Since June 1 this year, the state has implemented the "Safety Technical Specifications for Infants and Children's Textile Products", which stipulates that infant textile products within 3 years of age must meet the highest safety level - Class A requirements. How does the infant and child clothing market in Anhui respond to the new standard? Which products can make consumers buy with confidence? Recently, the Anhui Consumer Rights Protection Committee conducted a comparative test on 29 brands of infant clothing.

The pass rate of random inspection is 68.97%

The relevant person in charge of the Anhui Consumer Protection Committee said that the comparative test samples were purchased by the provincial consumer protection committee staff in the market as ordinary consumers. The samples are all baby clothes that are less than 3 years old, and include baby onesies, rompers, T-shirts, trousers, and dresses. Among the 29 samples, 20 of the sample test items met the relevant standards, accounting for 68.97% of the total number of samples; the remaining 9 samples had 16 indicators, accounting for 31.03% of the total number of samples.

It is worth mentioning that this comparative trial specially invited more than a dozen experienced mothers to talk about the feelings of 29 brand clothing. According to their own experience, “Moms” carefully judged the breathability, softness, reasonable proportion of the scale, ease of wearing and unloading, and safety of accessories (buttons and zippers) by means of reading and touching. .

Satisfactory test results such as formaldehyde content

This comparative test examined the formaldehyde content of the sample, the decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dye, and the extractable heavy metal content. The results showed that the formaldehyde content of 29 samples, the decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dyes, and the safe parameters of extractable heavy metals were in compliance with the national mandatory standards. In the pH value detection of 29 brand samples, only one Snoopy brand sample test result exceeded the national regulations. The pH is an important indicator reflects the fabric of pH, if the pH value of textiles that much difference with the human skin, cause skin irritation, skin irritation caused or induced by infection, make the skin vulnerable to bacteria against the other. According to the national standard, the pH value of infant clothes should be between 4.0 and 7.5, and the pH of Snoopy samples should be 8.4.

The color fastness is lower than the standard value

According to the delicate skin of infants and young children, large amount of activity, sweating and frequent biting of clothing, this comparison test focuses on dry and wet rubbing fastness of samples, color fastness to acid (alkali) perspiration, water resistance and resistance. Indicators such as saliva color fastness were thoroughly tested. The results showed that among the 29 brand samples, 8 indicators of the three brand samples of Yingzifang, Snoopy and Qile Rabbit were lower than the national standard; 46 color fastness indicators of 23 brand samples only met the national minimum standard. value.

According to statistics, 80% of skin problems in infants and young children are related to clothing. Infants and young children are not fully developed, have weak resistance to the outside world, and are very susceptible to allergies and absorption of foreign objects. The dye molecules and heavy metal ions in the decolorizing pigments of clothing are likely to be absorbed by the skin of infants and young children. In order to protect the health and safety of infants and young children, the state has mandated the color fastness indicators of infant and young children's clothing under various conditions such as dry (wet) friction, acid (alkali) perspiration, water resistance and saliva, from the results of this test. Look, the situation is not optimistic.

Labels, bags, shoulder straps remind you of less safety hazards

The national mandatory standard GB31701-2015 stipulates that the durability label sewn on the infant clothing that can be worn close to the body should be placed in a position that is not in contact with the skin. In this comparison test, it was found that 20 of the 29 brand samples had poor durability label positions, which accounted for 68.97% of the total number of comparative test samples. For infants and young children, the plastic packaging bag of clothing is a dangerous thing. If it is not collected in time, it may be suffocated by the child to lick or play on the head. This comparative test carefully compared the outer packaging of 29 brand samples and found that there were no warning reminders on the 19 brand sample packaging bags. Adidas's outer bag warning is best: "To avoid the risk of suffocation, please keep this plastic bag away from babies and children. Please do not use it in baby stores, strollers and baby fences. This plastic bag is not a toy."

It should be noted that in order to facilitate the wearing and undressing of infants and young children, shoulder straps, ropes and belts are very common, but there are also safety hazards. If the head and neck are not allowed to have a strap, the shoulder strap is not fixed, or the rope is too long, it may wrap around the baby's neck and cause suffocation. In this comparison test, there were 4 garment samples with shoulder straps, ropes and belts. The test results showed that the sewing strength of the Zall brand clothing was only 30.7N. The shoulder strap of the SeRGeNTMaJoR brand clothing was not fixed, non-continuous and There is a free end.