Amendments To The Prohibition Of Harmful Substances Of Specific Azo Dyes In Japanese Textiles

The Ministry of health and labour issued the Decree No. 175th in April this year, revising the control law on harmful substances in household products (No. 48 of Showa 48), and officially designated the specific azo dyes of decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amines as harmful substances.

It is used in products.

In July 9th, provincial decree with detailed technical standards was also announced.

It is reported that Japan

The industry alliance will continue to meet at the end of July to discuss the revision of the procurement standards.

It is estimated that from September this year, orders for exports to Japan will be carried out according to new standards.

In order to avoid the adverse effects of the implementation of the decree on both sides of the trade, the China Textile Industry Federation and the Japanese fiber industry alliance signed the cooperation framework agreement as early as 2010, and jointly established the white list management system, and implemented the whitelist qualification certification for Japan.

The products that receive the white list qualification can be recognized by Japanese Importers entering the system when they export to Japan, and they are exempt from testing specific azo dyes.

The white list management system began trial operation in 2012 and announced the first batch of white list qualification enterprises in March 28, 2012. At present, hundreds of enterprises have obtained the qualification.

No. 154th of the official newspaper (Ri Wen): the Ministry of health and labour Order No. 24 (Ri Wen): about the provincial order (Ri Wen):

Amendments to the control law on hazardous substances in household products include:

1. according to the regulations, the range of household products banned from azo dyes is:

Textiles banned from azo dyes: diapers, diaper covers,

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Gloves, socks, tunic, coat, hat, bedding, carpet, tablecloth, collar, handkerchief,

Bath mat and related products.

Banned leather and / or fur products of specific azo dyes: underwear, gloves, coats, coats, hats and floor coverings.

2. by gas chromatography mass spectrometry, 24 specific aromatic amines were restricted to no more than 30 mg / kg.

3. to modify the testing method of furniture products containing three phenyl tin (TPT) and three butyltin (TBT), and replace the flame atomic absorption spectrometry and two-dimensional chromatography with GC / MS.

4. to modify the testing method for household products containing formaldehyde, the acetic acid ammonium acetate buffer is used to replace the purified water during the measurement of absorbance.