Somali Bureau of Standards · National Standards
The official register of Somali Standards (SOS), comprising standards developed locally by the Somali Bureau of Standards through its Technical Committees, together with East African Standards and ISO, IEC, ARSO, ASTM, EN, Codex and AOAC standards formally adopted as Somali Standards. Each adopted standard retains its original reference for full traceability.
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This East African Standard specifies the requirements, sampling and test methods for cigarettes. This standard does not apply to flavour and aroma of cigarettes. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (EAS 110: 2005), which is hereby withdrawn.
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for cigars.
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for fine-cut smoking tobacco such as Roll- Your-Own (RYO)/Make-Your-Own (MYO). This standard does not apply to unprocessed tobacco.
This East African Standard specifies terms and definitions used in the tobacco industry.
This East African Standard specifies general requirements for packaging and labelling of tobacco and tobacco products.
This East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling and test methods for nicotine pouches intended for oral use. This standard does not apply to: a) pre-portioned, tobacco-free oral nicotine pouches in which the nicotine is not of natural origin; b) smokeless tobacco products, such as moist snuff, tobacco oral pouches, snus, nasal snuff, chewing tobacco or any other tobacco-containing smokeless tobacco products; c) nicotine-containing, tobacco-free oral products that are licensed medicinal nicotine products, such as Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT); d) inhaled-nicotine products, such as cigarettes, other combusted tobacco products, tobacco-heating products or e-cigarettes; and e) method for assessing the health risks or potential reduced health risks of tobacco-free oral nicotine pouches.
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