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 DRAFT EAST AFRICAN STANDARD  
Glass containers  — Specification — Part 1 — Bottles for carbonated and 
non-carbonated drinks  
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 Foreword  
Development of the East African Standards has been necessitated by the need for harmonizing requirements 
governing quality of products and services in the East African Co mmunity. It is envisaged that through 
harmonized standardization, trade barriers that are encountered when goods and services are exchanged 
within the C ommunity will be removed.  
The Community has established an East African Standards Committee  (EASC)  manda ted to develop and 
issue East African Standards  (EAS) . The Committee is composed of representatives of the National 
Standards Bodies in Partner States, together with the representatives from the public and private sector 
organizations  in the community . 
East African Standards are developed through  Technical Committees that are representative of key 
stakeholders including government, academia, consumer groups, private sector and other interested parties. 
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accordance with the Principles and procedures for develop ment of East African Standards.  
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African Standards are therefore expected to ensure that they always have the latest versions of the standards 
they are implementing . 
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 Glass containers —Specification — Part 1 — Bottles for carbonated and 
non-carbonated drinks  
1 Scope  
This Draft East African Standard specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and test for Glass bottles 
used for packaging of carbonated and non -carbo nated drinks.  
This standard does not cover glass containers used in pharmaceutical industry  
2 Normative references  
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes 
requirements of this document . For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, 
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.  
ASTM C224 – 78, Standard Practice for sampling glass containers  
ISO 2859 -1, Sampling procedure s for inspection by attributes ― Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by 
acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot -by-lot inspection  
3 Terms and definitions  
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 1998 and the following apply.  
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:  
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at http://www.iso.org/obp . 
3.1 
filling level  
the distance from the top of t he neck finish to the centre of the meniscus measured on the centre line of the 
bottle  
3.2 
internal pressure resistance  
the amount of internal pressure that the bottle can withstand without breaking  
3.3 
vacuity  
the free space left above the liquid in a s ealed container. It is expressed as a percentage of the nominal 
volume of the liquid  
3.4 
verticality  
horizontal deviation of the centre of the bottle finish from a vertical line through the centre of the base   
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thermal shock resistance  
thermal shock mea sured in ºC which a container can withstand without breaking  
4 Requirements  
4.1 General requirements  
4.1.1  The material for the manufacture of the lid shall be as agreed upon between the purchaser and the 
manufacturer.  
4.1.2  The bottle and lid material sha ll not impart any flavor or toxic substances to the packaged drink.  
4.1.3  The bottle and lid shall be fitted so as not to allow leakage or impact on the performance of the bottle.  
4.1.4  The design of the bottle shall be as agreed upon between the purchaser  and the manufacturer.  
4.1.5  The bottles shall be free from manufacturing defects  
Table 1 — Specific quality requirements for glass bottle  
S/No.  Parameter  Requirement  Test method  
a)  Capacity  at filling level (fill point capacity)   As declared on the agreeme nt ISO 8106  
b)  Brim fill capacity  As declared on the bottle  
c)  Minimum Internal pressure resistance  
a) Carbonated drinks  
b) Non-carbonated drinks   
10 bar sustained for 60  s 
7 bar sustained for 60  s ISO 7458  
d)  Thermal shock resistance  bottle shall resist, without  breakage, the 
thermal shock imposed by a fall in 
temperature of 42 °C ISO 7459  
e)  Verticality, mm, max.  6  ISO 9008  
 
NOTE  This deviation is equal to half the diameter of a circle described by the centre of the finish when the 
bottle rotates around the ver tical axis through the centre of the base.  
4.4 Design vacuity.  
The design vacuity shall be not more than 3.5  %. 
4.5 Bore dimensions  
Bore dimensions shall be measured using a gauge that enters the neck vertically.  
4.6 Closure integrity.  
All sealing surf aces shall be essentially smooth and free from features that prevent adequate sealing.  
4.7 Internal pressure resistance  
When tested in accordance to ISO 7458  the minimum resistance to internal pressure of the bottles, shall be  
16 bar sustained for 60s .  
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 NOTE 1 bar = 105 Pa. ,1 bar = 0.98 kg/cm2 ,1 bar = 14 .5 lbf/in2 
4.8 Thermal shock resistance  
When tested in accordance with ISO 7459  the bottles shall resist, without breakage, the thermal shock 
imposed by a fall in temperature of 42 °C. 
5 Packaging and Lab elling  
5.1 Packaging  
The bottles shall be suitably packed in a manner that prevents damage, contamination during normal 
handling, storage and transportation.  
5.2 Labelling  
5.2.1  Labelling on the bottle  
All the bottles shall be embossed on the insweep with the following information.  
a) Manufacturer’s name and address /or registered trade mark;  
b) cavity or mould number;  
c) year of manufacture;  and 
d) Instruction for storage and disposal.  
5.2.2  Labelling on bulk package  
a) manufacturer’s name /or registered t rade mark;  
b) batch number;  
c) production date;  
d) name of the product;  
e) date of manufacture; and  
6 Sampling . 
Sampling shall be done in accordance with ASTM C224 – 78.  
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 Bibliography  
[1] BS 6119 -1 Glass bottles for carbonated soft drinks —Specification  
 
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