Clothing Tag: Standardization Of Labels Can Promote Development

In early 2012, the relevant state departments implemented 10 national standards of clothing.

These include: "the pH value of clothing directly touching the skin must be between 4 and 8.5".

Formaldehyde content should not exceed 300 mg per kilogram.

According to the national mandatory standard GB18401-2010

"Infants and young children's textile products must be marked with" baby products "on their instructions. Other products should be marked with the basic safety technical requirements according to the instructions.

The use of clothing labels is the use of clothing. The tag of textile products sold in China should comply with the mandatory standard GB5296.4-1998 requirements for the use instructions of textiles and clothing for consumer goods. The main contents include: Manufacturer's name and address, product name, product size and specification, ingredients and contents of raw materials, washing methods, matters needing attention in use and storage conditions, product life, product standard number, product quality grade and product quality inspection certificate.

Instructions for use in different countries and regions are often different. For example, nursing labels, some places require symbols to mark nursing methods, and there are different rules for symbols. In some places, it is necessary to describe nursing methods in different areas.

Although the logo of each garment enterprise has its own characteristics, most of them have factory names, factory address, telephone, postcode, logo and so on.

Some enterprises also need to print the nature of the company (such as Sino foreign joint venture, sole proprietorship, etc.), and other clothing manufacturers simply regard the small logo as a microfilm "advertisement", giving people a more intuitive feeling, so that consumers have a deeper impression of their products and play a good promotional role.

In order to protect their products from counterfeit and shoddy products, some famous brand manufacturers have used various holographic anti counterfeiting signs and barcodes.

This not only protects the interests of enterprises, but also protects the rights and interests of consumers.

Yang Ping, deputy director of the China Textile Industry Association's testing center, said that in order to harmonization the uniformity of the tag, first of all, it is difficult to harmonization of standards and requirements.

Although the form of tag is rich and varied, the main content must conform to the requirements of GB5296.4 at least.

Washing label knowledge

There is still a problem frequently discussed in the market, that is, the washing condition of the logo on the clothes is often inconsistent with the domestic product standards. (for example, the washing label usually indicates that the washing temperature is 30 or 40 degrees, and the test temperature of the soap fastness is 40 or 60 degrees), and the washing method used in the market monitoring is generally based on the product standard rather than the washing label of the clothes. The washing conditions of many clothes washing labels require lower washing conditions, so many manufacturers will complain that the testing conditions are too strict.

In fact, product standards are the basis for quality control. Just as the standards of foreign buyers are also used to ensure the quality of purchasing, the washing labels are for consumers to refer to, and the two are not contradictory.

If the manufacturer feels that the lower the quality of the nursing condition is, the more favorable it is for him. That is a mistake. It can not evade the responsibility of ensuring the quality of the product. It should act in a customer friendly manner and provide the consumers with the applicable guidance as far as possible.

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Wang Jianping, general manager of the Chinese market department of Tianxiang group, the world's largest professional inspection agency for industrial and consumer goods, specializing in the inspection, testing and certification of consumer goods and ecological safety performance, told reporters that in theory, there is not much difference in product quality testing standards between foreign countries and China, many of them are the same, but some of them may vary from country to country.

Labels also have access standards, Wang Jianping said. At present, foreign clothing brands enter China, the most important problem is labels.

Because different countries have different requirements for labels.

Take the size, for example, foreign clothing models are S, M, L or 36, 38, 40, etc. Chinese clothing is marked by the size of the body, height and chest circumference (waist circumference).

If size marking is not implemented in accordance with Chinese standards, it is not in accordance with Chinese national standards and can not be sold in the Chinese market.

Secondly, China implements corresponding product standards for different product requirements, and the sale of non-standard products in the Chinese market is also illegal.

But in foreign countries, the producers usually have strict quality requirements for their products. The trade parties generally use trade standards to monitor the quality of products. Few products are standardized by national uniform product standards.

Third, at present, the "pH value and color fastness requirement" is a common problem in the quality supervision and inspection of China's textile and apparel market.

Relatively speaking, China's relevant standards for textile and clothing pH value and color fastness requirements, may be stricter than foreign market monitoring requirements.

As a matter of fact, there is no mandatory requirement for pH in the world at present, and the pH value of textile extract is slightly higher or slightly lower, which can be corrected by simple treatment.

With regard to color fastness, the implementation of uniform and strict standards may bring some difficulties to some personalized designs.

Yang Ping also believes that if imported clothing is sold in the domestic market, it must first comply with the mandatory standards of China, and then meet the final product standards identified by the product.

The industry should popularize the mandatory standard GB5296.4-1998 "instructions on the use of textiles and clothing for consumer goods," and attach importance to the conformity of product labels.

Standardization of labels can promote development

If foreign brands want to enter the Chinese market, how can they meet the requirements of China's quality standards as soon as possible? "First, understand the requirements of learning China's standardization system and related product standards. Secondly, recruiting professionals from this field to understand and familiarizes the relevant processes is also an error."

Wang Jianping said.

Wang Jianping believes that the most important thing is that when a clothing product enters the Chinese market, we must understand China's supervision system and operation process for the quality of imported products, and establish a smooth communication and coordination mechanism with the relevant regulatory authorities.

In China, the quality control of product entry and exit links is the responsibility of the entry-exit inspection and quarantine agency. In the field of production, quality supervision is the responsibility of the quality inspection agencies all over the country, and in the field of circulation, the quality of products is supervised by the administrative departments for Industry and commerce everywhere.

For the future development trend, Wang Jianping believes that the setting of product standards should be simplified properly.

With the increasing demand of consumers' personalization, too much detailed product standard setting will not be able to satisfy the development trend of fashion and personalization, and under the background of global economic integration, it will also play a certain role in restraining the circulation of commodities.

Clothing tag and permanent label are part of clothing. It not only represents brand characteristics, but also is an effective carrier for brand identification, as well as a promise made by the brand to consumers.

With the improvement of clothing comfort, safety and functionality requirements, the tag will cover more and more contents.

Of course, it also bears the functions of instruction and guidance, such as ingredient content and washing instruction.

Therefore, the standardization of signs and labels is the implementation.

The direct expression of development is in line with international standards.

Enterprises must attach importance to the standardized use of clothing tag and label, so as to maintain the healthy development of the whole industry.