G/TBT/N/MWI/67  
17 March 2022  
(22-2380) 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: 
120799 ); (ICS: 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DMS 559:2022, 
Soy protein products – Specification (5 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:    
This draft standard specifies requirements and methods of sampling and test for soya 
protein products intended for human consumption.  
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 prepacked foods - General standard;  
2. MS 21: Food and food processing units - Code of hygienic conditions;  
3. MS 144: Agricultural food products – Determination of crude fibre content – 
General method;  
4. MS 188: Edible salt – Specification;  
5. MS 237: General standard for food additives;  G/TBT/N/MWI/67  
 
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  6. MS 244: Soybeans – Specification;  
7. MS 302: Contaminants and toxins in foods – General standard;  
8. ISO 4832: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs –Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of co liforms – Colony -count technique;  
9. ISO 4833: Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumeration of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour 
plate technique;  
10. ISO 2171: Cereals, pulses and by -products – Determination of a sh yield by 
incineration;  
11. ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp;  
12. ISO 7251: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of pr esumptive Escherichia coli – Most 
probable number technique;  
13. ISO 11085: Cereals, cereals -based products and animal feeding stuffs -- 
Determination of crude fat and total fat content by the Randall extraction 
method;  
14. ISO 16050: Foodstuffs – Determination of  aflatoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products – High-
performance liquid chromatographic method;  
15. ISO 20483: Cereals and pulses – Determination of the nitrogen content and 
calculation of the crude protein content – Kjeldahl method;  
16. ISO 21527 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feedstuffs – 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  
17. ISO 245 57: Pulses – Determination of moisture content – Air oven.  
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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