HJ 458-2009Technical requirement for environmental labeling products. Household detergents (English PDF)

Foreword

In order to implement the Environmental Protection Law of the People's

Republic of China, reduce the impact of household detergents on the

environment and human health during production and use, and protect the

environment, this Standard is formulated.

This Standard refers to the US environmental labeling standard household

cleaning agent (GS-8), washing powder (GS-11), etc.

This Standard is a revision to "Technical requirement for environmental labeling

products Household detergents" (HJBZ 8-1999). The main changes are as

follows.

- changed the standard name to household detergents, deleted the former

industrial detergent;

- divided household detergents into fabric detergents and care agents,

tableware and fruit and vegetable detergents, hard surface cleaners and

hand sanitizers;

- retained and expanded the limit on the phosphate content of the product,

added the biodegradability requirements of detergent surfactants;

- added requirements for prohibited substances in raw materials and

description and packaging of products;

- deleted requirements for sodium carbonate and detergency ratio in the

former edition.

This Standard is applicable to certification of China environmental labeling

products.

This Standard was formulated by the Science and Technology Standards

Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

Main drafting organization of this Standard. Environmental Development Center

of the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

This Standard was approved by Ministry of Environmental Protection on

February 4, 2009.

This Standard shall be implemented since May 1, 2009. Since the

implementation of this Standard, HJBZ 8-1999 is repealed simultaneously.

This Standard shall be interpreted by Ministry of Environmental Protection.

Technical requirement for environmental labeling

products - Household detergents

1 Scope

This Standard specifies the basic requirements, technical content and test

methods of environmental labeling products - household detergents.

This Standard is applicable to household detergents, including fabric detergents

and conditioners, tableware, fruit and vegetable detergents, hard surface

cleaners and hand sanitizers.

2 Normative references

The following standards contain the provisions which, through reference in this

Standard, constitute the provisions of this Standard. For undated reference

documents, the latest versions apply to this Standard.

GB 15193.3-2003, Acute toxicity test

GB/T 13171-2004, Laundry powders

GB/T 16288, Laundry powders

3 Basic requirements

4 Technical content