Labelling of pre- packaged foods — Specification
This East African Standard applies to the labeling of all prepackaged foods to be offered as such to the consumer or for catering purposes and to certain aspects relating to the presentation thereof.
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Plastic carrier bags — Specification
This East African standard specifies requirements for carrier bags that are made from plastic materials. This standard covers plastic carrier bags both domestically produced and imported, for use within the East African Community. This standard covers the thickness and printing requirement of these bags. This standard does not cover some specific plastic packaging materials such as bread bags, candies, laundry bags, refuse bags, bin liners and cement bags. Packages of specific items that must use plastics will be covered by separate standards.
ICS 83.140.99;97.180Domestic and commercial equipment. Entertainment. SportsMiscellaneous domestic and commercial equipmentEd. 1200816 ppView standardNutrition labelling — Requirements
This East African Standard specifies requirements for the nutrition labelling of pre-packaged foods.
Claims on foods — General requirements
This East African Standard specifies general requirements for claims made on a food irrespective of whether or not the food is covered by an individual East African Standard.
Use of nutritional and health claims — Requirements
This East African Standard specifies requirements for the use of nutrition and health claims in food labelling and in advertising. This Standard applies to all foods for which nutrition and health claims are made without prejudice to specific provisions under other standards or guidelines relating to foods for special dietary uses and foods for special medical purposes.
Aluminium cans for beverages — Specification (1st Edition)
This East African Standard specifies requirements and test methods for Aluminium cans used as primary pack for packaging of beverages
ICS 55.120Packaging and distribution of goodsPackaging materials and accessoriesEd. 1201822 ppView standardPackaging — Flexible tubes — Determination of the air tightness of closures — Test method (1st Edition)
This East African Standard specifies a test method for air tightness of the closures for flexible tubes. It is applicable to flexible single-layer metal or plastics tubes, and multilayer or laminated tubes, used for packing pharmaceutical, cosmetic, hygiene, food and other domestic and industrial products.
Packaging — Flexible carrier bags — Specification (1st Edition)
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for flexible carrier bags made of paper and any other flexible material. This standard does not apply to carrier bags made from thermoplastic material.
Packaging — Flexible tubes — Determination of puncture resistance — Test method (1st Edition)
This East African Standard specifies a test method for determining the puncture resistance of flexible packaging materials. The method is applicable to multilayer flexible packaging materials.
ICS 55.120Packaging and distribution of goodsPackaging materials and accessoriesEd. 120186 ppView standardPackaging — Flexible packaging material — Determination of residual solvents by headspace gas chromatograph y — Test method (1st Edition)
This East African Standard prescribes a method for the quantitative determination of residual solvents in flexible packaging materials by headspace gas chromatography. Residues from thermal decomposition products are not within the scope of this standard. The method is applicable to flexible packaging materials that may consist of mono- or multilayer plastic films, paper or board, foil or combinations thereof.
ICS 55.120Packaging and distribution of goodsPackaging materials and accessoriesEd. 1201810 ppView standard