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Guidelines for the comparative testing of detergent products
Author(s) -
de Jong A. L.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02673408
Subject(s) - consolation , product (mathematics) , test (biology) , computer science , business , risk analysis (engineering) , commerce , mathematics , art , paleontology , geometry , literature , biology
Comparative testing of the performance of detergent products requires a flexible approach which takes full account of the actual conditions of use of these products by consumers. The AIS has developed guidelines for such a flexible approach, which after the normal international consultations, are now available as ISO standard No. 4319. The large differences in consumers’ practices between countries and the continuing changes in all countries do not allow development of international standard procedures for comparative testing of detergents, nor does it seem relevant to use test results from one country in another country. There is, of course, one consolation in all this complexity. If consumers occasionally pick a detergent less suitable for the purpose in mind, it will not cause damage, it will not cost much money, and let’s face it, consumers do like to do some comparative product testing themselves.