Children's furniture and apparel market reacts coldly to the new national standard

New national standard implementation for nearly half a month

Children's furniture and clothing market reacts coldly

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China's first mandatory national standard for children's furniture, "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture", was implemented on August 1. This is the first national standard for children's furniture in China. It ends the current situation of a national standard for children and adults. The National Textile Products Basic Safety Technical Specification has also begun to replace the previously implemented 2003 version of the national standard, becoming the latest mandatory national standard in the textile market. Due to the safety of the use of children's products, the implementation of this new regulation has attracted the attention of consumers. What are the key points of this new regulation? What is the reaction of all parties in the market? With these questions, reporters visited the children's furniture and infant clothing market in the city.

Expert reminder:

The survey found that the more beautiful the furniture, the more lead, the more lead

“The harmful gas content exceeds the standard is the invisible killer of children's health. At present, 90% of children's furniture is made of MDF, particleboard and other plates. Only a small amount of children's furniture is processed from laminated wood such as pine, which often leads to harmful gases in children's rooms. The content exceeded the standard." A staff member surnamed Liu of the Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau said.

The staff member of the surname Liu reminded: Many parents have a special liking for children's furniture with lovely shapes and colorful colors. However, according to the survey, the more the color of the furniture, the more lead in the paint, Mr. Liu took out a city quality supervision bureau. Furniture paint test report, the reporter saw that in various furniture, brightly colored lead paint usually accounts for a large share.

Whether the heavy metal and formaldehyde content of children's furniture exceeds the standard, how to identify? In this regard, Wang Dong, an indoor environmental monitoring expert in the city, reminded consumers that “regular manufacturers generally have reports on the content of heavy metals and formaldehyde, and consumers can ask the merchants to show them when they purchase. If the merchants can’t get them, then the consumers Be cautious when purchasing."

Infant clothing market: unqualified children's clothing can be seen everywhere

The new national standard controls the toxic and harmful substances such as formaldehyde content, pH value, color fastness, odor and decomposable aromatic amine dyes. The newly added "maximal limit value of carcinogenic aromatic amines is 20mg/kg" is less than the maximum limit of 30mg/kg set by the EU in 2002. In addition, the new national standard stipulates that the product execution standard (including the year) must be marked on the product tag, and the safety technology category of the product implementation should be marked according to the requirements of GB18401 standard.

On the afternoon of August 13, the reporter visited the investigation of the sales of the maternal and child supplies and children's wear market in the capital, and found that infant clothing that is not up to standard is still active in the market. In a branded children's clothing store located in a large shopping mall on Ordos Avenue, the reporter noticed that there are many new children's wears on the shelves. The reporter checked the product signs and saw that many cotton baby clothes have been executed in accordance with the new national standard. However, there are also some goods that are said to be imported into foreign countries, only the baby products are marked, and no classification is indicated. A salesperson said that those were all previous stocks, and the new placards were all replaced with new standards.

The reporter went to the International Trade City near the train station. In the children's wear area on the third floor, many children's clothes in the shop were not up to standard. Many children's clothing tags only indicate the proportion of cotton, some have their own price, and some have marked the washing method on the tag, but there are some clothes that do not have the detailed address of the manufacturer, and the safety category is also freely classified. There is also no uniform GB code. Then the reporter went into a children's clothing store that claimed to be a well-known brand in China. Some children's clothes are obviously a 100-cm girl's skirt, which reads the new standard of “GB18401-2010”, but writes “B-class” products. There is no "infant and child supplies" in the tag.

During the visit, most shopkeepers or shop assistants selling children's clothing said that they did not know that the country issued new safety standards for baby clothing. Ms. Hu, who is choosing clothes for her baby, said that in addition to paying attention to the style of children's clothes, she usually only looks at the material of children's clothes. In general, she buys pure cotton, and feels like cotton. But she never knows the child. There are also grades for clothes. There are not a few people like this who do not know that children have safety standards.

The new national standard has stricter requirements for the safety and environmental protection of children's furniture. This new national standard has stricter restrictions on 10 kinds of substances such as heavy metals, free formaldehyde and decomposable harmful substances in children's furniture, ensuring children are not affected by chemical substances.

Children's furniture market: children's furniture that is not up to standard is still on sale

On the morning of the 13th, the reporter visited Jinrui Home, Hongxing Meikailong, Jinhaima Furniture City, Tongda Furniture City, etc., and found that the children's furniture of various brands in the shopping mall did not have a large-scale emergency shipment and clearance of the old furniture. Only some merchants stock up. The reporter learned that most of the children's furniture brands in the market in the city are from Guangdong, Hong Kong and other provinces and imported big brands. For agents of these brands, the implementation of the new standard has little impact on their overall sales. According to the salesperson of Red Star Macalline, the current discounts on shopping malls have not been linked to the implementation of the new national standard. The discounts are basically the same as those on weekdays, and there is not much change.

Interviews in Jinhaima Furniture City learned that parents who came to buy children's furniture were unfamiliar with the new standards, and most of the clerk were confused. Parents admit that they pay great attention to the safety of children's furniture, but they have no research, and most believe in brand goods.

In a children's furniture store on Zhongshan Road, Ms. Wang is picking a children's bed for her daughter. Besides the style, she said she would smell a pungent smell and see if she would have a horn. Children pose a safety hazard. When the reporter asked her how to identify the furniture material, she said that she did not understand, can only believe in brand goods. When the reporter asked if she knew the new national standard for children's furniture, Ms. Wang said she did not know.

Although the new standard has been implemented, in the interview, when the reporter asked the store to check the latest test report that is consistent with the new standard, the store could not provide it. In particular, in the detection of heavy metal content, reports have not been provided in accordance with the eight tests specified in the new standard.

In the interview, the reporter found that some dealers who claimed to have replaced the new furniture could not provide the test report corresponding to the new national standard. The reporter turned over the test report provided by the seller and saw that in the heavy metal report provided by many children's furniture brands, only four items of lead, cadmium, chromium and mercury in the old regulations were tested, and they were not tested according to the new national standard. Arsenic, antimony, selenium and antimony projects. Reporter Ren Minjia Zhang Yan

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