WORLD TRADE
G/TBT/N/TTO/72
23 June 2009
ORGANIZATION
(09-3072)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6
1.
Member to Agreement notifying: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):
2.
Agency responsible: Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:
3.
Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:
4.
Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Detergent – Synthetic
Laundry Detergent Powder. (ICS: 71-100.40)
5.
Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Detergent – Synthetic
Laundry Detergent Powder – Specification (1st Revision) (26 pages, in English).
6.
Description of content:
This national standard provides the specification for synthetic laundry detergent powder,
herein referred to as detergent. It specifies the chemical and physical requirements identifying
maximum and minimum permissible limits of key parameters. It also covers essential
ingredients, test methods and requirements for packaging, labelling and sampling.
This national standard is applicable to synthetic laundry detergent powder intended primarily
for washing household textile products using conventional washing machines, or by manual
means.
This national standard does not apply to liquid laundry detergent.
This national standard does not include methods for measuring the performance of synthetic
laundry detergent powder.
7.
Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
Compulsory status has been recommended in order to protect the consumer or user against
danger to health or safety by ensuring a product of acceptable quality.
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8.
Relevant documents:
ASTM International
ASTM D 502-89 (Reapproved 2003), Standard test method for particle size of soaps and
other detergents
ASTM D 2667-89 (Reapproved 2008), Standard test method for biodegradability of
alkylbenzene sulphonates
British Standards Institution
BS 1647: Part 1: 1984, pH Measurement – Part 1. Specification for pH scale
BS 1647: Part 2: 1984, pH Measurement – Part 2. Specification for reference value standard
solutions and operational reference standard solutions
BS 3145: 1978, Specification for laboratory pH meters
BS 3762: Section 3.15: 1985, Analysis of formulated detergents – Part 3. Quantitative test
methods – Section 3.15 Method for estimation of carboxymethylcellulose content
BS 3762: Section 3.7: 1986, Analysis of formulated detergents – Part 3. Quantitative test
methods – Section 3.7 Method for determination of total non-ionic matter content
International Organization for Standardization
ISO 2271: 1989, Surface active agents – Detergents – Determination of anionic-active matter
by manual or mechanical direct two-phase titration procedure
ISO 2871-1: 1988, Surface active agents – Detergents – Determination of cationic-active
matter content – Part 1 – High-molecular-mass cationic-active matter
ISO 2871-2: 1990, Surface active agents – Detergents – Determination of cationic-active
matter content – Part 2: Cationic-active matter of low molecular mass (between 200 and 500)
ISO 4313: 1976, Washing powders – Determination of total phosphorous(V) oxide content Quinoline phosphomolybdate gravimetric method
ISO 8215: 1985, Surface active agents – Washing powders – Determination of total silica –
Gravimetric method
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
TTS 76: Part 15, Requirements for labelling – Labelling of general household and automotive
cleaning chemicals.

On a date to be notified by the Minister to
whom responsibility for trade and industry is
assigned, in a Notice to be published in the
Trinidad and Tobago Gazette as required by the
Standards Act.
9.
Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:
10.
Final date for comments: 6 August 2009
11.
Text available from: National enquiry point [ X], or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
1-2 Century Drive, Trincity Industrial Estate, Macoya, Tunapuna
Trinidad and Tobago
Email Address: ttbs@ttbs.org.tt
Website Address: http://www.ttbs.org.tt/