International Control Of Toxic And Harmful Substances Is Also More Stringent.

< p > Beijing PM2.5 concentration explosion watch, Shanghai and Zhejiang area salvaged more than 10000 dead pigs, Shanghai school uniform was detected carcinogenic substances, Shandong ginger was soaked by highly toxic pesticides......

In people's daily life, toxic and harmful substances lurking in consumer goods are almost everywhere.

As people gradually realize that the toxic and harmful substances in the supply chain bring great harm to mankind, these problems are attracting more and more attention from public opinion.

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< p > aiming at the growing problem of toxic and harmful substances in the supply chain, the control and control of toxic and harmful substances in the world are more and more strict. Not only the laws and regulations of various countries are constantly updated, but also the activities of various non-governmental organizations are becoming more frequent.

All this makes Chinese enterprises necessary for effective control of harmful substances in the supply chain.

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< p > "in recent years, due to the increasing concern of consumers on hazardous substances and the improvement of legislation in various countries, the method of detecting products simply can not meet the challenge of reality."

Dr. Jiang Hong, technical director of SGS a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > textile "/a" product development headquarters, told reporters that "the current control has gradually shifted from the end to the source control, requiring enterprises to effectively control raw materials and chemicals before production, which puts forward higher requirements for enterprises in related knowledge and management."

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< p > chemical management and control can increase chips for enterprises, < /p >

< p > Dr. Jiang Hong told reporters that there are many harmful substances in consumer goods.

The harmful substances in food are mainly harmful additives, pesticide residues and hormones. Electronic products may contain dozens of toxic and harmful substances such as heavy metals, six valent chromium, fluoride, chlorine, iodine, bromine and so on. < a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > shoes < /a > category, < A target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" > clothing < < > may contain heavy metals, methyl esters of fumaric acid, organic tin compounds and other toxic and harmful substances.

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< p > because the toxic and harmful substances in consumer products are increasingly becoming the "invisible killer" in people's lives, the trend of global environmental protection is also developing rapidly.

"Nowadays, when consumers are buying products, besides paying attention to the basic functions of products, they attach more importance to the factors of product safety. Governments, trade associations and non-governmental organizations have issued more and more stringent regulations for textiles to protect consumers' health and interests."

Dr. Jiang Hong said with earnestness.

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< p > from Dr. Jiang Hong, the reporter learned that since 2010, non-governmental organizations represented by Greenpeace organization began a series of environmental campaigns to "poison".

Recently, the group has launched a series of topics on the "no poison" consumer product guide on its official website, including children's toys and baby products articles, kitchen utensils and family plot articles, personal care and cosmetics articles, and < < a target= "_blank" href= "http://www.91se91.com/ > > clothing > /a > articles.

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< p > it is worth mentioning that the regulations of the world's major brand manufacturers on their products are much stricter.

If the laws and regulations of various countries are the bottom line for China's manufacturing, then only the satisfied demands of big brands will have the chance to become suppliers.

"In order to protect consumers and natural environment, Adidas, C&A, H&M, Lining, Nike, Pump and many other brands jointly published the joint roadmap of hazardous substances zero emission in 2020, which provided a direction for the sustainable development of the textile and garment industry in 2011.

Dr Jiang Hong said, "the roadmap proposes that all emissions from all products in the supply chain should be achieved before 2020, achieving the goal of zero emissions of hazardous chemicals."

Therefore, the increasingly stringent and frequent non-governmental organizations' environmental actions in various countries' legislation and the brand alliance's control over hazardous substances in the supply chain have put forward higher requirements for the production enterprises in the supply chain.

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< p > "on the one hand, if a foreign trade enterprise wants to export its products to the target country or region, it must actively perform its role in the supply chain, and constantly acquire and update the latest standards and regulations in various countries and regions."

Jiang Hong said, "on the other hand, enterprises must dare to disclose the correct information of the chemicals contained in the products to consumers, so that integrity can be trusted in the supply chain."

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< p > in Jiang Hong's view, it is urgent for suppliers to establish their own chemical control system.

"On the one hand, only by establishing a strict chemical control system, can the uncertainty in production be reduced, thereby reducing the reject rate of the product, and finally increasing the number of chips for the enterprise."

Jiang Hong stressed, "on the other hand, chemical control is itself part of the quality control of enterprises. The cost of Kenneth Tsang Kong is not an additional cost increase. It is a discovery of the flaws of the enterprise itself and timely improvement of production conditions."

