Europe And The United States Force "Label" Testing Export Textile Enterprises Are Not Afraid To Limit Their Minds.

Textile labels are maximally condensed.

Recently, the European Union issued new regulations on fiber composition and textile label.

The Federal Trade Commission of the United States is also reviewing the existing rules and will introduce new textile rules in the future.

Textiles in the European Union and the United States

Insiders pointed out that EU laws and regulations have always been relatively strict, and in recent years, the requirements for environmental protection have become increasingly stringent.

The United States has stepped up its efforts in textile testing, and has made meticulous demands in the textile labelling regulations.

After years of experience in foreign trade, China's export enterprises have been able to cope with these regulations.

Haggle over labels

In October 18, 2011, the European Union official gazette issued a new legislation on textile labeling legislation, that is, regulation 1007/2011.

The regulation provides new requirements for textile fiber names, labels and textile fiber components.

The statute will become a formal rule 20 days after the date of promulgation, but the effective date is May 8, 2012.

The regulation integrates all previous instructions, including requirements for fiber composition testing and textile labelling rules in several different instructions.

The directive 73/44/EEC, 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC will be abolished from the date of the entry into force of the regulation.

For the latest changes in the regulation, the third party testing agency Tianxiang group issued a note on the official website that the contents of the regulations had not changed much, but there were several items that need to be noticed by clothing suppliers and retailers.

Among them, the most important change is that if the product contains "non-woven material originating from animal" (original "Containsnon-textilepartsofanimalorigin"), it must be clearly marked in the product label.

Huang Lin, manager of textile department of Tianxiang (Tianjin) Quality Technology Service Co., Ltd. pointed out that this is mainly because of the idea of protecting animals in European Union countries.

In addition, it is noteworthy that the Federal Trade Commission is reviewing the existing rules and guidelines and is collecting opinions on the textile rules and will continue until January 3, 2012.

These rules indicate that textiles sold in the United States must be accompanied by labels indicating the name and weight percentage of textile fibers, the name or registration number of the manufacturer or distributor, and the place where the product is processed or produced.

The United States Federal Trade Commission's textile rules will implement a number of provisions in the textile fiber product identification act.

It is understood that the Federal Trade Commission's last review of the "textile rules" was 1998. This review will collect views on consumers, businesses and industry experts on issues such as revising the terms of the general name of fiber, solving problems arising from the display of data in various languages, clarifying related articles of textiles containing elastic materials and trimming, and clarifying the disclosure requirements of printing and online advertising.

The textile rules of the United States have been amended in recent years.

Between 1998 and 2009, the rules were revised 5 times to respond to the demands of textile fiber manufacturers and confirm the names of new fiber varieties or affiliated varieties.

In 2005, the Committee amended the rules to implement the amendments to the rules of origin disclosure issued by Congress.

The company has gone through all wars.

"No matter whether it is the European Union or the amendment of the U. S. textile regulations, it will not cause a great deal of disturbance."

Wang Yinan, deputy director of garment Department of textile import and export chamber, pointed out.

Since 2008, textile label rules have become increasingly stringent, and enterprises have gradually adapted to the environment of "boiled frog in warm water".

This is because export companies must comply with the requirements of the above regulations, and even harder to make their own pass to get tickets for entering the European Union and the US market.

The companies interviewed by reporters seem to have changed their rules for a long time.

Yin Guoxin, chairman of Chen Feng Group Limited by Share Ltd, told reporters that he did not pay much attention to label laws and regulations. He usually did well in accordance with the requirements of customers.

Pan Ying Lai, a Zhejiang gold textile trading company, also said that because of the fact that the company is mainly based on OEM and does not have its own brand, the labels are mostly made according to the requirements of customers.

For Pan Ying Lai, "the price of products in the international market is far worse than the label problem."

Huang Lin, who is familiar with the textile inspection regulations of various countries, pointed out that "in fact, the EU and US textile label rules are not changing very much, and the changes in some terms and names are of no substantive significance."

She explained in detail that the CPSIA Act signed in 2008 (ConsumerProductSafetyImprovementAct, the US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) has already contained many specific requirements, "in particular, reducing the amount of lead that is permitted in children's products, and 101st new restrictions on lead content in children's products and lead content in paints used for such products".

Huang Lin further explained that in textile testing, the most critical project is fiber content, because once problems will affect a batch of goods, the need to change the label, resulting in great cost loss.

Moreover, with the improvement of the finishing technology, the content of the product is not reliable only by hand touching and naked eye observation, and it must be aided by the detection of precision instruments.

In addition, shrinkage, color fastness and other aspects of detection is also very important.

With the increasing demand for environmental protection in recent years, the detection of chemical substances such as carcinogenic chemicals, dyes, formaldehyde and plasticizers is also increasingly stringent. For example, small parts on clothing, including lead zippers and lead paint coatings, are difficult to escape, so as to prevent potential harm to children's health and intelligence.

In addition, with the increasing demand for textiles in Europe and America, China's textile labeling rules are gradually improving.