G/TBT/N/MWI/72  
18 March 2022  
(22-2388) 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: 
1905); (ICS: 67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DMS 31:2020, 
Bread – Specification (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:    
This draft proposal prescribes the requirements and methods of sampling and analysis of 
bread 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: Labe lling of prepacked foods – General standard;  
2. MS 21: Food and food processing units – Code of hygienic conditions;  
3. MS 30: Wheat flour – Specification;  
4. MS 144: Agricultural food products – Determination of crude fibre content – 
General method;  
5. MS 188: Edible salt – Specification;  G/TBT/N/MWI/72  
 
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  6. MS 202: White sugar – Specification;  
7. MS 214: Drinking water – Specification;  
8. MS 237: Food additives – General Standard;  
9. MS 302: Contaminants and toxins in foods  ̶ General standard;  
10. MS 610: Cereals and cereal products – Determin ation of moisture content – 
Reference method;  
11. MS 624: Nutrition labelling – Guidelines;  
12. MS 1257: Baker's yeast – Specification;  
13. MS 1382: Cassava flour – Specification;  
14. MS 1385: Sweet potato flour – Specification;  
15. MS 1386: Cassava and cassava products – Determination of total cyanogens – 
Enzymatic assay method;  
16. MS 1635: Fruit and vegetable products – Determination of pH;  
17. CXG 23: Guidelines for use of nutrition and health claims;  
18. ISO 4833 -1: Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
enumerati on of microorganisms – Part 1: Colony count at 30 °C by the pour 
plate technique;  
19. ISO 6579 -1/AMD 1: Microbiology of the food chain – Horizontal method for the 
detection, enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella – Part 1: Detection of 
Salmonella spp. – Amendment 1: Broader range of incubation temperatures, 
amendment to the status of Annex D, and correction of the composition of 
MSRV and SC;  
20. ISO 7251: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Horizontal method 
for the detection and enumeration of p resumptive Escherichia coli – Most 
probable number technique; and  
21. 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.  
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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