G/TBT/N/MWI/25  
 
12 February 2019  
(19-0788) 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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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): Fish, fresh 
or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 03.04. (HS 0302). Fish and 
fishery p roducts (ICS 67.120.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: 
DMS 1436:2018,Crackers from marine and fresh fish, crustacean and molluscan shellfish 
- Specification (6 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This d raft standard specifies requirements crackers, biscuits and 
other similar snacks prepared from marine and freshwater fish, crustacean and molluscan 
shellfish  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer in formation, 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 188: Edible salt - Specification;  
4. MS 214:  Potable water - Specification;  
5. MS 237:  Food additives - General Standard;  
6. MS 302:  General standard for contaminants and toxins in foods and feed;  
7. MS 790: Code of practice for fish and fishery products;  
8. CAC/GL 50: General guideline on sampling;  
9. ISO 4833: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms - Colony -count technique at 30 degrees;  G/TBT/N/MWI/25  
 
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  10. ISO 6 579: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection of Salmonella spp.;  
11. ISO 6888: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcu s aureus and 
other species);  
12. ISO 7251: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique;  
13. ISO 7937: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of Clostridium perfringens - Colony -count technique;  
14. ISO 11290: Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp.;  
15. ISO 21527 -1: Microbiology of the food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the d enumeration of yeast and moulds - Part 1: Colony count 
technique in products with water activity greater than 0.95;  
16. ISO/TS 21872 -1: Microbiology of food and animal feeding st uffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. - Part 1: 
Detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholera;  
17. ISO/TS 21872 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection o f potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. - Part 2: 
Detection of species other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholera; and 
18. AOAC 952.13: Arsenic in food - Silver diethyldibocarbamate method;  
19. AOAC 972.23: Lead in fish - Atomic absorption spectropho tometric method ; 
20. AOAC 973.34: Cadmium in food - Atomic absorption spectrophotometric method 
AOAC 977.13, Histamine in sea food -Fluorometric method; and 
21. AOAC 983.20: Mercury (methyl) in fish and shellfish - Gas chromatographic 
method.  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/MWI/19_0785_00_e.pdf