G/TBT/N/MWI/65  
17 March 2022  
(22-2375) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  MALAWI   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Malawi Bureau of Standards  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
The Director General  
Malawi Bureau of Standards  
P.O Box 946  
Blantyre  
Malawi  
Telephone:+265 1870 488/0887376/444/445/446/447  
Fax: +265 1 870 756  
Email: mbs@mbsmw.org  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  (HS: 
1201); (ICS: 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DMS 244:2022, 
Soybeans – Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:    
This draft Malawi standard specifies the requirements and methods of sampling and test 
for dry whole soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) intended for human consumpt ion 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. MS 19: Labelling of pre -packed foods – General standard;  
2. MS 21: Food and food processing units – Code of hygienic conditions;  
3. MS 145: Cereals and pulses – Methods of sampling as milled products;  
4. MS 146: Cereals and pulses – Methods of sampling as grain;  
5. MS 302: Contaminants and toxins in foods – General standard;  G/TBT/N/MWI/65  
 
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  6. ISO 605: Pulse s – Determination of impurities, size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety – Test methods;  
7. ISO 711: Cereals and cereal products – Determination of moisture content 
(Basic reference method);  
8. ISO 712: Cereals and cereal products – Determination of moisture content – 
Routine reference method;  
9. ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff – Horizontal method for 
the determination of Salmonella spp;  
10. ISO 6888 -1: Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of coagu lase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species) – Part 1: Method using Baird -Parker agar medium;  
11. ISO 7251: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia  coli – Most 
probable number technique;  
12. ISO 16050: Foodstuffs – Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High 
performance liquid chromatographic method;  
13. ISO 21527 -2: Microbi ology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Part 2: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity less than or equal to 0.95; and  
14. AOAC Official Method 2001.04: Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn 
and corn flakes – Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column cleanup.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The Director General  
Malawi Bureau of Standards  
P.O Box 946  
Blantyre  
Malawi  
Telephone:+265 1870 488/0887376/444/445/446/447  
Fax: +265 1 870 756  
Email: mbs@mbsmw.org  
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