magnesium hydrogen carbonate 504 Magnesium lactate 329 Malic acid 296 Metatartaric acid 353 Potassium dihydrogen citrate 332 Potassium hydroxide 525 Potassium hydrogen malate 351 Sodium dihydrogen citrate 331 Sodium fumarates 365 Sodium hydrogen malate 350 Sodium potassium tartrate Tartaric acid 334 Tripotassium citrate 332 Trisodium citrate 331 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-175 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 THIRTY-THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(e)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER ENZYME Amylase (from Aspergillus niger) Amylase (from Aspergillus oryzae) Glucose oxydase (from Aspergillus niger var) Malt carbohydrase Protease (from Aspergillus oryzae) Protease (from Bacillus subtilis) Rennet THIRTY-FOURTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(f)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER ANTI-CAKING AGENT NAME INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM Aluminium silicate 559 Betonite 558 Calcium aluminium sillicate 556 Calcium carbonate 170 Calcium ferrocyanide 538 Calcium phosphate tribasic Calcium silicate 552 Ferric amonium citrate 381 Magnesium carbonate 504 Magnesium oxide 530 Magnesium phosphate tribasic Magnesium silicate 553 Potassium ferrocyanide 536 Potassium silicate 560 Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acid with bases (Al, Ca, Na, Mg, K and ammonium for food use) 470 Silicon dioxide amorphous 551 Sodium alumino silicate 554 Sodium carbonate 500 Sodium ferrocyanide 535 Sodium metasilicate 550 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-176 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Sodium silicate 550 Talc 553 Zinc silicate 557 THIRTY-FIFTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(g)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER STABILISER NAME INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM Aluminium ammonium sulphate 523 Ammonium carbonate 503 Ammonium hydrogen carbonate 503 Ammonium salts of phosphatidic acid 442 Ammonium sulphate 517 Calcium carbonate 170 Calcium chloride 509 Calcium citrate 333 Calcium gluconate 578 Calcium hydrogen carbonate 170 Calcium lactate 327 Calcium phosphate tribasic Calcium polyphosphates 452 Calcium sulphate 516 Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate Disodium hydrogen phosphate Disodium pyro phosphate Disodium tartrate 335 Monosodium tartarate 335 Nitrous oxide 942 Pentasodium triphosphate 451 Pentapotassium triphosphate 451 Potassium acetate 261 Potassium carbonate 501 Potassium chloride 508 Potassium dihydrogen citrate 332 Potassium hydrogen carbonate 501 Potassium phosphate FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-177 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 NAME INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM Potassium polyphosphate 452 Propylene glycol 1,520 Sodium carbonate 500 Sodium dihydrogen citrate 331 Sodium hydrogen carbonate 500 Sodium phosphate Sodium polyphosphate 452 Tetrapotassium diphosphate 450 Tripotassium citrate 332 Trisodium citrate 331 THIRTY-SIXTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(h)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER THICKENER/GELLING AGENT NAME INTERNATIONAL NUMBERING SYSTEM Agar 406 Alginic acid 400 Ammonium alginate 403 Calcium alginate 404 Carboxy-methyl cellulose Carob bean gum 410 Carrageenan, including furcelleran 407 Cellulose micro crystalline Dioctyl sodium succinate Gelatin edible Gellan gum 418 Guar gum 412 Gum arabic 414 Hydroxypropyl cellulose 463 Karaya gum 416 Methyl cellulose 461 Methyl ethyl cellulose 465 Oat gum 411 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-178 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Pectin (amidated and non-amidated) 440 Potassium alginate 402 Propylene glycol alginate 405 Sodium alginate 401 Sodium carboxy-methyl cellulose 466 Sodium caseinate Tara gum 417 Tragacanth gum 413 Xanthan gum 415 THIRTY-SEVENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(i)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER ANTI-FOAMING AGENT Dimethyl plysiloxane Silicon dioxide amorphous THIRTY-EIGHTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 104(1)(j)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SOLVENT Acetone (dimethyl ketone) Butane Butan-1-ol Butan-2-ol Cyclo-hexane Dibutyl ether 1,2-Dichlororethane (Dichloroethane) Dicholorodifluoromethane Dichlorofluoromethane Dichloromethane Dichlorotetrafluoroethane Diethyl ether Ethyl acetate Ethyl alcohol Ether (diethyl ether) Glycerol FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-179 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Glycerol monoacetate (monoacetin) Glycerol diacetate (diacetin) Glycerol triacetate (triacetin) Isopropyl alcohol Pentane Petroleum ether (light petroleum) Propane Propylene glycol 1,1,2-Trichloroethylene Trichlorofluoromethane Toluene Ethyl methyl ketone (butanone) Heptane Hexane Isobutane Methylene chloride (dichloromethane) Methyl acetate Methyl propanol-1 THIRTY-NINTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD EMULSIFIER COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Citric and fatty acid esters of glycerol Vegetable and animal fat product, mixed vegetable and animal fat product 100 mg/kg singly or in combination with phosphoric acid or isopropyl citrate mixture Margarine 10 g/kg singly or in combination with other emulsifiers Diacetyl tartaric and fat acid esters of glycerol Margarine 10 g/kg singly or in combination with other emulsifiers Lactic and fatty acid esters of glycerol Margarine 10 g/kg singly or in combination with other emulsifiers FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-180 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Lecithin Wheat flour 2 g/kg Milk powder and cream powder, canned baby food, cottage cheese, quick frozen stick (fish finger) and fish portion, the bread or butter coating of fish product 5 g/kg in instant powder or 5 g/kg of the creaming mixture Whipped pasteurised cream, whipping cream, U.H.T. cream 5 g/kg Chocolate composite and filled chocolate 5 g/kg of the acetone insoluble component of lecithin depending on the type of chocolate (15 g/kg total emulsifier) Cocoa powder and dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake 10 g/kg of the acetone insoluble component of lecithin (15 g/kg total emulsifier) Cocoa butter confectionery 10 g/kg Processed cereal-based food for infant and child 15 g/kg on a dry weight basis Margarine, minarine, bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Mixed tartaric actetic and fatty and esters of glycerol Margarine 10 g/kg Mono and diglycerides Cream powder, milk powder 2.5 g/kg in instant powder only Canned baby food 1.5 g/kg Pasteurised whipped cream, whipping cream, UHT cream, quick frozen fish stick, (fish finger) breaded or battered fish portion 5 g/kg singly FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-181 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Cocoa powder and dry cocoa sugar mixture, chocolate, cocoa butter confectionery, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake, processed cereal based food for infant and child 15 mg/kg Jam (fruit preserve), jelly citrus marmalade, margarine, minarine, bouillon and consommé GMP Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Margarine 5 g/kg Minarine 10 g/kg Polyglycerol esters of interesterified ricinoleic acid Margarine, minarine, chocolate Cocoa butter confectionery 5 g/kg in the case of chocolate product, total emulsifier shall not exceed 15 g/kg Polyoxyethelene sorbitan monooleate Minarine, salt 10 g/kg Pickled cucumber 500 mg/kg Polyoxyethelene sorbitan monopalmitate Cocoa butter, confectionery, minarine 10 g/kg Polyoxyethelene mono stearate Minarine, margarine, chocolate 5 g/kg, in the case of chocolate product, the total emulsifier shall not exceed 15 g/kg Cocoa butter Confectionery 10 g/kg Polyoxyethelene sorbitan tristearate Margarine, minarine, chocolate 5 g/kg in the case of chocolate products, the total emulsifiers shall not exceed 15 g/ kg Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids Margarine 20 g/kg Sucrose esters of fatty acids Margarine Cocoa powder and dry cocoa sugar mixture 10 mg/kg Sucro glyceride Margarine 10 g/kg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-182 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FORTIETH SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD EMULSIFYING SALT AND PHOSPHATE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Calcium hydrogen phosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Calcium polyphosphate Processed cheese, Processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Calcium phosphate tribasic Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Quick frozen fish fillet Quick frozen lobster 5 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Quick frozen fish finger breaded or battered fish portion 10 mg/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Calcium pyrophosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Diphosphates – (1) Disodium diphosphate (2) Trisodium diphosphate (3) Tetrasodium diphosphate (4) Dipotassium diphosphate (5) Tetrapotassium diphosphate (6) Dicalcium diphosphate (7) Calcium dihydrogen diphosphate Edible ice 1 g/kg Dessert 3 g/kg Dry powdered dessert mixes 7 g/kg Fine bakery ware 20 g/kg Flour 2.5 g/kg Flour, self-raising 20 g/kg Liquid egg (white, yolk or whole egg) 10 g/kg Sauces 5 g/kg Dipotassium diphosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Luncheon meat 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Cooked cured chopped meat, cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder 3 g/kg expressed as the anhydrous phosphate FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-183 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Luncheon meat, cooked pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Disodium hydrogen phosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Luncheon meat, cooked pork shoulder, cooked cured chopped meat Quick frozen fish breaded or battered fish portion Minarine 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 1 g/kg as phosphorus GMP Disodium pyrophosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Luncheon meat, cooked cured chopped meat, cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder Canned crab meat Quick frozen fried potatoes 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus 3 g/kg expressed as the anhydrous phosphate 5 g/kg expressed as the anhydrous phosphate 100 mg/kg expressed as an anhydrous phosphate Monocalcium phosphate monobasic Processed cheese, processed cheese preparations Bouillon and consommé 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-184 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Monopotassium Monophosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Luncheon meat, cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder, 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 cooked cured chopped meat Quick frozen fish fillet Quick frozen lobster Cooked frozen fish finger breaded or battered fish portion 5 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 10 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Monosodium Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Luncheon meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Quick frozen fish fillet, Quick frozen lobster 5 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Quick frozen fish finger Breaded or battered fish portion 10 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Pentapotassium Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Luncheon meat, Cooked cured chopped meat, cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Quick frozen fish fillet, Quick frozen lobster and Quick frozen shrimp Quick frozen prawn 5 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-185 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Triphosphate pentasodium Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Luncheon meat, cooked pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Quick frozen fish fillet, Quick frozen lobster and Quick frozen shrimp Quick frozen prawn 5 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Potassium phosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Luncheon meat, cooked pork shoulder, cooked cured chopped meat 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Polyphosphates Chewing gum GMP (1) Sodium polyphosphate Dried powdered foodstuffs 10 g/kg (2) Potassium polyphosphate Chocolate and malt dairy-based drink 2 g/l (3) Sodium calcium polyphosphate Alcoholic drink, excluding wine and beer 1 g/l (4) Calcium polyphosphates Breakfast cereal 5 g/kg Snacks 5 g/kg Surimi 1 g/kg Fish and crustacean paste, toppings (syrups for pancakes, flavoured syrups for milkshakes and ice cream; similar products) 5 g/kg 3 g/kg Special formula for particular nutrional uses 5 g/kg Glazings for meat and vegetable product 4 g/kg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-186 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Sugar confectionery 5 g/kg Icing sugar 10 g/kg Noodles 2 g/kg Batters 5 g/kg Fillets of unprocessed fish, frozen and deep frozen 5 g/kg Frozen and deep frozen crustacean products 5 g/kg Processed potato products, including frozen, deep frozen, chilled and dried processed products 5 mg/kg Potassium polyphosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Luncheon meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Sodium aluminium phosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Quick frozen fish, breaded or battered fish portions 1 g/kg as phosphorus Sodium phosphate Processed cheese, pro cessed cheese prepara tion 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Luncheon meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-187 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Sodium polyphosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Luncheon meat, cooked cured pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Quick frozen fish fillet, quick frozen lobster 5 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Quick frozen fish finger breaded, battered fish portion 10 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Canned chestnut and canned chestnut purée GMP Tetrapotassium diphosphate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus Quick frozen fish and breaded or battered fish portion 10 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Tetrasodium diphosphate Quick frozen fish breaded or battered fish portion 10 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Potassium aluminium phosphate Canned chestnut or canned chestnut purée GMP Potassium aluminium sulphate Canned chestnut or canned chestnut purée GMP FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-188 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FORTY-FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD MODIFIED STARCH COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Acetylated distarch adipate Mayonnaise, canned palmito 5 g/kg Canned mushroom, canned asparagus, canned green pea, canned green bean & wax bean, canned sweetcorn, canned carrot Flavoured yogurt, and product heat-treated after fermentation 10 g/kg when the commodity contains butter or other fat and oil Canned sardine and sardine-type product 20 g/kg in the packing media only Canned baby food 60 g/kg Canned mackerel and jack mackerel 60 g/kg in the packing medium only Bouillon and consommé, Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion Limited by GMP Acetylated distarch glycerol Same as for acetylated distarch adipate except not permitted in mayonnaise, canned green bean, and wax bean, canned sweetcorn, flavoured yogurt and product heat treated after fermentation Acetylated distarch phosphate Same as for acetylated distarch adipate except not permitted in canned green bean and wax bean and canned sweetcorn Acid treated starch Same as for acetylated distarch adipate except not permitted in mayonnaise, baby food and bouillon and consommé Alkaline treated starch Same as for acetylated distarch adipate except not permitted in mayonnaise, baby food, canned sweetcorn and bouillon and consommé Bleached starch Same product and same use level as provided for alkaline treated starch Bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-189 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Dextrin, roasted starch white and yellow Flavoured yogurt, product heat treated after fermentation Canned mackerel and jack mackerel 10 g/kg 60 g/kg in the packing medium only Distarch glycerol Same as for acetylated distarch adipate except not permitted in mayonnaise, canned palmito, green bean and wax bean, canned sweetcorn, flavoured yogurt and product heat-treated after fermentation, bouillon and consommé Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion Distarch phosphate Same as for Acetylated distarch adipate Hydroxypropyl distarch glycerol Canned mushroom, canned asparagus, canned green pea, canned green bean, wax bean, canned sweetcorn, canned carrot 10 g/kg when the commodity contains butter or other fat and oil Canned sardine and sardine-type product 20 g/kg in the packing medium only Canned mackerel and jack mackerel 60 g/kg in the packing medium only Hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate Mayonnaise 5 g/kg Canned carrot (when the product contains butter or other fat and oil), flavoured yogurt, and products heat-treated after fermentation 10 g/kg Canned sardine and sardine-type product 20 g/kg in the packing medium only Canned mackerel and jack mackerel Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion Limited by GMP Hydropropyl starch Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion Limited by GMP Hydroxypropyl distarch Same as for acetylated distarch adipate except not permitted in mayonnaise, canned palmito Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-190 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Monostarch phosphate Same as for acetylated distarch adipate and same maximum permissible level not permitted in mayonnaise and baby food Oxidised starch Same as for acetylated distarch adipate and same maximum permissible level except not permitted in mayonnaise, canned palmito, canned baby food, quick frozen fish finger and breaded or battered fish portion Phosphated distarch phosphate Same as for acetylated distarch adipate and same maximum permissible level except not permitted in mayonnaise and canned palmito Starch acetate Same as for acetylated distarch adipate and same maximum permissible level except not permitted in mayonnaise, canned palmito, canned sardine and sardine-type product and baby food Starch enzyme treated Bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-191 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 