Textile Safety Enters A New Era

The General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine and the State Administration of Standardization (GB18401-2010) issued the national basic safety technical specification for national textile products in early 2011, and will be implemented in August 1st this year.

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1. the new standard is more widely applicable. According to the relevant experts, the scope of application of the new standard, besides retaining the original textile products used for decoration and decoration, also includes household textile products. The promotion and change of these standards will increase the production cost of manufacturers, and whether the increase of production cost will drive the sales price of the whole product chain to rise.

2. the new national standard is stricter and more environmentally friendly. The new standard is correct. textile Production and marketing requirements are more stringent, highlighting green and healthy. The impact of this standard on infant textile products. The new standard has changed the definition of infant textile products from the original 24 months and below to 36 months and below (80 centimeters and below 1 meters or less) of infants and young children wearing or using textile products. In terms of the limits of harmful substances, the new standard also put forward higher requirements, increasing the assessment of "4- azobenzene", and the control of harmful substances increased from 23 to 24 species. To enter the market, enterprise products must comply with this mandatory standard.

3. the provisions of the new GB provisions are clearer and more operable. The new standard is worth noticing compared with the old standard. For example, the provisions of the new GB provisions are clearer and the operability is stronger. There are some new changes in the new GB both in terms of index requirements and testing methods. On request, the pH range of direct contact with skin textile products is 4.0-7.5 in the old national standard, while the new national standard modifies it to 4.0-8.5. At the same time, the limit value of the decomposed carcinogenic aromatic amine is increased by 20mg/kg, which adds some requirements to the sampling of color fastness, formaldehyde, pH value, and the test of decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dye.

In addition, the comparison of new and old standards mainly includes application scope, normative citation documents, terms and definitions, requirements, textile products, test methods and inspection rules which are not within the scope of technical specifications. New regulations have been put forward in the scope of textile testing: only checking the fastness to saliva of infant textiles, hanging products such as curtains do not assess the color fastness to perspiration, and the traditional handmade coloring products such as natural and bleaching products and tie dye and batik dyes are not tested for color fastness. In the list of textile products that are not within the scope of technical specifications, there are only 10 types of original standards, and the new standard has increased to 13 categories. Luggage and bags "Back bags, shoes, umbrellas, carpets".

Zhou Chun, general manager of Qingdao Zhongtian knitted fabric Co., Ltd., in an interview, said: "in the test method, the new standard has removed the" detection limit of 20mg/kg ". The determination of decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dyes not only increased the GB/T23344, but also increased the" note: generally, first detected by GB/T17592, when detected aniline and / or 1,4- benzene two amine, then detected by GB/T23344 ". In terms of terms, the new standard also changed "decorative items such as decorative cloth, handicraft and other decorative items" into "cloth crafts"; the names deleted are: diaper, bra, bellflower, vest, shorts, cotton trousers, sweaters, fillers, interlining, added names, underwear, pants sleeves, towels, swimsuits and hats. In addition, the new standard has also changed the inspection rules. "

The impact of the new national standard on the textile industry

1., improve the overall level and international competitiveness of China's textile industry. "I haven't heard of the new national standard. The details are not clear." Reporters have visited some of the larger garment enterprises in Qingdao and have received such an answer. This shows that most business leaders have little knowledge of the new national standard. The promulgation and implementation of the new standard will have a great impact on textile and garment enterprises, and improve the overall level and international competitiveness of China's textile industry. The implementation of the new national standard will have the greatest impact on the textile products of infants and young children. The new standard also put forward higher requirements in limiting the harmful substances and increased the assessment of "4- amino azobenzene". To enter the market and sell products, the enterprise must comply with the mandatory standard. "The formulation and implementation of the new national standard provides a unified technical basis for the production, sale, use and supervision of China's textile products," Cheng Cheng, Guangdong provincial industry and Commerce Bureau said. It can effectively protect the health of our textile consumers, standardize the market of textile products, and improve the overall level and international competitiveness of China's textile industry. "

2. consumers, the biggest beneficiaries. The biggest beneficiaries of this new regulation are undoubtedly the vast majority of consumption. As mentioned above, eight changes show that the new regulation requires more stringent regulation of producers, which enables consumers to use textiles more safely. Zhang Haitao, an Qingdao textile fiber quality inspection institute, said in an interview: "the new version of the regulation is the control of the producers. In fact, it is protecting the safety and health of consumers, enabling consumers to consume in a more secure market, at the same time, it can improve national confidence in domestic products and guide the textile industry to gradually change to quality based, thus enhancing the competitiveness of China's textile industry in the world."

3., society is of great significance. The renewal of standards is related to people's growing material and cultural needs, and is an important sign of the improvement of living standards. At the same time, it is also a reflection of various backward production methods and social problems in real life. Kuang Xiaoliang, Tsingtao Brewery's Shijiazhuang freeze shop representative, said: "such as melamine, leather milk, dyeing steamed bread and other problems in recent years, the emergence of food problems is also the result of irregular production and imperfect control mechanisms. The emergence of these problems has caused a lot of excitement in the society. Although the government is constantly solving it, accidents are constantly occurring. This is indeed a thought-provoking question. Social progress requires contributions from all sectors of society. The contribution of enterprises is to produce more quality and reliable products. In today's society, people are more and more inclined to overseas products, and think that imported goods are first-class goods. Manufacturers can produce products that are more reassuring to consumers. Consumers buy domestic products, which is also a protection for their domestic market, promoting GDP growth and reducing asset outflow. So the requirement of product quality is very important. This is also the essence of the revision of the GB. {page_break}

How should the textile enterprises deal with the new GB?

As a strengthening version of GB18401 - 2003, GB18401 - 2010 has put forward stricter requirements for the production and sale of textiles. In this green and healthy revolution, how can the major textile manufacturers in China not only be bound by the new norms but also continue to expand their market share?

First of all, quality is the first hurdle for products to stand on their feet, and is also the most important part of improving the market share of enterprises. Zheng Yuying, Secretary General of the national textile Standardization Committee, said in an interview: "the major textile production enterprises will inevitably encounter many problems in the production process, including the use of raw materials, process operations and so on. Only by improving the quality and environmental awareness of all employees, and integrating environmental awareness and product safety awareness into the corporate culture, can employees' quality consciousness be deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and at the same time, cleaner production should be promoted and strictly monitored in various processing processes and production processes, so as to calmly cope with the impact of GB18401 2010 on the market. Second, continuous learning and strong combination with other textile professional institutions.

At the same time, in the face of such stringent technical specifications, it will undoubtedly accelerate the emergence of professional testing organizations. This is a good thing for enterprises. They can use the power of the three party testing organizations to help them find out the problems in their products in time, and make corresponding adjustments in time to meet the requirements of technical specifications and achieve certain quality requirements.