G/TBT/N/MWI/31  
 
12 February 2019  
(19-0796) 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): Salted fish 
and dried salted fish – Specification; - Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked: 
(HS 03055).  Fish and fishery products (ICS 67.120.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DMS 116:2018, 
Salted fish and dried salted fish - Specification (12 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft standard appl ies to salted fish and dried salted fish 
which has been fully saturated with salt (heavily salted) or to salted fish which has been 
preserved by partial saturation to a salt content not less than 12 % by weight of the 
salted fish 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:  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. MS 1241: Guidelines for the sensory evaluation of fish and shellfish in 
laboratories;  
9. CODEXSTAN 233: Sampling plans for prepackaged foods (AQL -6.5); G/TBT/N/MWI/31  
 
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  10. ISO 4833: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of microorganisms - Colony -count technique at 30 degrees;  
11. ISO 6579: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal me thod for 
the detection of Salmonella spp.;  
12. ISO 6888: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs -Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coagulase -positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and 
other species);  
13. ISO 7251: Microbiology of food and ani mal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the detection and enumeration of presumptive Escherichia coli - Most probable 
number technique;  
14. ISO 7937: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of Clostridium perfr ingens - Colony -count technique;  
15. ISO 11290: Microbiology of the food chain - Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp.;  
16. ISO/TS 21872 -1: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - 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 of potentially enterop athogenic Vibrio spp. - Part 2: 
Detection of species other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholera; and 
18. AOAC:  Association of Analytical Chemist  
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_0792_00_e.pdf