. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/TTO/77 
18 September 2009  
 (09-4413) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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):  Hand dishwashing 
detergent (ICS: 71.100.00) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Hand Dishwashing 
Detergent – Specification (1st Revi sion), (31 pages, English)     
6. Description of content:  This national standard specifies the chemical and physical 
requirements for detergents used for hand dishwa shing.  This national standard also specifies 
requirements for labelli ng, packaging, sampling and methods of test. This national standard 
covers hand dishwashing detergent in any common ly available form.  This national standard 
does not specify requirements for any detergents formulated for us in automatic dishwashers. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Compulsory status has been recommended in or der to protect the consumer or user against 
danger to health or sa fety by ensuring a produc t of acceptable quality.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Malaysian Standard, MS 791: 2001 – Specific ation for liquid detergent for household hand 
dishwashing (first revision) 
- ASTM International - ASTM D 1193-06, Standard sp ecification for reagent water 
- ASTM D 2667-95 (Reapproved 2008), Standard  test method for biodegradability of 
alkylbenzene sulfonates 
 - British Standards Institution 
- BS 3762:Section 3.7:1986, Analysis of formulat ed detergents – Part 3: Quantitative test 
methods – Section 3.7: Method for determin ation of total non-ionic matter content G/TBT/N/TTO/77 
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  - BS EN 13270:2001, Surface active agents – De termination of the active matter content in 
alkyldimethylbetaines 
- International Organization for Standardization - ISO 2271:1989, Surface active agents – Detergen ts – Determination of anionic-activ e matter 
by manual or mechanical direct  two-phase titration procedure 
- ISO 2871-1:1988, Surface active agents – Dete rgents – Determination of cationic-active 
matter content – Part 1 – High-mo lecular-mass cationic-active matter 
- ISO 2871-2:1988, Surface active agents – Dete rgents – Determination of cationic-active 
matter content – Part 2: Cationi c-active matter of low molecula r mass (between 200 and 500)  
- Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards 
- TTS 76: Part 15, Requirements for label ling - Labelling of general household and 
automotive cleaning chemicals. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }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 Gaze tte as required by the 
Standards Act. 
10. Final date for comments:  25 October 2009 
11. Text available from: National enquiry po int [ X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards                                                                                       
1-2 Century Drive, Trincity I ndustrial Estate, Macoya, Tunapuna 
Trinidad and Tobago                                                    Email Address:  ttbs@ttbs.org.tt Website:  http://www.ttbs.org.tt/