G/TBT/N/MWI/58  
17 March 2022  
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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: 11); 
(ICS: 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DMS 
1765:2021, Cassava wheat composite flour – Specification (6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:    
This draft proposal specifies requirements, the methods of sampling and test for cassava -
wheat composite flour. It does not apply to other c omposite flours from non -wheat 
sources which may be used in different products.  
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 prepackaged foods – General standard;  
2. MS 21: Food and food processing units – Code of hygienic conditions;  
3. MS 30: Fortified wheat flour – Specification;  
4. MS 55: Wheat grain – Specification;  
5. MS 144: Agricultural food products – Determination of crude fibre content – 
General method;  G/TBT/N/MWI/58  
 
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  6. MS 146: Cereals and cereal pr oducts – Sampling.  
7. MS 148: Animal feeding stuffs – Determination of fat content;  
8. MS 149: Cereals, pulses and by -products – Determination of ash content;  
9. MS 237: Food additives – General standard;  
10. MS 302: Contaminants and toxins in foods – General standard;  
11. MS 349: Edible cassava flour – Specification;  
12. MS 610: Cereals and cereal products – Determination of moisture content – 
Reference method;  
13. MS 624: Nutrition labelling – Requirements;  
14. MS 625: Nutrition Claims – Guidelines;  
15. MS 1300: Spices and Condiments – Determination of Degree of Fineness of 
Grinding – Hand Sieving Method (Reference Method);  
16. MS 1386: Cassava and cassava products – Determination of total cyanogens – 
Enzymatic assay method;  
17. MS 1786: Milled cereal products – Determination of fat acidity;  
18. ARS 839: Dried cassava chips – Specification;  
19. CAG/GL 23: Guidelines for use of nutrition and health claims – Requirements;  
20. ISO 1871: Food and feed products – General guidelines for the determination of 
nitrogen by the Kjeldahl method  
21. ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection of Salmonella spp.;  
22. ISO 6888 -1: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) – Part 1: Technique using Baird -Parker agar medium;  
23. ISO 6888 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) – Part 2: Technique using rabbit plasma fibrinogen agar 
medium;  
24. ISO 6888 -3: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus 
and other species) – Part 3: Detect ion and MPN technique for low numbers;  
25. ISO 7251: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli – Most 
probable number technique;  
26. ISO 15141 -1: Foodstuffs – Determination of ochratoxin A in cereals and cereal 
products – Part 1: High performance liquid chromatographic method with silica 
gel clean up;  
27. ISO 15141 -2: Foodstuffs – Determination of ochratoxin A in cereals and cereal 
products – Part 2: High performance liquid chrom atographic method with 
bicarbonate clean up;  
28. 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; and  
29. ISO 21527 -2 Microbiology 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  G/TBT/N/MWI/58  
 
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  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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