FORTY-SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD ACIDITY REGULATION COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Acetic acid Pickled food 20 g/kg Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 40 g/kg Canned tomato, canned asparagus, canned baby food, canned sardine and sardine-type product, pickled cucumber, mango chutney, edible fungi and fungus product (except pickled fungi), bouillon and consommé, canned mackerel and jack mackerel, mayonnaise Limited by GMP Citric acid Quick frozen fish stick (fish fingers) breaded or battered fish portion, Quick frozen fish Sterilised fungi 1 g/kg 5g/kg Edible fungi and fungus product GMP Cocoa powder, dried cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib, cocoa dust, cocoa mass and cocoa pressed cake 5 g/kg Table olive, canned baby food 15 g/kg Processed cereal-based food for infant and child 25 g/kg on dry weight basis Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 40 g/kg Processed tomato concentrate To maintain the pH at a level not above 4.3 Jam, jelly, fruit preserved, citrus marmalade To maintain the pH at a level between 2.8 and 3.5 Pineapple juice (pressed exclusively by physical means) GMP Canned palmito, mango chutney To maintain the pH at a level not above 4.6 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-192 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Fumaric acid Quick frozen vegetable, canned vegetable, canned fruit, fruit juice, fruit nectar, canned crab meat, quick frozen shrimp or prawn, canned fish, cheese, animal and vegetable fat product Limited by GMP Jam, jelly, fruit preserve, citrus marmalade To maintain the pH between 2.8 and 3.5 Quick frozen fish finger breaded or battered fish portion 1 g/kg Canned baby food 2 g/kg Processed cereal-based food for infant and child 15 g/kg on dry weight basis Table olive 15 g/kg Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 40 g/kg Jam, jelly, fruit preserve, citrus marmalade To maintain the pH between 2.8 and 3.5 Processed tomato concentrate To maintain the pH level not above 4.3 Canned palmito To maintain the pH not above 4.6 Lactic acid Mayonnaise, margarine, minarine, canned vegetable, canned fruit, canned fish, cheese, edible fungi and fungus product, bouillon and consommé GMP Malic acid Processed tomato concentrate To maintain the pH at a level not above 4.3 Jam, jelly, fruit preserve, citrus marmalade To maintain the pH between 2.8 and 3.5 GMP Cooked frozen cauliflower Quick frozen corn, canned fruit, fruit juice, canned tomato, mayonnaise, quick frozen french fried potato and pickled cucumber FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-193 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Tartaric acid and its sodium, potassium and calcium salts Jam, jelly, fruit preserve, citrus marmalade To maintain the pH between 2.8 and 3.5 Bouillon and consommé 250 mg/kg on a ready to eat basis expressed as tartaric acid Canned crab meat 5 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Processed cheese 9 g/kg calculated as phosphorus FORTY-THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD ENZYME COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Amylase (from Aspergillus niger) Wheat flour Limited by GMP Amylase (from Aspergillus oxyzae) Wheat flour Quick frozen fish finger Limited by GMP Glucose oxydase (from Aspergillus niger ver) Mayonnaise Limited by GMP Malt carbohydrase Processed cereal-based food for infant and child Limited by GMP Protease (from Aspergillus oryzae) Wheat flour Limited by GMP Protease (from Baccillus subtillis) Wheat flour Limited by GMP Rennet Cheese Limited by GMP ––––––––––––––– FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-194 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FORTY-FOURTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD ANTI CAKING AGENT COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Aluminium silicate Milk powder Cream powder 10 g/kg for vending machine only 1 g/kg for vending machine only Calcium aluminium Silicate Icing sugar, Icing dextrose Edible salt 15 g/kg 20 g/kg Calcium carbonate Edible salt 20 g/kg Calcium ferrocyanide Edible salt 20 mg/kg singly Calcium phosphate tribasic Bouillon and consommé 15 mg/kg in dehydrated product only Cream powder 1 g/kg Milk powder 5 g/kg Cocoa powder, dry cocoa powder mixture 10 g/kg Powder dextrose, powder sugar 15 g/kg Edible salt 20 g/kg Calcium silicate Cream powder Milk powder Powdered dextrose, powdered sugar 1 g/kg for vending machine only 10 g/kg for vending machine only 15 g/kg Edible salt 20 g/kg Magnesium carbonate Cream powder 1 g/kg Milk powder 10 g/kg Powdered dextrose, powdered sugar 15 g/kg Edible salt 20 g/kg Cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib cocoa dust, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake 50 g/kg expressed as the fat free fraction FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-195 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Chocolate 50 g/kg carried over from the use of the cocoa mass, pressed cake and dust Magnesium oxide Cream powder Milk powder Edible salt 1 g/kg for vending machine only 10 g/kg for vending machine only 20 g/kg Magnesium silicate Cream powder 1 g/kg for vending machine only Milk powder 10 g/kg for vending machine only Powdered dextrose, powdered sugar 15 g/kg Edible salt 20 g/kg Potassium ferrocyanide Edible salt 20 mg/kg Salts of myristic, palmitic and stearic acid with bases, Al, Ca, Na, Mg, K and ammonium, for food use Powdered dextrose, powdered sugar 15 g/kg Bouillon and consommé 15 g/kg or Al, Ca, Mg stearates in dry matter only Edible salt 20 g/kg Silicon dioxide amorphous Cream powder 1 g/kg for vending machine only Milk powder 10 g/kg for vending machine only Powdered dextrose, powdered sugar 15 g/kg Cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture 10 g/kg for vending machine only Bouillon and consommé 15 g/kg in dehydrated products Edible salt 20 g/kg Sodium alumino silicate Edible salt 20 g/kg Cream powder 1 g/kg for vending machine only Milk powder 10 g/kg for vending machine only Cocoa powder and dry cocoa sugar mixture 10 g/kg Sodium ferrocyanide Edible salt 20 mg/kg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-196 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FORTY-FIFTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD STABILISER COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Ammonium carbonate Chocolate proportion of 50 g/kg Cocoa powder and dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake 50 g/kg Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion Limited by GMP Ammonium hydrogen carbonate Same as for Ammonium carbonate and same permissible level use Ammonium salts of phosphatidic acid Chocolate, cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa butter 7 g/kg Total emulsifiers Confectioner, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake 15 g/kg Calcium chloride Cheese 200 mg/kg of the milk used Jam, fruit preserve and jelly 200 mg/kg calculated as calcium Pickle cucumber, canned mango 200 mg/kg Canned grapefruit, canned green pea, canned strawberry, canned processed pea, canned tropical fruit salad 350 mg/kg calculated as calcium Canned tomato 800 mg/kg calculated as calcium Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk 2 g/kg Cream milk powder, cream powder 5 g/kg Calcium citrate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream, canned tomato same level of use as for calcium chloride Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation 40 g/kg Minarine Limited by GMP FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-197 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Calcium carbonate Chocolate, cocoa powder, dry cocoa, sugar mixture, cocoa nib and cocoa dust, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake 50 g/kg on the fat free fraction Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream, jam, fruit preserve and jelly Same level of use as from calcium chloride Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Same level of use as from calcium citrate Calcium gluconate Jam, fruit preserve, jelly, pickle cucumber, canned green pea, canned strawberry, canned tomato, canned processed pea, canned tropical fruit salad Same level of use as for calcium chloride Calcium hydrogen phosphate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same level of use as for calcium chloride Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion 1 g/kg Calcium hydrogen carbonate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same level of use for calcium chloride Calcium lactate Canned tomato, canned green pea, canned grapefruit, canned strawberry, canned processed pea, canned tropical fruit salad, pickle cucumber Same level of use for calcium chloride Minarine Limited by GMP Calcium phosphate tribasic Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, cream 2 g/kg Calcium polyphosphate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same level of use as from calcium chloride Calcium sulphate Cottage cheese 5 g/kg Canned tomato 800 mg/kg expressed as calcium Dipotassium diphosphate Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Dipotassium hydrogen phosphate Luncheon meat cooked canned pork shoulder, cooked cured ham, cooked cured chopped meat 3 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-198 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same maximum permissible