Spinning And Weaving Industry: Quality Of Design Rings Alarm Bell

In September 8, 2011, the Canadian Ministry of health and Shanghai Freya Intl. Trade Co. Ltd. And The Pine Centre Ltd. jointly announced the voluntary recall of China's fluffy Hippo toys. This was followed by the voluntary recall of China's Corduroy girl's jacket with a joint recall made by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Maran Inc. in 2008. A recall of China's export textile products was also made. The textile quality inspection in the European Union and the United States has paid more and more attention to the rationality of the design. Although no such recall has occurred in China, the quality and safety problems caused by improper textile design are also serious.

"Made in China" exports of toys, children's clothing and other textiles were recalled.

In May 15, 2008, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Maran Inc. jointly announced the voluntary recall of China's Corduroy girl with a hat jacket. The recalled corduroy girl had a hat jacket about 6000, the main color was yellowish brown, the hat and the sequins on the chest pocket were pink; the model code was 4JZ642FK, which was printed on the label of the neckline of the dress; the sizes were: trumpet (7/8), medium (10), large (12/14) and super large (16); the selling date was January 2007, and the selling price was 13 dollars / piece. The reason for the recall is that the jacket has a rope attached to its cap, which can cause suffocation if the child is wound around the neck. Until then, no accident reports were reported. To this end, the consumer product safety commission at the time suggested that consumers immediately remove the hat cord from the jacket or contact Maran Inc. for free return.

In September 8, 2011, the Canadian Ministry of health and Shanghai Freya Intl. Trade Co. Ltd. And The Pine Centre Ltd. jointly announced the voluntary recall of China's fluffy hippopotamus toys. The recalled plush toys are modeled on different hippopotamus, toys in brown and blue striped white sweaters, size: 30.5 cm (12 inches), 35.5 cm (14 inches) and 46 cm (18 inches); model: 1480116, 1480117 and 1480120. The toy was sold in Canada in 2~6 2011, and the number of recalled products is about 209. The reason for the recall is that the plastic eyes on the plush hippopotamus toys may fall off, which will cause the suffocation of children. Up to now, Pine Centre Ltd. and Canada's Ministry of health have not received any accident reports. To this end, the Canadian Ministry of Health recommends that consumers immediately stop using the toy and keep it away from children, and contact Pine Centre Ltd. to make a full refund.

It is worth reminding that the recall of these textiles abroad is not a barbaric act, but a valid evidence. For example, if the European Union's EN14682 has "fixed girdling / coil tightening on clothing, the circumference of the garment should not exceed 7.5cm. When the ring rope / coil is placed horizontally, the prominent length of the two points fixed on the garment should not exceed 7.5cm".

"Cottage products" are all pervasive, and the quality of domestic textile design is even more serious.

Comparing the export quality of foreign textile products due to repeated recall, the textile sold to China seems "calm and calm" without similar problems, but in fact, there is another mystery.

Shandong University, Qilu children's Hospital, a customer service staff told reporters that because of the long hanging of clothes caused by children's lashes, falls, or children's food quality problems such as eating toys on the plush toys, and so on, the cases of hospital visits have occurred frequently, but few patients require the hospital to issue certificates of sickness and injury.

Ms. Zhang's little grandson of Ji'nan, who had recently been hanged on the plastic eyes of stuffed toys, was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. The reporter asked if she had thought about protecting her right now. Ms. Zhang said, "this stuffed toy is sent by relatives, and I don't know where to buy it." In such a situation, adults are not responsible for their children's care. Besides, if they are bought from the night market or wholesale market, there is no guarantee of quality at all. Who will go to litigation? Children will be fine. After that, we will pay special attention to whether there are signs of loosening of the decorations.

Miss Liu's son in Tai'an is 4 years old this year. She said, "when you buy clothes for your children, you mainly consider the fabric and style, and friends who have children around you also have similar ideas. Like children's lanyard should not be too long, but listen to experienced sisters mentioned.

From the above interview, we can see that the domestic textile also has the design quality problem, but because the consumer lacks the right protection consciousness and the childcare common sense, has not caused the general public's attention. The most worrying thing is that the cottage trend of children's clothing and plush toys has further intensified the design quality problem.

A random survey of 30 different professions and mothers with different incomes revealed that the purchase channels for children's clothing and toys were found to be 12 people bought from C2C online shopping mall such as Taobao, 15 people who used to buy from local commodity city or wholesale clothing market, only 3 people who used to buy from large stores or specialized maternal and child stores, and 80% of mothers said that buying children's clothing and toys did not restrict channels, and "seeing what they liked." Among them, the five year old mother sue is quite representative. "We all know that shopping for children's clothing and toys in large shopping malls is relatively guaranteed, but children are too fast to wear this year's clothes next year. For most of the working class, it is too much pressure to buy from large stores. Toys are also the same reason. Children change fast, toys are also fresh for a while, so it is unavoidable to buy children's clothes and toys from stalls and small commodity cities because of cheap and sometimes cheap."

Reporters visited Ji'nan's Tianqiao District, Ji Luo Road night market, Ji'nan Zhong Heng Small Commodity City, and Ji'nan children's clothing wholesale market. Many customers were buying children's clothes with various design problems such as narrow gaps, too long rope drawers, and so on. A shopkeeper at a booth in the Ji'nan Kou Kou garment wholesale market, who does not want to reveal his name, told reporters that he had a special counter in Shang Chao, where there were stalls, and the two profits were almost the same. Business super profits are higher, and this side (children's clothing wholesale market) is mainly to take the volume. After all, most of the ordinary people's consumption level is not high enough to afford high-end goods.

"Consumption oriented" regulation is the most effective, and the industry calls on consumers to attach importance to "design quality".

An unnamed child clothing manufacturer said, "more than half of the children's clothing and stuffed toys purchased by the Chinese people come from informal manufacturers. Many illegal manufacturers seize the mentality of consumers to covet cheap, and produce large quantities of inferior cottage products into the market from small workshops and underground factories. These poor children's clothing and plush toys, though they look very different from the authentic ones. But the technology and raw materials are difficult to meet the standards, nor are they equipped with professional designers and quality inspectors. The design quality problem is very common.

Mr. Sun, a sales manager of a large maternal and child chain store in Ji'nan, said: "the recall of export textiles is a good thing. It plays a good warning role and helps to eliminate bad habits in the textile industry, and is conducive to the long-term development of China's textile export industry. In addition, we hope that the media will make more in-depth reports, so that the Chinese people will attach great importance to the quality of the design. The proliferation of cottage products is only supervised by the departments concerned. It is very difficult. Only by cutting off the sale of inferior textiles from the source of consumption can we fundamentally solve the problem of design quality.