This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for solid bathing soap.
This standard does not apply to carbolic soap or specialty soaps such as, transparent soap, floating soap, liquid soap, beauty soap or sea-water soap.
The standard does not apply to products, for which therapeutic claims are made.
Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent, for toilet use, incl. medicated products (HS code(s): 340111); Surface active agents (ICS code(s): 71.100.40)