Public Service Commission Act, 1997
R 385
Tobacco Products Control Act, 1993 (Act No. 83 of 1993)RegulationsRegulations Relating to the Standards for Manufacturing of Reduced Ignition Propensity (RIP) Cigarettes4. to 9. Testing requirement |
| (4) | Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials ("ASTM") standard E2187-09, "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes." |
| (5) | Cigarettes must be tested as part of a test trial. Each test trial of a cigarette must consist of 40 replicated tests. The performance standard required by regulation 3 shall only be applied to a complete test trial. |
| (6) | Each test of a cigarette in a test trial must be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper. |
| (7) | Laboratories conducting testing for written certifications must: |
| (a) | be accredited by the International Organization for Standardization pursuant to standard ISO/IEC Guide 17025:2005 as amended, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories; |
| (b) | implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19. |
| (8) | Each cigarette that uses lowered permeability bands to achieve compliance with regulation 3 must have— |
| (a) | at least two identical bands surrounding the tobacco column; |
| (b) | at least 1 complete band located not less than 15 mm from the lighting end of the cigarette; and |
| (c) | at least 1 band located not less than 10 mm from the filter end, and in the case of non-filter cigarettes from the labeled end of the tobacco column, if the bands are positioned on the cigarette by design. |
