Clothing for Infants and Children
The 2012 National Product Quality Supervision and Inspection spot check inspected 200 batches of children and infant clothing produced by 200 manufacturers from 9 provinces including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and Guangdong.

This spot check was conducted according to GB 18401 "National General Safety Technical Code for Textile Products". The key items inspected on these products were fiber content, formaldehyde, pH value, colour fastness to water, colour fastness to rubbing, colour fastness to perspiration, colour fastness to saliva, colour fastness to washing and AZO dyes. The inspection found a total of 26 batches of products unqualified.

The main items that were unqualified included pH value (8 batches), fiber content (15 batches), AZO dyes (4 batches) and colour fastness to rubbing (1 batch).

Children’s Shoes
This spot check inspected 100 batches of children’s footwear produced by 100 manufacturers from 7 provinces including Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Sichuan.

This spot check was conducted according to GB/T 15107-2005 "Athletic footwear", GB/T 22756-2008 "Leather sandals", QB/T 1002-2005 "Leather shoes", QB/T 2880-2007 "Children’s leather shoes" and other relevant product standards. The key items inspected on these products were appearance, sole abrasion, sole loading, outsole hardness, upper pull out strength, colour fastness to rubbing, formaldehyde and AZO dyes. The inspection found a total of 16 batches products were unqualified.

The unqualified items were free formaldehyde (2 batches), sole abrasion (6 batches), pull out strength (6 batches), outsole hardness (1 batch) and appearance (6 batches).

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