Ha rd Soap Order, 1987

L.N. 56 of 1987

QUALITY CONTROL (EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND

LOCAL GOODS) ACT, l !nl

(ACT NO. XIII OF l!n l )

Ha rd Soap Order, 1987

(Order No. M 18 of t 987)

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

Control (Expons, Impons and Local Goods) Act , 1971 , and in

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

the following order:-

1 Th is Order may be cited as the Hard Soap Order, 1987, and

may be referred to as O rde r No, M 18 of 1987.

1 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 to hard soap barsorto filled hard soap bars

used for domestic purposes as supplied 10 the general public.

1 The soap shall be of unifonn texture and free from

objectionable odou r, and it shaH possess good lathering and deaning

properties.

S. t The soap to which this Order refers is Hable to lose moisture

on keeping. The results obtained by the specified methods of analysis

shaH therefore be recalculated to the specified minimum total fatty

matter by means of the equation

Minimum Total Fatty

Matter

Actual

x

Recalculated result -

Result

Actual Total Fatty

Maller .

S.2 In clauses 7.2 10 7.7, the requirement of Ihe clause will be

sa tisfied if the recalculated result obtain ed as stated above is within th e

specified range.

1

Hard soap shaU satisfy the requirements of clauses 7. 1 to 7. 7.

6.2

Filled hard soap shaH satisfy the requirements of clauses8.! to

7.

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6.2

3.

7. 1 The tOlal fatty matter content of hard soap, dete rmined by the

method described in B.S. 1715, sh all no t be less than 62. 0%.

7.2 The rosin acid content of hard soap, determined by the

method described in 8 .S. 1715, shall not cx:cced 7.5% of the total fatty.

matter content.

7.3 The total free fal (unsaponified neutral fat) content of hard

soap, detennined by the meth(K! described in B.S. 1715, shall nOI

exceedO,2%.

7.4 The matter insoluble in ethanol content of hard soap,

detennined by the method described in 8 .5. 17 15, shall nol exceed

2.0% in the case of hard soap and 17.0% in the case of filled hard soap.

7.5 The free caustic alkali content of hard soap , calculated as

Na,.O and determined by the method described in B.S. 1715 , shall not

exceedO.05%.

7.6 The total free alkali content of hard soap , calculated as Na20

and detenruned by the method described in S.S. 1715, shall nOI exceed

0.25 %.

7.7 The chloride content of hard soap, calculated as NaCl and

determined by the method described in 8S. 1715, shaH not exceed

1.25%.

B.t The total fatly matte r content offtlled hard soap, de termined

by the methods described in 8 .5. 1715, sball no t be less Ihan 62.0%.

B.2 The silicate content of filled bard soap, calculated as Na2 SiO J

and determined by the method described in 8 .5. 1715, shall not be more

than 15.0% .

B.3 The pH of a 1 % solution of the filled hard soap shall not

exceed 10.5.

!1.I The soap shall be clearly labelled as "Hard Soap~ or " Filled

Hard Soap" as appropriate.

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