G/TBT/N/MWI/49  
19 April 2021  
(21-3238) 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 1 870 488/0887 376 444/445/446/447  
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: 19); 
(ICS: 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DMS 937:2020 
Degermed maize (corn) meal and maize (corn) grits - Specification (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft standard applies to degermed maize (corn) meal and 
to degermed maize (corn) grits for direct human consumption mi lled from kernels of 
common maize, Zea mays L . 
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 p rocessing units - Code of hygienic conditions;  
3. MS 146: Cereals and pulses - Methods of sampling as grain;  
4. MS 302: Contaminants and toxins in foods - General standard;  
5. MS 610: Cereals and cereal products - Determination of moisture content (Basic 
reference method);  G/TBT/N/MWI/49  
 
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  6. ISO 1871: Food and feed products - general guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by Kjeldahl method;  
7. ISO 2171: Determination of ash content;  
8. ISO 3310 -1: Test sieves - Technical requirements and testing, Part 1: Test Sieves 
of meta l wire cloth;  
9. ISO 6579: Methods for the microbiological examination of foods, Part 6: 
Examination for Salmonella Spp.;  
10. ISO 6888: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Sta phylococcus aureus and 
other species);  
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 13690: Cereals, pulses and milled pr oducts - Sampling of static batches  
13. 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;  
14. ISO 21527 -2: Microbiolog y 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  
15. AOAC Official Method 2001.04: Determination of fumonisins B1 a nd 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 1 870 488 /0887 376 444/445/446/447  
Fax: +265 1 870 756  
Email: mbs@mbsmw.org  
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