Shoes And Clothing Exports: Enterprises Need To Pay Attention To The Regulations Of Chromium Content In Different Countries.

< p > > recently, < a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp > > Wenzhou < /a >" France "women's shoes are being notified by the European Union because of the problem that the six valence chromium exceeds the standard. In June, the four children's shoes exported to France and Spain were issued to consumers by the European Union's non food quick warning system (RAPEX) because of the excessive chromium. In February, the European Commission's non food quick warning system issued a consumer warning to Chinese leather gloves because the leather gloves contained 6mg/kg chromium.

Over the past two years, the footwear and leather products made in China have been recalled by the European Union and other countries.

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< p > < < a href= > http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp > > six valence chromium > /a > is recognized as a carcinogenic high toxic substance. The substance may cause allergy and have a lasting danger to the environment through skin contact. Therefore, there are very strict regulations on chromium content in products directly contacted with shoes and leather and other countries. The EU countries have strict restrictions on the chromium content of products. What most enterprises know is the "chemicals registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction regulation" issued by the European Commission (REACH regulations), but this is only a general standard. Specifically, in the EU countries, there will be different differences in the content of chromium.

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< p > in March 26th this year, the European Commission amended the annex 17 of the REACH code, limiting the six valent chromium (VI) content of imported leather products to 3ppm, that is, three parts per million, and the new regulation will come into effect in May 1, 2015.

Before the promulgation of the new rules, only Germany had imposed a ban on the six valence chromium content of clothing, watch bands, bags, chairs, sofa, neck bags and leather toys, and the requirements of other EU member countries for six valent chromium were controlled at 1000ppm, and the difference between the two was more than 333 times that of 3ppm.

At present, France, Spain and Slovakia have begun to control the six valent chromium content according to the new regulations, and issued RAPEX bulletins for over standard products.

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< p > in addition, it is more necessary to < a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_s.asp" > < /a > > the safety shoes standards adopted by the European Standardization Committee CEN in 2012 and the ecological textile standard Oeko-Tex100 issued in 2014. In the 2012 safety shoes standards, the six valence chromium content of safety shoes should not exceed 3ppm, but it is only limited to the safety shoes.

The 2014 edition of eco textiles has a requirement of <0.5ppm for six valent chromium and a limit of 10ppm for leather products in eco textiles.

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The limits of six valent chromium in EU P are different, and export enterprises should make corresponding changes according to the different export countries.

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