G/TBT/N/MWI/22  
 
12 February 2019  
(19-0785) 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 [   ], 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): Fresh and 
frozen whole fin fish – Specification; Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat 
of headi ng 03.04. (HS 0303). Fish and fishery products (ICS 67.120.30).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: DMS 
115:2018,Draft mandatory Fresh and frozen whole fin fish - Specification (7 page(s), in 
English)    
6. Description of c ontent: This draft standard specifies requirements and methods of 
sampling and test for fresh and frozen who le fin fish 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; Quality 
and labelling requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. MS 19:  Labelling of prepacked foods - General standar d; 
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/22  
 
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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 method 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 animal 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 perfringens - 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 16050: Foodstuffs - Determination of af latoxin B1, and the total content of 
aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cer eals, nuts and derived pro ducts - High 
performance liquid chro matographic method; 
17. ISO 21527-1: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal  method 
for the e numeration of yeasts and moulds - Part 1: Colony count technique in 
products w ith wat er activity great er than 0.9; 
18. 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;  and 
19. ISO/TS 21872 -2: Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs - Horizontal 
method for the detection of potentially enteropathogenic Vibrio spp. - Part 2: 
Detection of species other than Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio cholera;  
20. ISO 27085: Animal feeding stuffs - Determination of calcium, sodium, 
phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, cobalt, 
molybdenum, arsenic, lead and cadmium by ICP- AES 
21. AOAC 990.04: Mercury (Methyl) in sea food by liquid chromatography-Atomic 
Absorption  Spectroscopy (LC-AAS); and 
22. AOAC 977.15/9 74.14: Mercury in fish by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy 
(FAA). 
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_0782_00_e.pdf