G/TBT/N/MWI/85  
 
16 February 2023  
(23-1091) 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:   
Director General  
Malawi  Bureau of Standards  
P.O Box 946  
Blantyre  
Malawi  
Telephone:+265 887 376 444  
Fax: +265 1 870 756  
Email: info@mbsmw.org  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  (HS 
code(s): 22); (ICS code(s): 67.160.10)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DMS 208:2021, 
Opaque beer – Specification; (3 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Malawi standard specifies the requirements, method 
of sampling and test for opaque beer.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature o f urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. MS 19: Labelling of prepacked foods – General standard;  
2. MS 21: Food and food processing units – Code of hygienic conditions;  
3. MS 23: Processed fruits and vegetables - Methods of test;  
4. MS 214: Drinking water – Specification;  
5. MS 237: Food additives – General standard;  G/TBT/N/MWI/85  
 
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  6. MS 302: Contaminants and toxins in foods – General standard;  
7. ISO 763: Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of ash insoluble in 
hydrochloric acid;  
8. ISO 1842: Fruits and Vegetables – Determination of pH;  
9. ISO 2173: Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of soluble solids – 
Refractometric method  
10. ISO 2448: Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of ethanol content;  
11. ISO 4832: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms – Colony -count technique;  
12. ISO 4833 -2: Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 2: Colony count at 30 °C by the surface 
plating;  
13. ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp;  
14. ISO 7251: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most probable 
number technique; and  
15. ISO 21527 -1: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of yea sts and moulds – Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products with water activity greater than 0.95.  
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:   
Director General  
Malawi Bureau of Standards  
P.O Box 946  
Blantyre  
Malawi  
Telephone:+265 887 376 444  
Fax: +265 1 870 756  
Email: info@mbsmw.org  
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