Is antibacterial clothing really antibacterial? Facing the market, more and more clothes with "antibacterial" logo are on the market, and there are more or less such questions in the minds of consumers. 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, reporters recently visited shopping malls and supermarkets clothing counters found that many underwear, clothing fabrics no longer "antibacterial" as a promotional gimmick. According to a clothing industry, since 2008, due to the implementation of the two standards of "FZ/T73023-2006 antibacterial knitwear" and "evaluation of the antibacterial properties of GB/T20944-2007 textiles", 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", and the introduction of anti-bacterial fabrics and cold clothing.
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, Texapel company of Italy, Nipkow&Kobelt company of New York, EclatTextile company and some high-tech textile companies in Japan are rushing to launch antibacterial fabrics and fabrics in some exhibitions. Acordis European Marketing Manager Caroline Powell believes that the market for antimicrobial sports clothing 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.
Reporters also learned that the past antibacterial products are finished in the printing and dyeing stage or finished products after adding antibacterial agents. Once washed, the antibacterial components will be lost, and at the same time, 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 the service companies are competing for the introduction of antibacterial series, especially the knitted underwear brand. 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, which not only harmed the interests of consumers, but also had a bad effect 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 this year, another national standard GB/T20944-2007 for textile antibacterial properties was issued 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.
It is reported that the new standard applies to all kinds of textiles, such as garments, fiber fillers, yarns, clothing materials and home decoration products. It is also suitable for antibacterial finishing with various antibacterial agents, organic, inorganic, natural and artificial antibacterial agents, and various antibacterial finishing processes such as embedding, finishing and grafting. The requirements for antibacterial knitwear are mainly embodied in four aspects: the internal quality, the appearance quality, the antibacterial effect and the safety performance.
It can be said that the introduction of the new standard will also be a chance to re shuffle. Experts suggest that when consumers choose to buy antibacterial fabrics, pay attention to whether they conform to the national standard, and whether they export to domestic products, pay attention to whether they conform to international standards.
