This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements, sampling, and test methods for adult-use body and face powders, including talcum powders, toilet powders, deodorant powders, and dusting powders. Table 3 gives maximum limits for lead, arsenic, and mercury in the finished product. The table also states a combined heavy-metals cap expressed across lead, mercury, and arsenic; that combined provision is gap-logged because it is not a single species-specific register row. Because the document is a draft standard, the CSV status is draft guidance rather than an implemented maximum level.
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