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< p > RISK principles help dredge the supply chain < /p >

< p > in the practice of establishing the enterprise chemical control system, enterprises can refer to various international standards, guidelines and industry time to establish a control system for hazardous substances in accordance with their own conditions, such as the ISO9001 quality management system standard, the ISO14001 environmental management system standard, the European environmental management and audit system (EMAS) standard, and the ISO22000 food safety management standard.

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< p > in fact, as the leading third party organization, SGS also has rich experience in helping enterprises establish chemical control system.

"Enterprises can refer to SGS's RISK principles based on control theory and years of practical experience to establish their own system."

Jiang Hong said.

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< p > here, in Jiang Hong's four principles of RISK principle, R stands for regulations and requirements (Regulation&Requirement), I represents internalization and integration (Internalization&Intergration), S represents control from the source (Source), and establishes control and target strategy (Strategy), K representative starts action (Kick-off), grabs key points and improves continuously.

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< p > regulations and requirements (Regulation&Requirement) means collecting, sorting out and tracking requirements and updating of international and domestic major chemicals and hazardous substances control regulations and eco textiles regulations.

"Now many enterprises do not fully understand the requirements of specific laws and regulations, and the continuous updating of various laws and regulations and the promulgation of new regulations have increased the difficulty of enterprises to understand and master the latest laws and regulations."

Jiang Hong stressed that "enterprises should rely on professional third party organizations to acquire relevant laws and regulations in various countries in a timely and efficient manner, grasp the industry trend, and better avoid commercial risks that may arise from violation of relevant regulations."

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< p > internalization and integration (Internalization&Intergration) is to combine the main laws and requirements of the target market with the actual situation of the enterprise. After the collation, research and absorption of the internal management and control team, it will be integrated into an internalization rule that can not only meet the requirements of the enterprise's own strategic development, but also meet the specific requirements of the supply chain.

"With the increasing importance of emerging markets in South America, Africa, Russia and other emerging markets to enterprises, enterprises need to constantly integrate emerging market regulations and requirements into their own standards."

Dr. Jiang Hong stressed that the advantage of integrating all kinds of regulations and requirements is to enable enterprises to carry out production according to uniform standards and avoid various inconsistencies in the execution process.

The implementation of the same hazardous material safety standards for all products can effectively reduce and avoid potential irregularities.

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< p > start control and control strategy from the source (Source) (Strategy), Dr. Jiang Hong pointed out that the use of "terminal treatment" approach can not effectively solve the problem of toxic and harmful substances in the supply chain.

"The principle of prevention and control based on upstream management requires that all components and processes involved in production should be pre evaluated and tested, and all input streams in the production process be inspected. Only materials that meet strict ecological and safety standards can be used for production."

Dr Jiang Hong suggested that "when scientific evidence indicates that a substance may endanger the environment or human health, but the type or degree of its harm is not yet clear, even if current cognition is not able to obtain evidence of such harm, enterprises should take preventive measures against its potential serious or irreversible damage."

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P (Kick-off), we should seize the key points of management and control (Key Points) and constantly improve (Kaizen). In today's market environment, if enterprises want to further enhance their competitiveness and constantly get room for survival and development, it is imperative to enhance their ability to control and control their hazardous substances, and we must start from now.

Dr. Jiang Hong said, "the implementation of control can start from some key control points and achieve the goal of establishing a comprehensive and perfect control system through continuous improvement."

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< p > 4C method to upgrade supply chain management system < /p >

< p > on the basis of RISK principles, based on years of practical experience, SGS summed up the 4C method of improving hazardous materials control capabilities.

Dr. Jiang Hong told reporters: "according to this method, enterprises can upgrade from four aspects: awareness, Commitment, Competence, Critical Control, and the establishment and continuous improvement of comprehensive system (Comprehensive System and Continuous Improvement).

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< p > enterprise awareness (Commitment) in the 4C method, the awareness, commitment and support (Commitment) of the management level play an important role in controlling the effectiveness of hazardous substances.

At this point, Dr. Jiang Hong stressed: "management must ensure the establishment, measurability and consistency of policies and objectives of hazardous substances.

In terms of hazard control, enterprise managers should at least understand the hazards and hazards of various hazardous substances related to production and products, understand the development trend of the industry and conform to the business strategy of the enterprise, ensure that hazardous material information can be effectively delivered and communicated within the organization, and strive to make the chemicals in the supply chain pparent in the use and discharge of information.

