Clothing Safety Problems And Countermeasures For Export Infant And Young Children

Children as special populations who do not possess or are not fully self-protective, have special requirements for the design and production of their daily necessities.

In the process of design and production, children's clothing should consider not only the conventional factors threatening human safety, but also their behavioral characteristics and psychological characteristics.

In recent years, there have been some problems in the export of children's clothing safety, which have been recalled or returned abroad. Analyzing and solving these problems is of great significance for promoting children's clothing export and protecting children's physical and mental health.

First, current situation analysis (1) there are problems; 1., the structural design is unreasonable.

Some children's cap clothing is made of elastic rope, which is easy to hit the face and eyes after stretching. The hat, rope, fixed belt, skirt and strap are more than the length limit, forming too long lasso. It is easy to be caught by the surrounding objects in the course of children's activities, resulting in accidental injury or choking the neck.

In April 17, 2007, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Independent trading company of California announced jointly the voluntary recall of the "Life is good" brand children's sweater originating in China.

The reason for the recall is that the rope around the hat has the risk of causing the neck to be strangled.

2. part tension does not meet the requirements.

The sewing fastness of buttons, rivets, rope ends (such as plastic Bell), labels and other decorations is not up to the required pull requirements. Children will tear and gnaw these small attachments because of their curiosity about small objects.

In June 14, 2007, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Nordstrom company jointly announced the voluntary recall of jackets originating in China.

The reason for the recall is that the zipper strip of the jacket zipper is easy to fall off. If it is eaten by the child, it will easily lead to suffocation.

3. the content of heavy metal lead and nickel exceeded the standard.

The lead content in resin pattern or fabric coating printed on some children's clothing is over standard; the metal auxiliary materials used for buttons, zippers, rivets, buttons, decorative plates and so on contain nickel coating or nickel alloy.

Once absorbed by heavy metals, heavy metals will accumulate in the liver, bones, kidneys, heart and brain of the human body, causing great irreversible damage to health.

4. the content of two ethyl ester of o-phenyl two formic acid exceeded the standard.

Some of the polyethylene materials used in children's clothing, such as plastic bib, plastic reflective strip, plastic decoration cards, holiday decorations and other parts of the content of ortho benzene two formic acid two ethyl ester exceeded the standard.

The excessive content of ethyl ester of o-phenyl two formic acid will lead to infertility after adulthood or adverse effects on the fetus. Two.

5. contains banned azo dyes.

Banned azo dyes can restore some aromatic amines which have carcinogenic effects on human body under certain conditions, and activate the DNA structure of human body, causing human diseases and inducing carcinogenesis.

6. formaldehyde content exceeded standard.

Formaldehyde, as a finishing additive in textile process, is usually contained in resins or other auxiliaries.

Formaldehyde has been identified by WHO as carcinogenic and deformable substances. Excessive formaldehyde can cause inflammation of mucous membrane and respiratory tract, and can also cause dermatitis.

Children's respiratory tract and skin are very delicate, their tolerance is poor, and their harm is greater.

7. flame retardance exceeds standard speed.

Some coated fabrics or plush fabrics are inflammable, and the burning rate is too fast or after burning, resulting in melting, which can lead to burns, scalds, and even life-threatening.

In April 17, 2007, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission jointly announced with the California North American Disney store a voluntary recall of China's "Baby Einstein" brand baby clothing.

The reason for the recall is that the product does not meet the flammability standard of children's clothing and has the risk of causing infant burns.

8. the safety of packaging materials is poor.

Children's clothing plastic bags without pores, or too large, are easily suffocated when children are used as toy headgear. Some children's clothing labels or packaging materials use instructions do not indicate age and risk precautions.

9. other substances that affect children's physical and mental health and safety.

For example, a kind of mineral oil is injected into the compass ornaments of certain children's clothing. Children's inhalation easily causes chemical pneumonia.

(two) cause analysis 1..

There are corresponding mandatory laws and regulations in foreign countries for the export of children's clothing.

For example, the British national standard BS7907:1997 requires that the accessories such as buttons should not fall off under the force of less than 70N; the European standard EN14682:2004 stipulates that the rope on the clothes pocket can not be turned into a rope with a diameter larger than 75mm, and the average length of the rope outside the garment should not exceed 23mm; the European standard EN71-2 stipulates that the flame burning rate of the fabric is not more than 30mm/s; the EU 2002/61/EC directive specifies that the harmful azo dyes are used in each member's national limit; the EU 2005/84/EC Directive provides that the content of o-ethyl benzene two formic acid two ethyl ester (DEHP) does not exceed 0.1%.

After the release of foreign standards or technical specifications, the data collected at any time will be analyzed to regularly evaluate and revise the validity and suitability of all laws, regulations and technical specifications.

