Two Industry Standards Come Into Effect, Antibacterial Clothing Has "Law" To Follow.

Is antibacterial clothing really antibacterial?

In the face of more and more "anti bacterial" labels in the market, consumers have more or less such doubts.

Although the Chinese consumers' Association and the relevant departments have fully interpreted the functionality of antibacterial clothing to remind consumers how to buy it, the whole antibacterial clothing market is still a mess because of the lack of standards.

However, the author recently visited the clothing counters of shopping malls and supermarkets, and found that many underwear and clothing fabrics no longer used "antibacterial" as a gimmick to promote sales.

According to a garment industry insider, since 2008, due to the implementation of the two standards of "FZ / T / T, 2007, 2003 antibacterial knitwear" and "GB / T 20, 2004 - 2007 textile antibacterial performance evaluation", the relevant departments have established the basis for checking the antibacterial clothing products, and the textiles with "antibacterial" cards without antibacterial properties have been difficult to establish in the market.

"These new standards will play a positive role in protecting the interests of consumers and the development of industries."

The source said.

Antibacterial clothing market is mixed.

After the outbreak of SARS disease in 2003, antibacterial clothing such as underwear and shirts with antibacterial function was once popular in the market.

Since then, the down jacket brands have also stepped up the introduction of antibacterial products, such as Boston's feather down garment made of chitin as the raw material of the "ecological antibacterial velvet".

According to the insiders, the reason why antibacterial fabrics are popular in the market is that in the context of environmental protection and healthy trend, consumers have new requirements for clothing fibers and fabrics, that is, while paying attention to the beauty and comfort of clothing, they also put forward higher requirements for the functionality of clothing.

According to a functional clothing market report released by TextilesIntelligence in 2004, consumer demand for antibacterial clothing is rising rapidly.

Antibacterial clothing plays a key role in eliminating peculiar smell, preventing bacterial breeding and reducing skin infectious diseases.

The report estimates that the consumption of antimicrobial agents will increase at an annual rate of 15%, making it one of the fastest growing functional additives in the textile market.

This is indeed the case.

Because the concept of antibacterial is recognized by consumers, the existing antibacterial clothing on the market has not only expanded from underwear to spring summer wear and sportswear, but also from the AIDS, fibers and nano materials to various raw materials.

In order to participate in the fierce competition in the market with more selling points, some famous international companies have introduced antibacterial textiles and garments to the market as new and innovative fabrics. For example, Italy Texapel, New York's knick & Co., EclatTextile, Japan's high-tech textile companies are rushing to launch antibacterial fabrics and fabrics in some exhibitions.

Acordis European Marketing Manager Caroline Powell believes that the market of antibacterial sportswear will continue to grow.

Using artificial fiber technology to integrate antibacterial and antifungal substances into fibers can provide antibacterial protection throughout the life cycle of products.

The author also learned that the previous antibacterial products were finished by adding antibacterial agents in the printing and dyeing stage or after finished products. Once washed, the antibacterial components will be lost, and the antibacterial and deodorizing effects will be lost, which can only become disposable products.

However, a series of silver nano long lasting antibacterial clothing products jointly developed by Dr. Li Bizhong, an antibacterial expert of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Guanghua Textile Group, has effectively integrated nanomaterials silver ions with strong antibacterial activity into textile fibers to produce various antibacterial fabrics, thus solving the problem of long-acting bacteria resistance, becoming a major achievement in China's antibacterial field, and won the excellent new product award of the State Economic and Trade Commission.

The development and application of nano antibacterial technology has further widened the application market of antibacterial clothing, so various enterprises have launched the antibacterial series, especially the knitted underwear brand.

And this also directly led to the phenomenon of "antibacterial underwear not antibacterial" in the market, and some small businesses that could not reach the standard or immature technology were hyped up to expand sales.

This not only damages the interests of consumers, but also has a negative impact on the overall image of the antibacterial clothing market.

The new standard is in line with international standards.

In this regard, the parties concerned have warned that consumers should learn to identify brands on the one hand and counterfeit goods with high-tech signs on the one hand.

However, for most consumers, due to the lack of uniform standards, it is still very difficult to identify true and false Li Kui, and some consumers will first identify the product's antibacterial signs and then buy them.

In fact, many media have investigated the common antibacterial signs on the market. Nowadays, most of the products that claim antibacterial products have a unified antibacterial mark, which is the China antibacterial materials and products industry association.

The name of the association registered in Hongkong is limited by the name of the association in the mainland.

Generally speaking, a product has to receive an authorized fee of 21000 yuan for the purpose of obtaining an antibacterial mark, with a duration of two years.

That is to say, this antibacterial logo does not have authoritative authentication, nor can it fully guarantee product performance.

In August 1st last year, China's first anti-bacterial knitwear industry standard was implemented. In January 1st of this year, another national standard for textiles antibacterial properties GB / T 20, 9 April 4 - 2007, the evaluation of antibacterial properties of textiles was approved by the AQSIQ.

At present, with the implementation of the two national standards, the antibacterial clothing market is becoming more and more standardized this year.

According to experts, the two national standards are fully in line with international standards, and unified the testing method of textile antibacterial properties, which has strong operability and is conducive to popularization and application.

In addition, countries around the world are increasingly emphasizing the quality and safety of textiles, and have set up their own technical standards to stipulate the antibacterial properties of textiles.

More representative Japanese tests on the antibacterial activity and efficiency of textiles, the identification of antibacterial finishing agents in textile materials, etc.

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