Consumer Protection (Control of Manufacture and Sale of Bread) Regulations 2018 (G.N. No. 6 of 2018)

Consumer Protection (Control of Manufacture and Sale of Bread) Regulations 2018 GN No. 6 of 2019 Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 4 of 12 January 2019 THE CONSUMER PROTECTION (PRICE AND SUPPLIES CONTROL) ACT Regulations made by the Minister under section 35 of the Consumer Protection (Price and Supplies Control) Act 1. These regulations may be cited as the Consumer Protection (Control of Manufacture and Sale of Bread) Regulations 2018. 2. In these regulations — “authorised officer” means any officer of the Ministry authorised by the supervising officer; “baker” means — (a) a person who manufactures, exposes or sells bread or who offers bread for sale; and (b) includes any of his agent; “bread” means a type of bread specified in the first column of the Schedule which is made from white wheaten flour, whole wheat flour or brown flour; “MS 37” means the Mauritian Standard specification for white and wholemeal wheat bread declared in General Notice No. 151 of 1985. 3. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no baker shall manufacture, expose, sell or offer for sale — (a) bread of any type other than that specified in the first column of the Schedule; or (b) any bread which contains more moisture by weight than that specified in the fourth column of the Schedule. (2) (a) Any person who wishes to manufacture bread, other than of the type specified in the first column of the Schedule, shall apply in writing to the respective local authority. (b) The local authority may grant the application subject to such conditions as it may determine. 4. The inspection, sampling and testing of bread shall be performed in the manner specified in MS 37. 5. Every person who manufactures, exposes or sells bread or who offers bread for sale on his trade premises shall display in a conspicuous place a notice indicating the type, weight and price of the bread manufactured, exposed or offered for sale. 6. No baker shall keep stale or rejected bread in that part of the bakery where bread is exposed or offered for sale to the public. 7. (1) Every baker shall keep a daily record showing — (a) the number of bags of flour manipulated; (b) the quantity of every type of bread manufactured; and (c) the name and address of every bread seller who purchases bread from the baker and the quantity of bread supplied to the bread seller. (2) The record referred to in paragraph (1) shall — (a) be kept in the bakery for a period of 3 years; and (b) be produced on demand to any authorised officer. 8. Every baker shall provide in his bakery a manual or mechanical sieve of a capacity of not less than 50 kilogrammes. 9. Every baker shall install in that part of his bakery where bread is exposed or offered for sale to the public a scale duly stamped under the Legal Metrology Act for the purpose of weighing bread when so requested by a purchaser. 10. (1) An authorised officer may, at any time, enter any premises in which bread is manufactured, exposed, sold or offered for sale for the purpose of ensuring that these regulations are complied with. (2) Any person who prevents or obstructs an authorised officer in the discharge of his functions under paragraph (1) shall commit an offence. 11. The maximum retail price at which bread shall be sold in Mauritius and Rodrigues shall be the price specified in the fifth column of the Schedule. 12. The Bread (Control of Manufacture and Sale) Regulations 1988 are revoked. 13. Any person who has been issued with a licence to operate a bakery under the revoked Bread (Control of Manufacture and Sale) Regulations 1988 shall, on the coming into operation of these regulations, continue, subject to these regulations, to manufacture, expose or sell bread or to offer bread for sale provided that he has been issued, by the respective local authority, with a valid trade licence in respect of his trade premises. 14. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), these regulations shall come into operation on 15 January 2019. (2) Regulation II shall be deemed to have come into operation on 9 June 2017. Made by the Minister on 28 December 2018. SCHEDULE [Regulations 2, 3 and 11] TYPES OF BREAD AND PRICES Type of bread Minimum mass Minimum length Maximum moisture content Maximum retail price in Mauritius and Rodrigues (gm) (cm) % (Rs. cs) Maison 100 - 35 2.60 Rond 100 - 35 2.60 Baguette 100 13 30 2.70 Baguette 200 27 30 5.40 Baguette (made from whole wheat flour) 400 45 30 10.80 Baguette (made from white wheaten flour) 400 53 30 10.80 Moule 200 - 35 5.20 Moule 500 - 35 13.00 Moule 1,000 - 40 26.00 Moule 1,500 - 40 39.00 Moule 2,000 - 40 52.00