But most of China's export enterprises are in a passive state. What foreign buyers want to do is not doing what they want, but once they encounter problems, they will bring unexpected huge losses, or even suffer the worst.

2. the cold wave of international trade barriers has not yet been pferred to the suppliers of the export garment industry.

The export clothing enterprises directly face the trade barriers of the international market, and are bound by the safety requirements of different countries and regions. However, domestic manufacturers of textile, printing and dyeing, accessories and other supporting enterprises do not have a clear understanding of the requirements from abroad, and the consciousness and ability of self-examination and self-control are weak. Their products are still lagging behind the requirements of the final export products in prohibition of azo dyes, flame retardancy and heavy metal content.

3. the way of inspection and supervision of children's clothing is not in line with international practice.

Inspection and supervision of export clothing does not include clothing for infants and young children under eight years of age. This makes children's clothing the most demanding commodity with no safety inspection and supervision.

The contents of daily inspection of children's clothing exported are mostly appearance items such as style, size, sewing and so on, and the safety of their raw and auxiliary materials is not effectively detected and controlled. Supervision is limited to the general management requirements of export clothing manufacturers, and the quality licensing management of children's garment manufacturers is not carried out, nor the self-examination and self-control ability of enterprises is evaluated.

4. the international recognition of domestic test results is poor.

At present, because international buyers only trust laboratories such as SGS and ITS abroad, some textile enterprises have to spend a lot of time and energy in running foreign laboratories in Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou to get their orders, or send them directly to foreign inspection.

These testing institutions have established a good reputation in the world with the characteristics of fast service, rich experience, favorable price and the integration with foreign standards and methods.

The domestic textile inspection started late, and the product standards, testing methods, testing items are not perfect, the detection cycle is longer, and it can not compete with the foreign testing institutions. The test results are not recognized by foreign buyers.

Two, response measures (1) improve the standard system to improve the backward situation of children's clothing standards in China, we must have our own quality standard system.

Steps can be taken step by step: for the general standard of authority, the internationally recognized safety standards should be accepted and followed. In China, where the resource advantages and foreign standards are not available, the standards can be set by itself.

At the same time, we should clarify the nature and status of the safety standards, and upgrade the recommended standards from the industry to compulsory standards, so that the relevant law enforcement and export enterprises can have laws and laws.

It is necessary to track international trends in a timely manner and to set up a professional technical team to track the technical barriers to textiles in developed countries. In particular, we should focus on drawing on foreign research results, such as textile insecticides, organochlorine carriers, organic odors and hazardous substances, and so on.

(two) improve the testing ability and level detection institutions must have both the ability and experience in the field of textile testing and chemical analysis, carry out accurate quantitative analysis of textile safety projects, establish a rapid response mechanism for the market, improve the ability to research and formulate testing items and testing equipment, and strengthen communication with textile inspection institutions in various countries such as TESTEX, Ho Chen, OTI BTTG, DTI, In stitute stitute Textile De France, Norsk Tekoinstiutt and Tekoinstiutt, and carry out exchanges, constantly optimize the testing methods, and achieve mutual recognition of test results.

(three) to strengthen the product safety control capability of export enterprises, in addition to sending qualified laboratory tests, qualified enterprises build or build laboratories according to their own product characteristics and export requirements, carry out related safety items inspection of export clothing raw materials, enhance self inspection and self-control ability of enterprises, and effectively avoid risks.

Establish a supplier evaluation filing system, requiring suppliers to provide regular inspection reports and compliance statements issued by authoritative inspection organizations, and eliminate unsafe factors from the source.

We will establish a nationwide database of garment suppliers, provide comprehensive and cross industry public information on the results of the supplier's products and the certification of products at home and abroad, so as to enhance the pparency of suppliers.

(four) the focus of inspection and supervision should be shifted to safety projects. Children's clothing should be included in the catalogue of entry and exit commodities for inspection and quarantine by entry exit inspection and quarantine institutions, and compulsory inspection and supervision should be carried out. The quality licensing management of children's clothing enterprises should be carried out, and the inspection system for the first item of clothing for export children will be established.

According to the test results, product structure and laboratory construction of enterprises, the risk analysis of safety items and types of export products and risk levels are regularly carried out, and the sampling items, sampling proportion and frequency of regulation are constantly adjusted.

(five) to improve the management capacity of government departments, children's clothing safety is not a single or a few enterprises, nor is it something that clothing manufacturers and sales enterprises can decide. It depends on whether a country's textile supply chain is a safety supply chain.

In order to guarantee the overall upgrading of China's textile export capacity, the government departments will improve their management capabilities in all aspects of the supply chain.