G/TBT/N/BWA/163  
27 October 2022  
(22-8072) 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:  BOTSWANA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  Ministry 
of Investment, Trade and Industry  
Private Bag 004  
Gaborone  
Botswana  
Plot 54380, Central Business District  
Tel. (+267) 3601200  
Fax. (+267) 3971539  
Email. mitipru@gov.bw  
Website. www.mti.gov.bw  
 
2. Agency responsible:   
BOTSWANA 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:   
Botswana Bureau of Standards  
Private Bag BO 48  
Gaborone  
Botswana  
Tel: (+267) 3903200  
Fax: (+267)3903120  
Toll Free Number: (0800 600 900)  
Email: infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw  
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):  Grain 
sorghum. (HS code(s): 1007); Cereals, pulses and derived products (ICS code(s): 
67.060)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s ) of the notified document:  BOS 26:2022 
Cereals — Whole and dehulled sorghum grains for human consumption — Specification; 
(26 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Botswana Standard applies to whole and 
dehulled/decorticated sorghum grains  obtained from Sorghum bicolor (L). Moench.  G/TBT/N/BWA/163  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  National security requirements; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC Official Method 2001.04, Determination of Fumonisins B1 and B2 in corn and corn 
flakes — Liquid chromatography with immunoaffinity column clean up.  
BOS 63, Classification and grading and classification of sorghum grains for sale in 
Botswana – Specification.  
BOS CAC/RCP1 – 1969, Recommended International code of practice – General principles 
of food hygiene.  
BOS ISO 13690, Cereals, pulses and milled products – Sampling of static batches Cod ex 
Alimentarius, Volume 1, Cereals, pulses, legumes, and derived products and vegetable 
proteins.  
Codex Alimentarius, Pesticides residues in food ‒ Maximum residue limits; extraneous 
maximum residue limits.  
ISO 605:1991 Pulses — Determination of impurities , size, foreign odours, insects, and 
species and variety — Test methods  
ISO 712: 1998, Cereals and cereal products ‒ Determination of moisture content ‒ 
Routine reference method.  
ISO 5223:1995  Test sieves for cereals.  
ISO 5983: 1997, Animal feeding stuffs ‒ Determination of nitrogen content and 
calculation of crude protein content -Kjeldahl method.  
ISO 6561 -1, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 1: Method using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6561-2, Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of cadmium 
content — Part 2: Method using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
ISO 6633 , Fruits, vegetables and derived products — Determination of lead content — 
Flameless atomic absorption s pectrometric method  
ISO 9648:1988, Sorghum ‒ Determination of tannin content.  
ISO 16050:2003 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 c hromatographic method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
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:   
Botswana Bureau of Standards  
Private Bag BO 48  
Gaborone  
Botswana  
Tel: (+267) 3903200  
Fax: (+267)3903120  
Toll Free Number: (0800 600 900)  
Email: infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw  
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