Regulation

First Schedule to the Consumer Protection (Control of Imports) Regulations 1999

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The characteristics of the Regulation

Type of regulation:
Import Permit - required
Description of the regulation:

IMPORT OF GELATIN

Partner countries to which it applies:

All countries

Authority who issued the regulation:
Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Protection (Trade Division)
Level 1, Sicom Tower,
Wall Street,
Ebene
(230) 460-2500
https://commerce.govmu.org
Contact: 
Ms.F. Chamroo / Mr P. Radha
mcom@govmu.org

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How is the regulation enforced?

Authority enforcing the control:
Ministry of Health and Wellness
Food Import Unit
Atchia Building, 1st Floor, Mgr. Gonin St., Port-Louis
(230) 210-1345
https//health.govmu.org
Contact: 
Mr. H. Beeharry
moh.fiu@govmu.org

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The process in order to get compliance

Process for complying:

The submission of an application for an import permit is carried out electronically under the TradeNet Phase 5 System. The individual or company wishing to to submit their own applications electronically have to register themselves with the Mauritius Network Services Ltd (MNS).

The application for an import permit submitted electronically must be followed by the following documents:

    1. A photocopy of the appropriate Trading License of the applicant if controlled goods are imported for the first time for resale.
    2. Certificate of Analysis

CONDITION: 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.

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% moisture and shall yield not more than 3% ash; and (c) may contain permitted preservative as provided in the Twelfth Schedule .

Label
No person shall import, manufacture, store, pack, offer for sale or sell any food to which edible gelatin has been added unless, in compliance with regulation 3, the label on the package of the food specifically mentions the following - CONTAINS EDIBLE GELATIN FROM (state the common name of the animal from which the edible gelatin is obtained).

 

Average time to get compliance:
< than 15 days
Cost estimate to get compliance:

Approval for Import Permit is free of charge.

NOTE: Fees applicable for failing to comply with Import Control Regulations (GN 135 1999).
If the goods are already import without a prior import permit, a grant of an import permit subject to the payment fee of 6,000 rupees is applicable.


 

Once I have it, what do I have to do:

Clearance of Imported Consignment at Port of Entry. Certificate of Inspection forwarded to Mauritius Revenue Authority to authorize delivery from customs/bonds.

Required for Clearance of Goods:

        1. Proforma Invoice / Invoice
        2. Import License
        3. Certificate of Phytosanitary from Exporting Country

Validity of the compliance:
12 months
Required Documents to process:

Documents needed:
1. A Photocopy of the appropriate trading license of the applicant if contriolled goods are imported for resale.
2. In case of the importation of a second hand motor vehicle, a photocopy of the National Identity Card or  the Certificate of Incorporation of the applicant.

Authority delivering compliance:
Ministry of Health and Wellness
Food Import Unit
Atchia Building, 1st Floor, Mgr. Gonin St., Port-Louis
(230) 210-1345
https//health.govmu.org

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