Toilet Pa p" Rolls OnIH, 1986

I..N. 12 of 19841

QUAUTY CONTROL (EXPORTS. IMPORTS AND

LOCAL GOO DS) ACT, 1971

(ACT NO. X IlI OF 1971)

Toilet Pa p" Rolls OnIH, 1986

(Order No. M 16 of 1986)

IN exercise of the poII,'CT$ conferred by S<X: lion 3 of the Q uality

Control (Exports. Imports and Local Goods) Ac\, 1971. the Malta

Iloard of Sta ndards has made t h~ following ordcr:-

1 T hiJ order may be cited as tbe T oile t Paper Rolls Order. 1986 Cilalioa .....

and ma y be referred 10 IU Order No. M 16 of 1986.

1.2 Th i~ order sha ll ~omc operative on a dale after the lapse

of 20 (lays from the da y on which it is bid on the table of the House

of Represen tativcs. which date shall be notified by the Board in the

GazeUe.

1 T his order applies to N 'o ply toilet paper rolls of the following

grades, sold as si ngle or multiple pacts

:1. Ex tra slron!!: grade

b. Extra soft grade

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In [hil; order

1. 1 "sheet" means a portion of Iwo-pIy toilet paper be tween

consecutive rows of perforations on a roll.

3. 1.2 "ma('hi~ d irCl:tion" meall.'i the di rec tion of il paper

corresponding to the d ir~tion of flow of the stock on the paper

mac hine.

3. 1.3 "cross direction" mea ll.'i tile dire<:tion of a pap« at

righ t angle 10 the mac hine direction.

1 The paper shall be two ply un&lazed $Oft tissue paper and Type uf !*ptt.

shall be free from deleterious defects suc h as fibre bundles and wood

splinters and other defects that may impair illlservicibility.

The paper shall be wh ite or coloured. U any dye is used to

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colour the paper. it should confonn to the latest Federal Food. Drug

and Cosme tic Act of the U.S.A.

1 The average length of paper per roll in any six rolls taken o; .... D.iono.

at random from separate pac~s shall not be less than 26 m and the

shortage in any onc roll shall not exceed 1.3 m.

5. 1. 1 Paragraph 5.1 is not applica ble to toilet paper la belled

"Not for retai l sale" in bold letters ot a minimum point si1.e of 36.

The minimum wklth of a toi let paper roll shall be 100 mm.

5.2

5.3 The length of a Sheel on a rol l shall be not less than 110 mm

30d nOl more than 130 mm.

SA The insitle diameter o f the core of 11 toilet poper roU shell be

not less than 32 mm and not more than 4Omm.

5.5 The outside diameter of a toi let paper roll shall 1I0t e~teed

125 mm .

1 When tested by the method laid down in paragraph 14.2 the

avcrage gf".Imma ge of the doubk ply paper shall be not less than 42 glm

for tlie extra strong grade, ami not less than 34 giro' for the e~tm soft

grade.

7 .. 1 Whe:n tested by the met.hod laid down in paragraph 14.3

the tensile strcncth of the double ply paper shall be;

1.1 In tbe machine direction, n011ess than 3.3 NI1 5mm of

wid th for the extra Strong grade. and not less than 2.1 NI15mm

of width for tbe e~lra 50ft grade.

7. 1.2 In the cr!)&'; direct ion. not less than 1.6 Nil 5 mm of

wid t.h for the e~tra strong grade and not less than 0.6 N/ IS nun

of ",·idth fo r the extra 50ft gnlde.

7.1.3 In the: average of bolh the mac hine direction and the

cross dircdion. not less than 2.9 N/lS mm of widt h for the e~tra

strong grade. and not less than 1.5 Nil 5 mm of width for the extra

wft grade.

1 When tested by the method laid down in paragraph 14.4 the

absorbtion lime shall be between 2 and 60 seconds.

'.1 When tested by the method laid down in paragraph 14.S the

soft!lCSli of the paper shall not uceed 400 m N for the extra strong

grade. a nd 150 m N for the utra soft grade.

U!. I The perforations should be functio nal and allow a clean lear

on the Sheel.

1 L-irtubija tal-karta, meta tiġi provata skond il-metodu stabbi-

lit fil-paragrafu 14.5, ma tkunx iktar minn 400mN għall-grad b'saħħtu

ħafna u 150mN għall-grad artab ħafna.

1 Il-perforazzjonijiet għandhom jkunu effettivi u kull folja tkun

tista’ tinqata’ tajjeb.

1 la ) The paper shall be evenly and firml y woond on a

cyli ndrical COTe . The number of malformed s heets at the core cod shall

1101 exceed fi ve.

(b) T he sides of each rol l shaU be cleanly cut.

ie) The paper al the ootcr end of the roll shall not be glued

10 lhe underlying paper.

12.,1 Toilet paper rolls shall be wrapped individually or in groups.

The wrapper shall be acceplable and 5hall cover the roll or rolls corn·

pletely.

1 Ir-rombli tat-toilet paper ikunu ppakkjati individwalment

jew fi gruppi. L-ippakkjar ikun aċċettabli u jgħatti r-romblu jew rombli

għal kollox.

1 E~ery packet of toil:t pape r roll or rolls shall have a label

showing in clear and distinct prin t the follow ing infonnation

13.1.1 the fac t that the packet contains loilct paper roll(s)

unless this is obviously due to the transparency of Ihe wrapper.