level as for Calcium chloride Disodium hydrogen phosphate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Calcium chloride Processed cheese 9 g/kg expressed as phosphorus Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Disodium pyrophosphate Quick frozen french fried potato 100 mg/kg Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Magnesium hydroxide Cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib, cocoa dust, cocoa press cake, cocoa mass Same maximum level as Ammonium carbonate Monocalcium phosphate monobasic Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream, canned tomato Same as for Calcium chloride Wheat flour 2.5 g/kg Monopotassium monophosphate Evaporated milk, Sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream same as for Calcium chloride Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Monosodium monophosphate Same specified food and same maximum permissible level as for monopotassium monophosphate Nitrous oxide Cream, packaged under pressure and whipped cream only Limited by GMP Pentapotassium triphosphate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-199 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Quick frozen blocks of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen finger and breaded or battered fish portions 10 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 Pentasodium triphosphate Same specified food and same maximum permissible level as for Pentapotassium triphosphate Potassium acetate Mayonnaise, bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Potassium carbonate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Chocolate, cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib, cocoa dust, cocoa mass and cocoa press milk Same as for ammonium carbonate Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion Limited by GMP Potassium chloride Evaporated milk, sweetened Condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Potassium dihydrogen citrate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream, processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Same as for calcium citrate Quick frozen blocks of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion 1 g/kg Mayonnaise, Minarine, Bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Potassium hydrogen carbonate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Chocolate, cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib, cocoa dust, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake Same as for ammonium carbonate Canned baby food, processed cereal based food for infant and child Limited by GMP FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-200 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Potassium phosphate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Potassium polyphosphate Same specified food and same maximum permissible level as for potassium phosphate Propylene glycol Cottage cheese 5 g/kg of the creaming mixtures Sodium carbonate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Chocolate cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib, cocoa dust, cocoa mass, cocoa press cake Same as for ammonium carbonate Canned baby food, margarine and minarine Limited by GMP Sodium dihydrogen citrate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion, quick frozen blocks of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, mixtures of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Same as for calcium citrate Margarine, minarine, bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Sodium hydrogen carbonate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Chocolate, cocoa powder, dry cocoa sugar mixture, cocoa nib, cocoa dust, cocoa mass and cocoa press cake Same as for ammonium carbonate Margarine, minarine, canned baby food, processed cereal-based food for infant and child Limited by GMP Canned processed pea 150 mg/kg FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-201 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Sodium phosphate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Minarine Limited by GMP Sodium polyphosphate Same specified food and same maximum permissible level as for potassium polyphosphate Tetrapotassium pyrophosphate Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Tetrasodium pyrophosphate Quick frozen french fried potato 100 mg/kg Bouillon and consommé 1 g/kg expressed as P 2 O 5 on a ready to eat basis Tripotassium citrate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium chloride Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Same as for calcium citrate Margarine, minarine, bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Trisodium citrate Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, milk powder, cream powder, cream Same as for calcium citrate Processed cheese, processed cheese preparation Same as for calcium citrate Canned processed pea 150 mg/kg Cooked cured chopped meat, cooked pork shoulder, luncheon meat, canned baby food, bouillon and consommé, mayonnaise Limited by GMP FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-202 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FORTY-SIXTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD THICKENER/GELLING AGENT COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Agar Flavoured yogurt and product heat treated after fermentation 5 g/kg singly or in combination with other stabilisers Cream 5 g/kg singly or in combination with other thickening and modifying agents, only for whipped cream or UHT cream and cream for whipping Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg singly or in combination with other thickeners Minarine 10 g/kg singly or in combination with other thickeners Canned sardine and sardine-type product, canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing media only, singly or in combination with other thickening or gelling agents Cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder, bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Alginic acid Canned sardine and sardines-type product 20 g/kg in the packing media only Cottage cheese 5 g/kg of the creaming mixture Ammonium alginate Pickled cucumber 500 mg/kg Cream cheese, flavoured yogurt and product heat-treated after fermentation 5 g/kg singly or in combination with other stabilisers and thickeners Cottage cheese 5 g/kg of the creaming mixture Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-203 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Canned green bean and wax bean, canned sweetcorn, canned mushroom (when butter or oil is present), canned asparagus and canned green pea (when butter or oil is present), minarine, canned carrot, canned palmito 10 g/kg Calcium alginate Same food and same maximum permissible level as Ammonium alginate Canned sardine and sardine-type product, canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing media only Carboxymethyl cellulose Quick frozen block of fish fillet, minced fish flesh and mixtures of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen fish stick (fish finger) and fish portion, breaded or battered 5 g/kg Minarine 10 g/kg Carob bean gum (locust bean gum) Processed cheese preparation, cream cheese, cottage cheese, canned sardine and sardine-type product, canned carrot minarine, canned mackerel and jack mackerel, cream, flavoured yogurt and products heat treated after fermentation Sauce as for Calcium alginate Mayonnaise 1 g/kg Canned baby food 2 g/kg of the ready to eat product Quick frozen block of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, and mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen fish finger, and breaded or battered fish portion 5 g/kg Carrageenan, including furcelleram Canned green and wax bean, canned sweetcorn, canned mushroom, canned asparagus, canned green pea, canned palmito, processed cheese preparation, cottage cheese, cream cheese, pickled cucumber, canned carrots, minarine, flavoured yogurt and products heat-treated after fermentation, cream Same as for Ammonium alginate Evaporated milk 150 mg/kg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-204 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Mayonnaise 1 g/kg Canned sardine and sardine-type products, canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing only Bouillon and consommé, quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion, quick frozen block of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, and mixtures of fish fillet and minced fish flesh 5 g/kg Cellulose micro Krystalline Mayonnaise 1 g/kg Cream 5 g/kg only for whipped pasteurised cream and cream for whipping Dioctyl Sodium sulfosuccinate Cream cheese 5 g/kg Gelatine edible Cream cheese 5 g/kg Cottage cheese 5 g/kg of the creaming agent Cream 5 g/kg only for whipped pasteurised cream, or UHT cream, and cream for whipping Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg Flavoured yogurt and products heat treated after fermentation 10 g/kg Cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder Limited by GMP FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-205 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Guar Gum Mayonnaise 1 g/kg Cream cheese, Quick frozen fish fillet, minced fish flesh and mixtures of fish fillet and fish flesh, fish finger, and breaded or battered fish portion 5 g/kg Cottage cheese 5 g/kg of the creaming mixture Cream 5 g/kg only for whipped pasteurised cream, or UHT cream, and