The Difference Between Our Country And International Children'S Clothing Quality Inspection Standard

Each country has its own children's clothing quality inspection standards, and from its specific testing content and quality standards, we can understand the importance of the quality of children's clothing in a region or country.

Xiaobian today shares with you the comparison of quality inspection standards at home and abroad. Let's look at the difference of children's clothing in China.

1. foreign standards

current

The main international standards are: ISO3636 - 1977 "name and symbol of clothing size, men's and boys' coats", ISO4415 1981 "size of clothes, men's and boys' underwear, pajamas and shirts", ISO3637 1977 "name and symbol of clothing size, women's and girls' outerwear", ISO3638 1977 "name and symbol of clothing size infant clothing", ISO4416 1981 "size of clothes, ladies and girls' underwear, pajamas and shirts".

The standard and technical regulations related to children's clothing are mainly European Oeko-tex100 eco textile standard, European BSEN14682-2008 EU children's textile safety code; British BS7907 1997 - "implementation specifications for improving the design and production of machinery safety children's clothing"; the Federal Trade Commission of the United States (FIC), "textile fiber content and washing and maintenance labeling regulations", the American Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), "children's pyjamas flammability standards (16CFR1615 and 16CFR1616)", the American International Materials Association ASTMF1816 2004 "children's clothing rope pulling safety regulations" and so on.

These standards and technical regulations mainly assess the quality requirements of children's garments from three aspects. The main contents include flame retardancy, toxic and harmful substances, costumes and small components on clothing, and conventional color fastness requirements.

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At present, the quality standards of children's clothing in China mainly include: national mandatory standards GB18401 - 2010, "national textile safety technology and specifications" and "GB5296.4 1998" instructions on the use of textiles and clothing, the national recommendation GB/T1335.3 - 1997 "children's clothing type". The product standards are mainly FZ/T81014 2008 - "infant clothing", FZ/T73025 2006 "infant knitted dress", FZ/T81003 2003 "children's clothing, student wear", FZ/T73007 2002 "knitted sportswear", FZ/T73008 2002 "knitted T-shirts", FZ/T73021 2004 "knitted student clothes", FZ/T81004 2003 "

"Skirt sleeve" and SN/T1522 - 2005 "children's clothing safety technical specification".

These standards basically constitute the standard system for children's clothing inspection in China. The main items in the standards are formaldehyde content, decomposable aromatic amine, pH value, odor, color fastness to water, color fastness to rubbing, sweat fastness, saliva fastness, marking, fiber content and physical properties of related products.

FZ/T81014 - 2008 "infant clothing" also includes the assessment requirements for the rope and small parts of infant clothing. SN/T1522 - 2005 "children's clothing safety technical specification" also involves the flame retardant properties of clothing fabrics and the assessment requirements of nickel metal release.

3. differences between children's clothing standards and international standards in China

The standard system of children's clothing in China is made up of mandatory and recommended standards. Mandatory standards are the standards that must be followed by clothing manufacturers through compulsory means such as laws and administrative regulations.

In GB18401 - 2010, the technical indicators for infant textiles are specified. These indicators are higher than those required for direct contact with skin textiles and non direct contact Textiles, and some assessment requirements have been added. For example, infant textiles must be tested for saliva color fastness.

In addition, the recommended standards for other children's clothing industry require production enterprises to appropriately improve the quality level of products according to their own product conditions and achieve the relevant safety technology categories.

Through comparison and analysis, we find that the differences between children's clothing and children's clothing standards in Europe and America are mainly manifested in the following aspects:

3.1 differences in flame retardant performance assessment

China's domestic assessment of the flame retardancy of children's clothing products is still blank. Only SN/T1522 - 2005 has children's clothing assessment requirements.

The requirements for assessing the flame retardancy of children's clothing are very clear abroad, such as the two standards of the children's Pajama flammability standard (16CFR1615 and 16CFR1616), which specify the definition applicable to the standard and the related assessment requirements, and refer to the relevant definitions in the case of flammable fabric law.

In addition, the British standard BS5722:1991 flammability specification for pajamas and knitted fabrics and Canada's dangerous products (children's pajamas) Ordinance have specified and specified the flammability of children's clothing.

The testing method of flame retardant properties of foreign test fabrics is basically the same as that of GB/T14644 93 - "the determination of burning rate of textile fabric in 45 degree direction" and GB/T5455 1997 - the vertical test method of textile combustion performance test.

3.2 differences in safety technology categories and requirements for toxic and hazardous substances

The safety technical requirements of infant clothing in China are mainly the mandatory standard GB18401-2010, which is tested from 9 items, namely, formaldehyde content, water fastness, sweat fastness (acid and alkali), dry color fastness to rubbing, saliva fastness, odor and decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dye.

European and American countries rarely appear mandatory standards for children's wear, but they will mention the requirements for children's clothing in relevant regulations and standards.

For example, the eco textile label Oeko-texstandard100 (version 2012) of the European Union has up to 20 items for the assessment of infant textile products. This standard includes not only the items examined by our mandatory standard GB18401-2010, but also a lot of requirements for toxic and hazardous substances.

Such as sensitizing dyes, plasticizers, pesticides, organotin compounds, extractable heavy metals, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, toxic solvents and surfactants.

Although the United States and Japan have no provisions on toxic and harmful substances in children's clothing, there are all kinds of assessment of toxic and harmful substances.

For example, the inspection items of harmful chemical substances in clothing in the United States include: banned azo fuel, formaldehyde (acetaldehyde), heavy metal content, pentachlorophenol (PCP), 2, 3, 5, 6- four chlorophenol (TeCP) and nickel release have assessment requirements; Japanese children's clothing requirements include formaldehyde, banned azo dyes, bromine or chlorine containing flame retardant finishing agents, organic mercury compounds, organotin compounds, extractable heavy metals and so on.

3.3 age difference

The European standard Oeko-Tex100 specifies that infants and young children are defined as infants and young children within 36 months of age.

In the United States, children are defined as babies within 24 months after birth, while children under 5 are defined as children.

There are two ways to define infants and young children in China. One is to dress in accordance with the age of infants, such as FZ/T81014 - 2008, "infant clothing", which is less than 24 months old. The GB18401 2010 stipulates that infants and young children aged 36 months or less are wearing textile products for infants and young children. One is according to the height of infants, such as GB/T1335.3 2009, the size of clothing is 52cm ~ 80cm for infants and young children, and the other is based on the requirements of age and height. For example, the knitted apparel used by infants and young children in knitted apparel, which is within the age of 36 months or below the height of 104cm, is called infant knitted dress.

Conclusion:

The following conclusions can be drawn through the analysis and comparison of children's wear standard system and inspection items at home and abroad.

1) many foreign countries have specific test standards and assessment requirements for children's clothing flame retardant properties. Our country lacks the testing standards and assessment of children's clothing flammability. It is suggested that relevant standards be set up to assess the flame-retardant properties of children's clothing.

2) many foreign countries have strict requirements for toxic and harmful substances in children's clothing. The EU has a relatively complete assessment of toxic and harmful substances in children's clothing. The children's clothing system in China can refer to the relevant standards formulated by the European Union to effectively improve the quality of children's clothing in China and protect children's health.

3) although the standard system for children's clothing inspection has been initially established in China, the implementation and regulation of standards need to be further perfected, and the scope of children's clothing standards should be unified and standardized.