Low Foaming Washing Powder Order, 1982

L.N. 70 of 1982

QUALITY CONTROL (EXPORT, IMPORTS AND

LOCAL GOODS) ACI', 1971

(ACT NO. XIII OF 1971)

Low Foaming Washing Powder Order, 1982

(Order No. M 10 of 1982)

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

Control (Exports, Imports and Loca1 Goods) Act, 1971, and in accord-

ance with that section, the Malta Board of Standards has made the

following order:-

1. This order shall be cited as the Low Foaming Washing

Powder Order, 1982, and may be referred to as Order No. M 10 of 1982.

1.2. This order shall become operative on a date after the 1apse of

20 days from the day in which it is la id on the Tab1e 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 which have the

characterlstics of producing 1itt1e foam so as not to disturb the washing

process in automatic washing machines.

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

offered for sale unless it conforms with the following composition,

expressed on a dry basis

3.1.1. the total active matter including soap content shall not

be less than 14 %;

the soap content shall not be more than 5%;

3.1.2.

3.1.3. the phosphate content shall not be less than 18 %

expressed as P205

3.1.4. the sodium silicate shall not be less than 4% expressed

as anhydrous sodium silicate Na 2 Si0 3 ;

3.1.5. the washing powder shall contain not less than 15%

of any Per-Sa1ts as a bleaching agent;

3.1.6.

the antiredeposition agent shall not be less than 0.5%

and

3.1.7.

optica1 brightener shall be present.

3.2.

The use of perborates is not allowed.

A moisture proof container shall be used.

4. 1.

1. Every container of low foaming washing powder shall show

in clear and easi1y readable print the following information

5.1 .1. the fact that the container holds low foaming washing

powder for automatic washing machines;

5.1.2.

the net weight of the contents in metric units;

5.1.3.

the brand name or trade mark, or

5.1.4.

the name and address of the manufacturer;

5.1.5. when 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 shaH 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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