cream for whipping Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg Canned green bean and wax bean, canned sweetcorn, canned asparagus, canned green peas, canned mushroom, canned palmito 10 g/kg when the product contained butter or other fats or oil Canned carrots, minarine 10 g/kg Canned sardine and sardine-type product, canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing media only Pickled cucumber in mustard type only, bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Flavoured yogurt and product heat treated after fermentation 5 g/kg Gum arabic Mayonnaise 1 g/kg Canned gram bean and wax bean, canned sweetcorn, canned asparagus, canned gum peas, canned mushroom, canned palmito 10 g/kg when the product contains butter or other fat Processed cheese preparation, cream 8 g/kg 5 g/kg for whipped pasteurised cream or UHT cream and cream for whipping Canned carrot 10 g/kg Flavoured yogurt and product heat treated after fermentation 5 g/kg Pickled cucumber 500 mg/kg Hydroxypropyl cellulose Quick frozen fish finger, and breaded or battered coating only of fish portion 5 g/kg FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-206 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Kanaya gum Cream cheese, flavoured yogurt and product heat-treated after fermentation 5 g/kg Cottage cheese 5 g/kg of the creaming mixture Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg Methyl cellulose Quick frozen blocks of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, and mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen fish finger and breaded or battered fish portion 5 g/kg Canned mandarin, orange 10 mg/kg (as an anti foaming agent) Minarine 10 g/kg Methyl ethyl cellulose Quick frozen fish finger, bread or batter coating only of fish portion 5 g/kg FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-207 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Pectin (amidated and non-amidated) Mayonnaise, canned mackerel and jack mackerel 2.5 g/kg in the packing medium only, with a total of 20 g/kg of all thickeners and jelling agents Cream 5 g/kg only for whipped pasteurised cream in UHT cream and cream for whipping Quick frozen block of fish fillet, minced fish flesh and mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen fish finger, bread or batter coating only of fish portion 5 g/kg Canned fruit-based baby food (non amidated pectin only) 10 g/kg in the ready to eat product Jam, fruit preserve, jelly, citron, marmalade, canned mango, bouillon and consommé Limited by GMP Cream cheese 5 g/kg Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg Minarine, canned carrot 10 g/kg Flavoured yogurt and product, heat treated after fermentation, canned chestnut and canned chestnut purée 10 g/kg when products contain butter or other fats or oils Canned asparagus, canned green peas, canned mushroom, canned palmito 10 g/kg when products contain butter or other fats or oils Canned sardine and sardine-type product 20 g/kg in the packing media only Potassium alginate Pickled cucumber 500 mg/kg Mayonnaise, cream cheese, flavoured yogurt and product after heat-treated fermentation 1 g/kg Cottage cheese 5 g/kg in the creaming mixture Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg Canned carrots, minarine, canned green and wax beans, canned sweetcorn, canned mushroom, canned asparagus, canned green peas, canned palmito 10 g/kg (when butter or oil is present) FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-208 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Propylene glycol alginate Canned sardines and sardine-type products, canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing media only Cooked cured ham, cooked cured pork shoulder Limited by GMP Pickled cucumber 500 mg/kg Cream cheese, flavoured yogurt and product after heat-treated fermentation 5 g/kg Cottage cheese 5 g/kg in the creaming mixture’ Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg Canned carrots, minarine, canned green and wax beans, canned sweetcorn, canned mushrooms (when butter or oil is present), canned asparagus (when butter or oil is present), canned green pea 10 g/kg Canned sardine and sardine-type products, canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing media only Sodium alginate Same food and maximum permissible level as for potassium alginate, quick frozen blocks of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, and mixture of fish flesh, and mixture of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion 5 g/kg FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-209 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER PERMITTED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose Mayonnaise 1 g/kg Canned mackerel and jack mackerel 2.5 g/kg in the packing medium only with a total of 20 g/kg of all thickeners and gelling agents Bouillon and consommé Cottage cheese (in the creaming mixture), flavoured yogurt, and products heat-treated after fermentation, cream 4 g/kg on a ready to eat basis 5 g/kg Processed cheese preparation 8 g/kg Minarine 10 g/kg Canned sardine and sardine-type products 20 g/kg in the media only Sodium caseinate Cottage cheese 20 g/kg of the creaming mixture Tragacanth gum Mayonnaise 1 g/kg Flavoured yogurt 1 g/kg Canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing media only Xanthan gum Pickled cucumber 500 mg/kg Bouillon and consommé 3 g/kg on a ready-to-eat basis Minarine, cream cheese, quick frozen block of fish fillet, minced fish flesh, mixtures of fish fillet and minced fish flesh, quick frozen fish finger, breaded or battered fish portion, flavoured yogurt and product after heat-treated fermentation cream 5 g/kg Canned sardine and sardine-type product 10 g/kg Canned mackerel and jack mackerel 20 g/kg in the packing media only FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-210 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FORTY-SEVENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD ANTI FOAMING AGENT COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Dimethyl polysiloxame Edible salt, canned pineapple, citrus marmalade, jam, jelly, food preserve, pineapple juice diluted and concentrated, quick frozen french fried potato, edible fat and oil 10 mg/kg Silicon dioxide anorphous Edible fat and oil 10 mg/kg FORTY-EIGHTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 105(1), (3) and (4)] PERMITTED FOOD CONDITIONER IN SPECIFIC FOOD SOLVENT COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL (MG/KG) Acetone (dimethyl ketone) Flavouring Colour Food oil 30 2 0.1 Butane Flavouring Food oil 1 0.1 Butan-1-ol Fatty acid Flavouring Colour 1,000 1,000 1,000 Butan-2-ol Flavouring 1 Cyclohexane Flavouring Food oil 1 1 Dibutyl ether Flavouring 2 1, 2-Dichloroethane Decaf. Coffee 5 Dichlorodifluoromethane Flavouring Colour 1 1 Dichlorofluoromethane Flavouring 1 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-211 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 PERMITED FOOD CONDITIONER SPECIFIED FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL (MG/KG) Dichloromethane Flavouring Colour Decaf. Coffee 2 5 10 Dichlorotetrafluoroethane Flavouring 1 Diethyl ether Flavouring 2 Colour 2 Glycerol Cottage cheese Dates 5 GMP Pentane Flavouring Food oil 1 1 Petroleum ether (light petroleum) Flavouring Food oil 1 1 Propane Flavouring Food oil 1 0.1 1,1,2-Trichloroethylene Flavouring Food oil 2 2 Trichlorofluoromethane Flavouring 1 Toluene Flavouring 1 Ethylmethylketone (butanone) Fatty acid Flavouring Colour Decaf. Coffee Food oil 2 2 2 2 2 Heptane Flavouring Food oil 1 1 Hexane Flavouring Food oil 0.1 0.1 Isobutane Flavouring 1 Methylene chloride (dichlofomethane) Food oil 0.02 Methyl acetate Coffee decaffeination Flavouring Sugar refining 20 20 1 Methyl pfopanol-1 Flavouring 1 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-212 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FORTY-NINTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 111(2)(a)(b)] PERMITTED ANTI-CAKING AGENT FOR SALT ANTI-CAKING AGENT PURITY SPECIFICATION MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Calcium aluminium silicate A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Calcium carbonate A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Calcium ferrocyanide A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 p.p.m singly or in combination calculated as anhydrous calcium ferrocyanide Calcium phosphate (tribasic) A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Calcium silicate A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Magnesium carbonate A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Magnesium oxide A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg, singly or in combination Magnesium silicate Standard of purity set out in the British Pharmacopoeia 20 g/kg singly or in combination Potassium ferrocyanide A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 p.p.m singly or in combination calculated as anhydrous potassium ferrocyanide Salts of myristic, palmitic or stearic acids with bases (Al, Ca, Na, Mg, K, Ammonium) A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Sodium dioxide amorphorus A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Sodium aluminium silicate A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 g/kg singly or in combination Sodium ferrocyanide A standard of purity consistent with good manufacturing practice 20 p.p.m singly or in combination