Washing·up Liquids Order, 1980

L.N.88 of 1980

QUALITY CONTROL (EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND

LOCAL GOODS) ACT, 1971

(ACT NO. XIII OF 1971)

Washing·up Liquids Order, 1980

(Order No. M3 of 1980)

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

Control (Exports, Imports and Local Goods) Act, 197 1 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 Washing-up Liquids Order,

Citation and

1980, and may be refened to as Order No. M3 of 1980.

commencement.

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

20 days from the day in which it is la id 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 general purpose type of washing-up

Scope.

liquid preparations usually consisting of one or more surface active

agents of the anionic or non-ionic type, or both, with or without build-

ers or additives. This order does not apply to specially designated type

of preparation used in dish-washing machines.

2.2. This order applies to all liquid detergents bottled or produced

locally or imported and offered for wholesale or retail trade.

1. The finished product of any washing-up liquid shall possess

Characteristics.

the fol1owing characteristics

3.1.1.

it shall be completely miscible with water;

it shall be free from visible foreign sediment;

3.1.2.

3.1.3.

it shall not be injurious to the skin under normal use;

3.1.4. its active matter content shall not be less than 2 1 .5 %

by weight. The active matter content is the sum of the percentage

by weight of the non-ionic active matter, and the percentage by

weight of the ionic active matter expressed as sodium dedecyl ben­

zene sulphonate (molecular weight 348).

3.1.5. a 1 % solution of the washing-up liquid shall have a pH

value between 6.0 and 8.5;

3.1.6. suitable chemicals may be added as builders or addi­

tives as long as these are not injurious under normal use;

3 .1.7.

it shall have an agreeable odour.

1. The container shall not be subject

to

deterioration under

Container.

normal storage conditions.

1. Every container of washing-up liquid shall have a label show-

Labelling.

ing in c1ear and distinct print the following:-

5.1.1.

the fact that the container holds washing-up liquid;

5.1 .2.

the net volume in metric units;

5.1.3.

the actual percentage of active matter content;

the brand name or trade mark; or

5.1.4.

5.1.5.

the name and address of the manufacturer;

5.1.6. where the brand name is not entered in a Iist 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 shaB be compulsory; and

5.1.7. the date of manufacture and batch number, if any,

should be stated either on the bottle or on the sealed carton con­

taining the bottles.

1. The analytical methods referred to in section 3.1 shaB be

carried out in accordance with the methods laid down in British Stand­

ard 3762:64 published by the British Standards Institution.

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