Trade Warning: Export Clothing Alert APEO Content Exceeds Standard

In order to make clothing And wool products have a good handle. At present, many domestic production. enterprise Alkylphenol polyoxyethylene ether compounds (APEO) are used in the production process, but APEO has great biological toxicity and weak biodegradability, which has great influence on the human body and environment. At present, the European Union has restricted the use of APEO in textiles in the form of instructions. The EU "2003/53/EC directive" clearly stipulates that the limit of APEO for textiles and clothing exported to Europe must not exceed 0.1%. Therefore, European clothing products must pay attention to the content of APEO.

Inspection and quarantine department recommendations: first, targeting APEO In terms of textile requirements, printing and dyeing and auxiliaries should cooperate closely to limit the use of APEO from the source. Second, the printing and dyeing manufacturers should choose environmental protection auxiliaries, sign a letter of commitment with the auxiliaries, do not use textile chemicals with APEO. Third, as the last gatekeeper of the export products, the inspection and quarantine institutions should also conduct effective APEO sampling inspection for the textile and apparel products exported to Europe, so as to prevent the APEO content from exceeding the standard.