calculated as anhydrous sodium ferrocyanide FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-213 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 FIFTIETH SCHEDULE [Regulation 163(2)] LIST OF PERMITTED ARTIFICIAL SWEETENING SUBSTANCE PERMITTED ARTIFICIAL SWEETENING SUBSTANCE NUMBER SYSTEM Acesulfame potassium 950 Aspartame 951 Calcium saccharine Cyclamic acid (and Na, K, Ca salt) 952 Glycyrrhizin 958 Hydrogenated glucose syrup Isomalt (Isomaltitol) 953 Lactitol 966 Maltitol and Maltitol Syrup 965 Mannitol E421 Neohesperidine dihydrochalcone 959 Saccharine 954 Sodium saccharine Sorbitol E420 Sucralose (Trichlorogalactosucrose) 955 Thaumatin 957 Xylitol 967 ––––––––––––––– FIFTY-FIRST SCHEDULE [Regulation 163(3)] SPECIFIC PURITY CRITERIA FOR PERMITTED ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER 1. Aspartame (C 14 H 18 N 2 O 5 ) also known as L-Asphartyl-L phenylalanine methyl ester or (3S)-3-Amino-N/(S)-methoxycarbonyl-phenethyl/succinamic acid, shall be a white and odourless crystalline powder with an intensely sweet taste and shall comply with the additional characteristics specified in the table hereunder. (1) Molecular weight 294.3 (2) Content Not less than 98.0 per cent of (C14H18N205) on a volatile matter free basis (3) Volatile matter (4) Specific rotation 20 degrees celsius Not less than +12.5° and not more than +17.5° (determined by using a 4 per cent weight/volume solution on a volatile matter free basis in 15M (formic acid) (5) pH of a 0.8 per cent aqueous solution Not less than 4.0 and not more than 6.5 (6) Sulphated ash Not more than 0.2 per cent after ignition at 800 25 degrees celsius FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-214 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 (7) 5 Benzyl-3,6-dioxo-2 piperazineacetic acid Not more than 1.5 per cent 2. Saccharin shall have the characteristics set out in the monograph for saccharin contained in the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 at page 393. 3. Sodium saccharin shall have the characteristics set out in the monograph for saccharin sodium contained in the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 at page 394, as amended by the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 Addendum 1982 at page 99. 4. Calcium saccharin (C 14 H 8 CaN 2 O 6 S 2 ) also known as 1,2-Benzisothiazel-3(2H)-one 1,1-dioxide, calcium salt shall consist of white crystals or crystalline powder with or without a faint aromatic odour, intensely sweet and complying with the additional characteristic specified in the table hereunder. (1) Molecular weight 404.4 (2) Content Not less than 99.0 per cent of Cl 4 H 8 CaN 2 0 6 S 2 on a volatile matter free basis (3) Volatile matter Not less than 11.0 per cent and not more than 15 per cent (determined by drying at 105 degrees celsius to constant weight) (4) Free acid or alkali Complies with the test set out in the monograph for Saccharin sodium in the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 (5) Melting point of isolated saccharin Complies with the test set out in the monograph for Saccharin sodium in the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 (6) Related substances Complies with the test set out in the monograph for Saccharin sodium in the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 (7) Arsenic Complies with the test set out in the monograph for Saccharin sodium in the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 (8) Heavy metals Complies with the test set out in the monograph for Saccharin sodium in the British Pharmacopoeia 1980 FIFTY-SECOND SCHEDULE [Regulation 177(2)] NUTRIENT LEVEL FOR INFANT FORMULA Amount per 100 available kilocalories Amount per 100 available kilojoules Minimum Amount Maximum Amount Minimum Amount Maximum Amount Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 10 mg N.P. 2.5 mg N.P. Biotin 1.5 µg N.P. 0.4 µg N.P. Calcium6 50 mg N.P. 12 mg N.P. Carbohydrates/g4 9.0 14.0 2.2 3.3 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-215 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Amount per 100 available kilocalories Amount per 100 available kilojoules Minimum Amount Maximum Amount Minimum Amount Maximum Amount Chloride 50 mg 160 mg 12 mg 38 mg Choline 7 mg N.P. 1.7 mg N.P. Copper 35 µg N.P. 8.5 µg N.P. Essential fatty acids as alpha-linolenic acid3 50 mg N.P. 12 mg N.P. Essential fatty acids as linoleic acid3 300 mg N.P. 70 mg N.P. Fat/g 1,2 4.4 g 6.0 g 1.05 g 1.4 g Folic Acid 10 µg N.P. 2.5 µg N.P. Iodine 10 µg N.P. 2.5 µg N.P. Iron 0.45 mg N.P. 0.1 mg N.P. Magnesium 5 mg N.P. 1.2 mg N.P. Manganese 1.0 µg N.P. 0.25 µg N.P. Niacin5 300 µg N.P. 70 µg N.P. Pantothenic acid 400 µg N.P. 96 µg N.P. Phosphorous6 25 mg N. P 6 mg N.P. Potassium 60 mg 180 mg 14 mg 43 mg Protein 1.8 g 3.0 g 0.45 g 0.7 g Riboflavin (B2) 80 µg N.P. 19 µg N.P. Selenium 1.0 µg N.P. 0.24 µg N.P. Sodium 20 mg 60 mg 5 mg 14 mg Thiamine (B1) 60 µg N.P. 14 µg N.P. Vitamin A 60 µg expressed as retinol equivalents (RE) 180 µg expressed as retinol equivalents (RE) 14 µg expressed as retinol equivalents (RE) 43 μg expressed as retinol equivalents (RE) Vitamin B12 0.1 µg N.P. 0.025 µg N.P. Vitamin B6 35 µg N.P. 8.5 µg N.P. Vitamin D 40 lU or 1 µg as calciferol 100 lU or 2.5 µg as calciferol 10 IU or 0.25 µg as calciferol 2.5 lU or 0.6 µg as calciferol Vitamin E 0.5 mg expressed as alpha tocopherol equivalents N.P. 0.12 mg expressed as alpha tocopherol equivalents N.P. Vitamin K 4 µg N.P. 1 µg N.P. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-216 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Amount per 100 available kilocalories Amount per 100 available kilojoules Minimum Amount Maximum Amount Minimum Amount Maximum Amount Zinc 0.5 mg N.P. 0.12 mg N.P. Note N.P. – Not Prescribed IU – International Units µg – Microgramme mg – Milligramme 1. Commercially hydrogenated oils and fats shall not be used in infant formula. 2. Lauric and myristic acids are constituents of fats, but combined shall not exceed 20 per cent of total fatty acids. The content of trans-fatty acids shall not exceed 3 per cent of total fatty acids. Trans-fatty acids are endogenous components of milk fat. The acceptance of up to 3 per cent of trans-fatty acids is intended to allow for the use of milk fat in infant formulae. The erucic acid content shall not exceed one per cent of total fatty acids. The total content of phospholipids should not exceed 300 milligrammes/100 kcal (72 mg/100 kJ). 3. The linoleic acid: alpha-Linolenic acid ratio shall be not less than 5:1 and not more than 15:1. 4. Lactose and glucose polymers should be the preferred carbohydrates in formula based on cow’s milk protein and hydrolysed protein. Only pre-cooked and/or gelatinised starches gluten-free by nature may be added to Infant Formula up to 30 per cent of total carbohydrates and up to 2g/100 ml. 5. (1) Niacin shall refer to preformed niacin. (2) Sucrose, unless needed, and the addition of fructose as an ingredient should be avoided in infant formula, because of potential life-threatening symptoms in young infants with unrecognised hereditary fructose intolerance. 6. The Ca:P ratio shall be not less than 1:1 and not more than 2:1. [Fifty-second Sch. revoked and replaced by reg. 4 of GN 93 of 2010 w.e.f. 5 December 2009.] FIFTY-THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 177(3)(a) and (b)] PERMITTED FOOD ADDITIVE IN INFANT FORMULA FOOD ADDITIVE MAXIMUM LEVEL IN 100 ML OF THE READY-TO-DRINK PRODUCT Antioxidant L-ascorbyl palmitate 1 mg Mixed Tocopherol concentrate 1 mg Emulsifier Lecithin 0.5 g Mono and diglycerides of edible fat and edible oil 0.4 g FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-217 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 pH adjusting agents L(+) Lactic acid Citric acid Limited by lactic acid Sodium carbonate Sodium citrate Sodium hydrogen carbonate Sodium hydroxide Potassium hydrogen carbonate Potassium citrate Limited by GMP, and with the limits for Na and K as specified in Fifty-second Schedule Thickener Guar gum 0.1 g Carrot bean gum (Locust bean gum) 0.1 g Carrageenan 0.03 g in regular, milk and soy-based liquid infant formula only 0.1 g in hydrolysed protein and/or amino acid-based liquid infant formula only Distarch phosphate Acetylated distarch phosphate 0.5 g singly or in combination with soy-based infant formula only Phosphated distarch phosphate Hydroxypropyl starch 2.5 g singly or in combination in hydrolysed protein and/or amino acid based infant formula only FIFTY-FOURTH SCHEDULE [Regulations 180(2) and 183(2)] NUTRIENT LEVEL FOR CANNED FOOD AND CEREAL-BASED FOOD FOR AN INFANT AND A CHILD NUTRIENT MINIMUM AMOUNT MAXIMUM AMOUNT Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 8 mg Not prescribed Calcium 50 mg Not prescribed Folic acid 4 µg Not prescribed Iodine 5 mg Not prescribed Iron 1 mg Not prescribed Nicotinamide 0.8 µg Not prescribed Panthothenic acid 300 µg Not prescribed Phosphorous 25 mg Not prescribed Riboflavin (B2) 60 µg Not prescribed Thiamine (B1) 25 µg Not prescribed Vitamin A (expressed as retinol) 255 IU 500 IU Vitamin B12 0.15 µg Not prescribed Vitamin B6 35 µg Not prescribed Vitamin D 40 IU 80 IU Vitamin E 0.3 IU Not prescribed FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-218 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 Note 1. Where the maximum amount of the nutrient is not prescribed, the total daily intake of that nutrient arising from its uses in accordance with good manufacturing practice, does not constitute a hazard to health. 