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< p > the comprehensive improvement of personnel quality. Competence in 4C method refers to the comprehensive improvement of personnel quality.

In SGS, enterprises should continuously improve their knowledge level and comprehensive quality, which can be improved from these aspects: establishing a chemical control department and determining the corresponding person in charge; formulating and improving the management system of chemical warehouse and having a special person in charge; the management and control personnel group should have relevant educational and knowledge background; provide necessary training for the control and control personnel; the content can involve the foundation of various control laws and regulations, the classification and assessment of hazardous substances, the training of MSDS (chemical safety technical manual), the basic control means and tools, and various control systems, such as ISO9001, ISO14001 and IECQ-HAPM QC080000.

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< p > key control points (Critical Control) is particularly important in 4C method.

Jiang Hong explained to reporters: "the control of key points mainly includes the establishment and pmission of upstream control, restricted material list (RSL), the establishment of testing process, monitoring of the performance of hazardous material control, the establishment of traceability procedures, and the control of non conforming products and raw materials."

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< p > in the control of key points, upstream control means that enterprises should ask their suppliers to sign compliance statements that meet the requirements of laws and regulations and their customers' requirements. At the same time, the upstream chemical suppliers should have qualified MSDS (chemical safety technical manuals) and needle inspection reports for high-risk hazardous substances.

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< p > restricted substances list (RSL) can be used to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals in textile and apparel supply chains.

"Many clothing brands have announced their own RSL to ensure that suppliers and distributors, employees within the company know and follow the company's hazardous substances control requirements."

Jiang Hong said, "enterprises need to provide suppliers with training on the requirements and process of restricted substances list, and suppliers are also responsible for communicating these requirements to their suppliers, thus running through the entire supply chain."

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< p > in establishing the testing process and monitoring the performance of hazardous substances control and control, Jiang Hong stressed that "to do this well, enterprises must improve the inspection and testing process of materials and products, and constantly monitor the performance of hazardous substances in enterprises and supply chains."

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At the same time, enterprises should establish a traceability program, which can trace back to the supplier of the product in time when the quality problems related to hazardous substances occur in the products, and find the source of the problem through further tracing back to P.

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The last step of P Critical Control is to control the product and raw materials.

"Enterprises should establish clear procedures to deal with unqualified products and raw materials."

Dr. Jiang Hong told reporters, "enterprises should ensure that products that do not meet the requirements of hazardous substances can be identified and controlled to prevent them from being unintentionally used or delivered.

For testing exceeding the standard, the testing laboratories formulated by the enterprises need to report to the management and control team of the enterprise actively.

Enterprises should immediately halt the production of all over standard products until they find out the root cause of the problem and have a practical solution before they can proceed further. "

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< p > "solutions usually include over standard material replacement, color replacement of problems and elimination of pollution source."

For products that are unable to carry out quality improvement, enterprises should destroy them according to the operation procedures or conduct corresponding specification.

Jiang Hong said.

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< p > establishment and continuous improvement of integrated system (Comprehensive System and Continuous Improvement), according to 4C method, this stage is the advanced stage of hazardous substances control level.

"This stage is the advanced stage of hazardous substances management and control. Enterprises that can reach this stage have established a comprehensive management and control system, and can learn from the best practices and experiences of the industry to improve and upgrade their management and control process and level."

Jiang Hong said, "when establishing a control system for hazardous substances, enterprises should be able to identify and identify the management and control process related to the management and control objectives, and at the same time, determine the interaction and relationship between these processes according to the actual situation."

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< p > it is understood that in addition to traditional products, raw materials and environmental wastewater sampling and testing services, 4C based method, SGS, has developed consulting services for hazardous substances control and training, online research, factory investigation and evaluation, and system establishment. It can provide customers with a comprehensive chemical substance management and control solution to help customers identify and solve chemical safety problems in the production process.

Recently, SGS has held special technical lectures on laws, regulations and testing standards in Hongkong, Shanghai and Qingdao.

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< p > "SGS hazardous substances control is centered on preventing the introduction of restricted substances, rather than relying solely on the safety monitoring of the final products."

Jiang Hong emphasized that "SGS can help customers implement the restricted material control over the entire production process, and provide comprehensive services such as training to ensure the quality and safety of the final product."

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"P > not only that, SGS can help customers customize and implement the consumer safety strategy, effectively improve the global competitiveness of manufacturers, help them to serve green and safe trade barriers, so that their safety and quality can be recognized by global consumers."

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