General Porpose Washing Powder Order, 1982

L.N. 69 of 1982

QUALITY CONTROL (EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND

LOCAL GOODS) ACT, 1971

(ACT NO. XIII OF 1971)

General Porpose Washing Powder Order, 1982

(Order No. M 9 of 1982)

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

(Exports, Imports and Local Goods) Act, 1971, and in accordance with

that section, the Malta Board of Standards has made the foIlowing

order:-

1. This order may be cited as the General Purpose Washing

Powder Order, 1982, and may be referred to as Order No. M 9 of 1982.

1.2.

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

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

Representatives. which date shall be notified by the Board by notice in

the Gazette.

1. This order applies only to washing powder normally used for

washing c10thes but which can be used for other c1eansing purposes.

1. No washing powder shall be imported, manufactured, sold or

offered for sale unless it conforms with the fol1owing composition,

expressed on a dry basis

3.1.1.

the total anionic active matter shall not be less than

15%;

3.1.2. the phosphate content shall not be less than 14%

expressed as P 2 0 S ;

3.1.3. the sodium si1icate shall not be less than 5% expressed

as anhydrous sodium si1icate Na 2 Si0 3 ;

the antiredeposition agent shall not be less than 0.5 %;

3.1.4.

and

optical brightener shall be present.

3.1.5.

3.2. A 1 % solution of the washing powder shall not have a pH

greater than 10.

A moisture proof container shall be used.

4. 1.

1. Every container of general purpose washing powder should

show in c1ear and easi1y readable print the fol1owing information

the fact that the container holds washing powder;

5.1.1.

5.1.2.

the net weight of the contents in metric units;

the brand name or trade mark, or

5.1.3.

the name and address of the manufacturer;

5.1.4.

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

Comptrol1er of Industrial Property, the inclusion in the label of the

name and address of the manufacturer shall be compulsory.

1. The date of manufacture and/or batch number should be

stated either on the packets or on the sealed cartons containing the

packets.

1. The methods of analysis indicated for this detergent are those

currently published by the British Standard Institute in B.S, 3762: 1964.

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