2. The calcium to phosphorus ratio shall not be less than 1:2 and not more than 2:0. ––––––––––––––– FIFTY-FIFTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 180(3)] PERMITTED FOOD ADDITIVE IN CANNED FOOD FOR AN INFANT AND A CHILD FOOD ADDITIVE MAXIMUM LEVEL IN 100 G OF THE READY-TO-DRINK PRODUCT Antioxidant L-Ascorbic acid and its sodium and potassium salts L-Ascorbyl palmitate Mixed tocopherol concentrate 0.5 g/kg (expressed as ascorbic acid, and not in excess of 200 mg Na/100 g of the product) 200 mg/kg fat 300 mg/kg fat (singly or in combination) Emulsifier Lecithin Mono and diglycerides of edible fat and edible oil 0.5 g 0.15 g Flavouring substance Ethyl vanillin Vanillin Vanillin extract 7 mg 7 mg Limited by GMP pH adjusting agents Actetic acid Citric acid L(+) Lactic acid Potassium hydrogen carbonate Calcium carbonate Sodium hydrogen carbonate Sodium carbonate 0.5 g 0.5 g 0.2 g Limited by GMP Limited by GMP, but not in excess of 200 mg Na/100 g of the product FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-219 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 Thickening Agents Acetylated distarch glycerol Acetyl distarch adipate Acetylated distarch phosphate Distarch glycerol Distarch phosphate Guar gum Hydroxypropyl starch Locust bean gum 0.69 (singly or in combination) 0.2 g 0.2 g ––––––––––––––– FIFTY-SIXTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 183(3)] PERMITTED FOOD ADDITIVE IN CEREAL-BASED FOOD FOR INFANT AND CHILD FOOD ADDITIVE MAXIMUM LEVEL IN 100 G OF THE PRODUCTION A DRY WEIGHT BASIS Antioxidant L-Ascorbic acid and its sodium salts L-Ascorbyl palmitate Mixed tocopherol concentrate 50 mg (expressed as ascorbic acid, and sodium not in excess of 1.5 g/kg of the product) 200 mg/kg fat 300 mg/kg fat singly or in combination Emulsifier Lecithin Mono and diglycerides of edible fat and edible oil 1.5 g 1.5 g Flavouring substance Ethyl vanillin Vanillin Vanillin extract 7 mg 7 mg Limited by GMP pH adjusting agents Calcium carbonate Citric acid L(+) Lactic acid Potassium hydrogen carbonate Sodium hydrogen carbonate Limited by GMP 2.5 g 1.5 g Limited by GMP Limited by GMP, and sodium not in excess of 1.5 g/kg of the product. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-220 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 FIFTY-SEVENTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 184] MAXIMUM TOTAL ENERGY VALUE OF LOW ENERGY FOOD TYPE OF FOOD MAXIMUM TOTAL ENERGY All other food 209 Kilojoules (50 Kcal) per 100 grammes Beverage (ready for consumption) 22 Kilojoules (5 Kcal) per 100 millilitres Spread, marmalade, jam 418 Kilojoules (100 Kcal) per 100 grammes Table confection (ready for consumption) 58 Kilojoules (14 Kcal) per 100 grammes ––––––––––––––– FIFTY-EIGHTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 206] PERMITTED LEVEL OF SATURATED FATTY ACIDS PART A FOOD MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE LEVEL Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fat or oil or of fractions of different fats or oil (1) Not more than 23 per cent of saturated fatty acids; and (2) Not more than 25 per cent of palm oil Hydrogenated oils and fats for industrial purpose Not more than 85 per cent saturated fatty acids on the fat weight basis Industrial margarine Not more than 75 per cent saturated fatty acids on the fat weight basis Margarine rich in polyunsaturates Not less than 45 per cent of polyunsaturated, not more than 25 per cent of saturated fats on the fat weight basis Other margarine (1) Not more than 60 per cent saturated fats on the fat weight basis; and (2) Not more than 25 per cent of palm oil Vegetable fats (Vanaspati) Not more than 30 per cent saturated fatty acids on the fat weight basis FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-221 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 PART B Maximum permissible level of saturated fatty acids per 100 g of edible portion Any other food product 15% Biscuits, wafers, pastry, filled milk, not excluding other types of milk and milk products 15% Chocolate other than dark chocolate, coffee whiteners and confectioneries 25% Imitation cream, cooking chocolate and dark chocolate 35% Pasta, breakfast cereals, malted instant drink powder 5% Snacks, cakes, fried cakes, chips, fried chicken, twisties and noodles 10% [Fifty-eighth Sch. revoked and replaced by reg. 3 of GN 171 of 2004 w.e.f. 16 October 2004.] FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-222 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 F IF T Y N IN T H S C H E D U L E [R e g u la ti o n s 3 5 7 a n d 3 5 8 (2 )] C O M P O S IT IO N A L R E Q U IR E M E N T S F O R S O F T D R IN K S O T H E R T H A N S E M I S W E E T S O F T D R IN K S F O R C O N S U M P T IO N W IT H O U T D IL U T IO N D e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k s M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f fr u it ju ic e ( e x p re ss e d i n t e rm s o f ju ic e o f n a tu ra l st re n g th o r p o ta b le f ru it c o n te n t, a s th e c a se m a y b e ) M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f a d d e d s u g a r p e r 10 0 k g (k g ) M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f sa cc h a ri n a d d e d p e r 10 0 kg (g ) M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f a sp a rt a m e a d d e d p e r 10 0 kg (g ) O th e r re q u ir e m e n ts A n y d es cr ip ti o n o f so ft d ri n k co n ta in in g a m ix tu re o f ci tr u s an d n o n c it ru s fr u it ju ic es in t h is S ch ed u le 5 p e r ce n t ci tr u s fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 4 .5 8 0 7 0 A n y d e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k co n ta in in g a p p le ju ic e o r fe rm e n te d p e a r ju ic e 5 p e r ce n t fe rm e n te d a p p le ju ic e o r fe rm e n te d p e a r ju ic e b y w e ig h t 4 .5 8 0 7 0 A n y d e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k e x ce p t th o se m e n ti o n e d i n S ix ti e th S ch e d u le n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d i n th is S ch e d u le 4 .5 8 0 7 0 A n y o th e r d e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k co n ta in in g f ru it j u ic e n o t o th e rw is e sp e ci fi e d in th is S ch e d u le a n d S ix ti e th S ch e d u le 5 p e r ce n t fr u it ju ic e b y w e ig h t 4 .5 8 0 7 0 B re w e d g in g e r b e e r a n d h e rb a l b o ta n ic a l b e v e ra g e s 2 11 5 7 0 C it ru s cr u sh e s, in cl u d in g ci tr u s cr u sh e s co n ta in in g a b it te r p ri n ci p le , n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d in th is S ch e d u le 5 p e r ce n t ci tr u s fr u it b y w e ig h t 4 .5 8 0 7 0 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-223 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 D e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k s M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f fr u it ju ic e ( e x p re ss e d i n t e rm s o f ju ic e o f n a tu ra l st re n g th o r p o ta b le f ru it c o n te n t, a s th e c a se m a y b e ) M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f a d d e d s u g a r p e r 10 0 k g (k g ) M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f sa cc h a ri n a d d e d p e r 10 0 kg (g ) M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f a sp a rt a m e a d d e d p e r 10 0 kg (g ) O th e r re q u ir e m e n ts C it ru s ju ic e a n d b a rl e y w a te r 3 p e r ce n t ci tr u s fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 4 .5 8 0 7 0 C o m m in u te d c it ru s d ri n k, i n cl u d in g co m m in u te d ci tr u s d ri n ks co n ta in in g a b it te r p ri n ci p le o r a n y c it ru s o r n o n c it ru s ju ic e , n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d in t h is S ch e d u le 2 kg p o ta b le ci tr u s fr u it co n te n t p e r 10 0 k g 4 .5 8 0 7 0 C o m m in u te d ci tr u s fr u it s a n d b a rl e y d ri n ks 1. 5 k g p o ta b le c it ru s fr u it co n te n t p e r 10 0 k g 4 .5 8 0 7 0 D ry g in g e r a le 3 8 0 7 0 In d ia n o r q u in in e t o n ic w a te r 4 .5 8 0 7 0 To co n ta in n o t le ss th a n 5 7 m g o f q u in in e (c a lc u la te d a s q u in in e su lp h a te B .P ) p e r ki lo g ra m m e L im e c ru sh e s, l im e j u ic e a n d s o d a 3 p e r ce n t li m e ju ic e b y w e ig h t 4 .5 8 0 7 0 S o d a w a te r To co n ta in n o t le ss th a n 5 7 0 m g o f S o d iu m b ic a rb o n a te p e r ki lo g ra m m e FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-224 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 S IX T IE T H S C H E D U L E [R e g u la ti o n 3 5 7 a n d 3 5 8 (2 )] C O M P O S IT IO N A L R E Q U IR E M E N T S F O R S O F T D R IN K S O T H E R T H A N S E M I S W E E T S O F T D R IN K S F O R C O N S U M P T IO N A F T E R D IL U T IO N D e sc ri p ti o n o f se m i sw e e t so ft d ri n k s M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f fr u it j u ic e (e x p re ss e d i n t e rm s o f ju ic e o f n a tu ra l st re n g th o r p o ta b le f ru it co n te n t a s th e c a se m a y b e ) M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f a d d e d s u g a r p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s (k g ) M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f sa cc h a ri n a d d e d p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s (g ) M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f a sp a rt a m e a d d e d p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s (g ) C it ru s ju ic e a n d b a rl e y w a te r 1 5 p e r ce n t ci tr u s fr u it ju ic e b y w e ig h t 2 2 ½ 4 0 0 3 5 0 C it ru s sq u a sh e s, i n cl u d in g c it ru s sq u a sh e s co n ta in in g a b it te r p ri n ci p le , n o t o th e rw is e sp e ci fi e d i n t h is S ch e d u le 2 5 p e r ce n t fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 2 ½ 4 0 0 3 5 0 A n y d e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k co n ta in in g a m ix tu re o f ci tr u s a n d n o n c it ru s fr u it j u ic e n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d i n t h is S ch e d u le 2 5 p e r ce n t fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 2 ½ 4 0 0 3 5 0 C o m m in u te d c it ru s fr u it a n d b a rl e y d ri n ks 7 k g p o ta b le c it ru s fr u it c o n te n t p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s 2 2 ½ 4 0 0 3 5 0 C o m m in u te d ci tr u s d ri n ks , in cl u d in g co m m in u te d ci tr u s d ri n ks co n ta in in g a b it te r p ri n ci p le o r a n y c it ru s o r n o n c it ru s ju ic e , n o t o th e rw is e sp e ci fi e d in th is S ch e d u le 10 k g p o ta b le c it ru s fr u it c o n te n t p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s 2 2 ½ 4 0 0 3 5 0 N o n c it ru s fr u it s q u a sh e s 10 p e r ce n t n o n c it ru s fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 2 ½ 4 0 0 3 5 0 A n y d e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k (e x ce p t th o se sp e ci fi e d in F if ty n in th S ch e d u le ) n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d i n t h is S ch e d u le 2 2 ½ 4 0 0 3 5 0 FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-225 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 S IX T Y F IR S T S C H E D U L E [R e g u la ti o n s 3 5 7 a n d 3 5 8 (2 )] C O M P O S IT IO N A L R E Q U IR E M E N T S F O R S E M I S W E E T S O F T D R IN K F O R C O N S U M P T IO N W IT H O U T D IL U T IO N D e sc ri p ti o n o f se m i sw e e t so ft d ri n k M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f fr u it j u ic e (e x p re ss e d i n t e rm s o f ju ic e o f n a tu ra l st re n g th o r p o ta b le f ru it co n te n t a s th e c a se m a y b e ) Q u a n ti ty o f a d d e d s u g a r p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f sa cc h a ri n a d d e d p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s (g ) M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f a sp a rt a m e a d d e d p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s (g ) M in im u m (k g ) M a x im u m (k g ) C it ru s ju ic e a n d b a rl e y w a te r 3 p e r ce n t ci tr u s fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 ¼ 3 4 0 3 5 L im e c ru sh , li m e j u ic e a n d s o d a 3 p e r ce n t li m e j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 ¼ 3 4 0 3 5 C it ru s cr u sh , in cl u d in g ci tr u s cr u sh co n ta in in g a b it te r p ri n ci p le , n o t o th e rw is e sp e ci fi e d i n t h is S ch e d u le 5 p e r ce n t fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 ¼ 3 4 0 3 5 A n y d e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k co n ta in in g a m ix tu re o f ci tr u s a n d n o n c it ru s fr u it j u ic e n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d i n t h is S ch e d u le 5 p e r ce n t fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 ¼ 3 4 0 3 5 C o m m in u te d c it ru s fr u it a n d b a rl e y d ri n k 1 ½ k g p o ta b le c it ru s fr u it c o n te n t p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s 2 ¼ 3 4 0 3 5 C o m m in u te d ci tr u s d ri n k, in cl u d in g co m m in u te d c it ru s d ri n k co n ta in in g a b it te r p ri n ci p le , o r a n y c it ru s o r n o n c it ru s ju ic e n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d i n t h is S ch e d u le 2 k g p o ta b le c it ru s fr u it 2 ¼ 3 4 0 3 5 A n y d e sc ri p ti o n o f so ft d ri n k co n ta in in g fr u it j u ic e n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d i n t h is S ch e d u le 5 p e r ce n t fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 2 ¼ 3 4 0 3 5 FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-226 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 S IX T Y S E C O N D S C H E D U L E [R e g u la ti o n s 3 5 7 a n d 3 5 8 (2 )] C O M P O S IT IO N A L R E Q U IR E M E N T S F O R S E M I S W E E T S O F T D R IN K F O R C O N S U M P T IO N A F T E R D IL U T IO N D e sc ri p ti o n o f se m i sw e e t so ft d ri n k M in im u m q u a n ti ty o f fr u it ju ic e ( e x p re ss e d i n t e rm s o f ju ic e o f n a tu ra l st re n g th o r p o ta b le f ru it c o n te n t a s th e ca se m a y b e ) Q u a n ti ty o f a d d e d su g a r p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f sa cc h a ri n a d d e d p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s (g ) M a x im u m q u a n ti ty o f a sp a rt a m e a d d e d p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s (g ) M in im u m (k g ) M a x im u m (k g ) C it ru s ju ic e a n d b a rl e y w a te r 1 5 p e r ce n t ci tr u s fr u it b y w e ig h t 11 ¼ 1 5 2 0 0 1 7 5 C it ru s ju ic e a n d b a rl e y w a te r 2 5 p e r ce n t ci tr u s fr u it j u ic e b y w e ig h t 11 ¼ 1 5 2 0 0 1 7 5 A n y d es cr ip ti o n o f so ft d ri n k co n ta in in g a m ix tu re o f ci tr u s an d n o n c it ru s fr u it j u ic e n o t o th er w is e sp ec ifi ed in t h is S ch ed u le 2 5 p e r ce n t fr u it ju ic e b y w e ig h t 11 ¼ 1 5 2 0 0 1 7 5 C o m m in u te d ci tr u s fr u it a n d b a rl e y d ri n ks 7 kg p o ta b le ci tr u s fr u it co n te n t p e r 10 0 k il o g ra m m e s 11 ¼ 1 5 2 0 0 1 7 5 C o m m in u te d ci tr u s d ri n ks , in cl u d in g co m m in u te d ci tr u s d ri n ks co n ta in in g a b it te r p ri n ci p le o r a n y c it ru s o r n o n ci tr u s ju ic e n o t o th e rw is e s p e ci fi e d in t h is S ch e d u le 10 kg p o ta b le ci tr u s fr u it co n te n t p e r ki lo g ra m m e 11 ¼ 1 5 2 0 0 1 7 5 n o n c it ru s fr u it s q u a sh e s 10 p e r ce n t n o n c it ru s fr u it ju ic e b y w e ig h t 11 ¼ 1 5 2 0 0 1 7 5 –– –– –– –– –– –– –– – FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-227 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 SIXTY-THIRD SCHEDULE [Regulation 382] LIST OF TOXIC FISH Barracuda, called Tazar lichien (Sphyraena barracuda) Bénitier (Tridacna species) Boule tangue (Diodon hystrix) Bourgeois (Lutjanus sebae) Carangue des bancs (Caranx species)*** Caret or Hawk’s bill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Chemise (Lutjanus gibbus) Cheval de bois (Anyperodon leucogrammicus) Coffre (Lactoria cornuta) Crab with redspots or Crabe onze tâches (Caipilius maculatus) Flat wrasse, or Bambara or Vieille plate (Epinephelus aerolatus) Giblot (Lutjajus monostigmus) Laffe, if alive (Synanceja verrucosa) Large tartara or Grosse sardine (Harengula ovalis) Remora or Pilot of the shark (Remora remora) Sea urchin (Echinothrix species) Sinsillac or Vielle babonne (Plectropomus maculatus)** Vara-vara (Lutjanus bohar) Vielle loutre or Otter wrasse (Epinephelus fuscoguttatus) Wrasse, Vieille cuisinier called crute noir (Cephalopholis argus) Yellow tailed croissant (Variola louti)* * The yellow tailed croissant (Variola louti) shall not be deemed toxic where it is – (a) less than 2.6 kilogrammes when gutted and has been fished on the Saya de Maha bank, Nazareth bank or Sudan bank; and (b) less than 1.5 kilogrammes when not gutted or less than 1.3 kilogrammes when gutted, and have been fished in the territorial waters of the Republic of Mauritius. ** The Sinsillac or Vieille babonne (Plectropomus maculatus) shall not be deemed to be toxic where it is less than 2.6 kilogrammes when gutted and has been fished on the Saya de Maha bank, Nazareth bank or Sudan bank. *** The Carangue shall not be deemed toxic where it has not been fished on any oceanic bank. FOOD ACT [Issue 1] F61-228 Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius Food Regulations 1999 SIXTY-FOURTH SCHEDULE [Regulation 421] GUIDELINE VALUES FOR BOTTLED WATER PARAMETER STANDARDS Microbial Total viable colony count Shall not exceed 100 per ml at 20°-22°C for 72 h and 20 per ml at 37°C for 24 h on nutrient agar or on agar gelatin mixture Total coliforms Faecal coliforms E-coli Faecal streptococcus Salmonella Shall not be detectable in any 100 ml sample Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sulphite reducing Clostridia Shall not be detectable in any 20 ml sample Physico-chemical pH 6.5-8.5 Total dissolved solids 1,000 mg/l Turbidity 5 NTU Organoleptic Colour 20 Pt-Co Taste and odour Not objectionable Trace metals Aluminium 0.2 mg/l Arsenic 0.01 mg/l Cadmium 0.003 mg/l Copper 1 mg/l Lead 0.01 mg/l Mercury 0.001 mg/l Total chromium 0.05 mg/l Zinc 3.0 mg/l Nickel 0.02 mg/l Anions Chloride 250 mg/l Fluoride 1.5 mg/l Sulphate 250 mg/l Nitrate 50 mg/l (as NO3) Nitrite 3 mg/l(as NO2)    FOOD ACT Subsidiary Legislation of Mauritius F61-229 [Issue 1] Food Regulations 1999 PARAMETER STANDARDS Pesticides Aldrin and dieldrin 0.03 µg/I DDT 1 µg/I Lindane 2 µg/I HCB 1 µg/I Methoxychlor 20 µg/I Heptachlor and Heptachlor oxide 0.03 µg/I [EDITORIAL NOTE – These regulations were also amended by GN 48 of 2010 which was revoked by GN 93 of 2010 w.e.f. 5 December 2009.] –––––––––––––––