Liquid Bleach containing Chlorine Order, 1980

L.N. 87 of 1980

QUALITY CONTROL (EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND

LOCAL GOODS) ACT, 1971

(Act No. XIII of 1971)

Liquid Bleach containing Chlorine Order, 1980

(Order No. M2 of 1980)

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Quality

Control (Exports. Imports and Local Goods) Act. 1971 and in accord-

ance with that section. the Malta Board of Standards has made the fol-

lowing order:-

1 This order may be cited as the Liquid Bleach containing Chlo- Citation and

rine Order. 1980, and may be referred to as Order No. M2 of 1980.

1.2 This order shall become operative on a date after the lapse of

20 days from the day in which it is laid on the Table of the House of

Representatives, which date shall be notified by the Board in the Gazette.

1 This order applies only to dilute solutions of sodium or cal- Scope.

cium hypochlorite. or both. commonly known as liquid bleach and offer-

ed for wholesale or retail trade.

1 No liquid bleach shall be imported. manufactured. sold or Contents of

offered for sale unless it contains at least 3.5 % available chlorine when liquid bleach.

determined by the method referred to in article 6.1 of this order, allow-

ance being made for a loss of activity of 15 % on storage for six months.

3.2 The liquid bleach shall be a clean liquid. free from suspended

matter or sediment.

1 The container shall be of non-transparent and non-fragile

material. and shall be fitted with a suitable screw cap.

1 Every container of liquid bleach shall bear a label showing in

clear and easily readable print the following information:-

5.1.1.

the fact that the container holds liquid bleach;

5.1.2.

the percentage content of available chlorine;

5.1.3.

the brand name or trade mark. or

5.1.4.

the name and address of the manufacturer;

5.1.5. where the brand name is not entered in a list kept by

the Director of Industry nor is the trade mark registered with the

Comptroller of Industrial Property. the inclusion in the label of the

name and address of the manufacturer shall be compulsory: and

5.1.6.

the net volume of the contents in metric units.

5.2 There shall be stated, either on the bottle or on the sealed

carton containing the bottles, the date of manufacture, and batch num-

ber. if any, of the liquid bleach.

1 Available chlorine shall be determined by the method of deter-

mining available chlorine in sodium hypochlorite solutions as described

in the latest edition of the Official Methods of Analysis of the Associa-

tion of Official Analytical Chemists published in Washington. USA.

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