13.1.2 T he grade of the paper.

13.1.3

The IlOminal lenglh of the paper per roll in metres.

13. 1.4 The colour of the paper if the wrapper is opaqlK".

13.1.5 T he wo rds "Not for retail sale" in bold leHen; (\f 11

minimum poin t size of 36 if th~ toilet pap::r rolls do nOI conform

\0 paragra ph 5.1 .

13.1.6

The brand name or trade mark or;

13. 1.7

The name and address of lhe manu facturer

13.1 .8 Where the bra nd name ;s not enle red in a list k:pl

by the Director of IndusIT)'. nor is the T rade Mark regis tered with

lhe ComplToll cr of Industrial Property. Ihe incl usion in the label

of the name and add ress of the man ufactu rer shall be com pulsory.

13.1.9 Toilet paper roll s which do not fully conform 10 thi s

order mny be sold as seconds provided Ihllt they still conform to

parJgra phs 4.1. 4.2 nDd 5.1 and that I~ wO£d "Seconds" is siKJwn

in bold letters of 11 minim um poi nt si>:e o f 36.

1 The tests shall be can-ied Oil! o n specime ns conditi oned for M<1hOOi of !Cl!.

at leasl two hou.rs in a n lI tm05phere ma inta ined at 11 r~lalive humidi ty

of SO t 2% and a temperature of 23t I ~C.

14.2 From each o f fi ve to ikt p:tpc:r rolls ta ken III random cut

two random teSt specimens each of area a t lca st 500 cm' .

14.2.1 Determine the lengt h and wid th of ea ch specimen to

the nea re5t 0.5 mm and its mass to the nearest 5 mg. Ca lculate

to th ree significant figures the gm mmage of each te5t specimen

~ nd the average va lue for the 10 test specimc ns.

14.3 From each of (ive toil et paper rolls la ken at r,lndom, cut

two rand om speci mens in th~ machi ne direction a nd two rando m speci-

mens in the cross direction of the paper. each specimen being of IWO

ply construct ion a nd at least lOO mm long a nd 50 t 0.1 mm wide.

14.3. 1 Use the a pparatus a nd procedure given in l ~ 1924

bu t (a) use a n initi al d ISta nce of 65 mm between clamps; (b) use a

rate of load ing such that the specimen brea ks withi n lOt 5S.

14.3.2 Calcula te and report 10 three sig nifica nt figures the

a verage break ing stre ngth in newtons per 15 mm of wid th for each

d irectio n of the paper and also the average of the strengths in the

two directions.

14.4 From eac h of five toile t pape r roll s take n a l random, c ut

two sheets as test speci mens. Separate doo ble·ply sheets into singl c-illy

tesl specimens.

14.4.1

Pl ace a lest specimen on the rim of a beaker having

a di ameter of about 50 mm. F ill a micrometer syringe or a sui ta ble

pipc l1 e tha t can deliver accurately 0.01 ml wit h d istilled water a t

23 t 1°C. Hold the syringe al an a ngle of about 3O~ to the

hofi:w ntll! wi th the tip nearly in co ntact wilh the paper, a nd allow

0.01 rnl of water 10 now onto the specimen. Kee p the tip 0{ the

sYTinge in the drop of water until deli~ry ill completed. Measure

with a Slop wa tch the time or absorb tio n. in secorKis, from the

instant the wa ter touches the specimen until the d rop of wa ter is

com plctely absorbed. as indicated by no further ren ectio n o f light

from il ",·hen viewed a l an angle.

Ca rry out five tests on eac h side o f the paper. Ca lcula te and

report to three significant figures the a vera ge water absorb tion rate

in seconds.

An instrumc:nl Ih~1 measures Ihe combil1lllion

14.5 Appara h:s

er resistance d1X' 10 su rface friction and nc.:ural rigidity r:A sheet material

when forced by a blade through a ,101 that has p.~ranel edges and a

widt h of 6.35 mm.

14.5. 1 Test spL'Cimens _ From ' ;I"C rolls mktn a1 random

"'\It 20 random lest specimens 1;.1'. 10 pain;) each of si )((l 100 m m x

IOOmm wi th adjaCtoIll edges p;:trallei 10 the machine and cross

diTC\.1iQn respecli~ly.

14.5.2 Procc:dure _ Calibralc the instrument according 10

the ma nu facturc:r"$ instruclion$. Place a pair 01 sp.'lCimem 1lC~1 10

~ach OTher and cenlrally over the slot with their crQlSS dinx: lions

raTal1cl 10 the slot. Slart the blade mec ha nism and Tc(:ord the

nUlximum I\'ading. Turn tile two sp..-cimcns through 90' 50 lbal

their machi ne dire<:tions are parallel \0 the slol. Again m:ord the

ma~itn um readinll. Repeal the procedure: on the remai ning nine

paiMl of specimens cllSlJ ring tbat an equal number of teslS are per-

fomlCd on each liidc of the paper. Calculate Ind report 10 I ht~

liignificant figures the average of all the readi ngs in mil1incwIOnS

as the wftness of the paper.

In pr~paring th il order. refen:n..Y Wa5 made 10

I.S.0. 1924- : 1976

S.A.B.S. 648 : 1970

S.A.O.S. 648 : 1980

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