New national standard forces children's furniture to change
Parents who are planning to purchase children's furniture generally support the national standard and believe that the stricter the standard, the better. It is hoped that the introduction of the national standard can curb the excessive formaldehyde in furniture. Beginning on August 1, China ’s first mandatory national standard for children ’s furniture, “General Technical Conditions for Children ’s Furniture†(abbreviated as “GBâ€), began to be implemented, focusing on mandatory requirements for furniture products used by children aged 3 to 14 years. Including safety requirements, warning signs, test methods and inspection rules, etc. The national standard for children's furniture has been implemented for a week. At present, whether the children's furniture sold in the city's furniture market is produced according to the new national standard. The reporter visited the relevant regulatory departments and furniture manufacturers in this city and some furniture stores.
Store Supervision Merchant Replacement
In a large furniture store , most of the more than ten children's furniture brands meet the safety requirements of the new national standard.
In a European children's furniture booth, reporters asked why the samples do not meet the new national standard as well as hazardous sharp points, the sales staff, this is the sample prior to August 1, the future consumers will be ordered into line with the new children's furniture According to the standard of the national standard, she pointed to a cabinet ladder with a double-layer children ’s bed and said, "This right-angle cabinet ladder will no longer be sold in the future. The storage function is lost, but it meets the new national standard, which further guarantees safety. "
There are also individual brands that still sell furniture products that do not meet the national standard. A salesperson at a solid wood children's furniture booth said the brand is not children's furniture, but youth furniture for 7 to 12 years old.
Wen Linjun, the general manager of Tianjin Branch, said that the store had issued a notice of the implementation of the new national standard on July 15 to the merchants, and conducted a comprehensive inspection on July 31. It was found that half of the merchants had already carried out products Replacement is in full compliance with the provisions of the national standard, and businesses that do not comply with the national standard are stepped up to urge replacement. He said that during the inspection, it was found that the merchants and agents did not have a thorough understanding of the national standard, and the store would conduct further training for merchants in the future.
The reporter called a company in Shenzhen that specializes in children's furniture surface painting. The general manager Mr. Pan said that the brand's water-based paint has always used European standards, and it can also fully meet the national standard. According to him, at present, nearly 30% of domestic furniture and toy manufacturers use paint that does not comply with the national standard, which contains harmful substances that will cause great harm to the environment and children's health. Industry insiders have analyzed that small and medium-sized manufacturers that are greedy for cheap materials and disregard environmental protection requirements are unlikely to survive after the implementation of the national standard.
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Most of the customers randomly asked by reporters said they did not know that there was such a national standard for children's furniture.
Citizen Ms. Huang was very surprised: "I have never heard of this standard. I visited so many stores, and none of them introduced me." After the reporter introduced the requirements of the new national standard, she very much agreed: "So parents buy furniture for their children. I'm more at ease, but I don't know if it can be put in place. "
A few citizens said that they knew the national standard through television and other media. Ms. Li told reporters: "I will wait for the new national standard to come out and buy a children's bed for my son."
In the interview, parents who are planning to buy children's furniture generally support the national standard, thinking that the stricter the standard, the better. "The phenomenon of excessive formaldehyde in furniture is very common now, and I hope that the introduction of the national standard can curb this undesirable phenomenon." One parent said.
Unqualified products cannot be sold
It is understood that there are currently more than 500 furniture manufacturing enterprises in this city. Before the introduction of "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture", furniture manufacturers have no standard definition for children's furniture products. Customized children's furniture often appears on the market, and the product name is marked. irregular.
After the introduction of the new standard, the Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau is conducting surveys and statistics on enterprises involved in the production of children's furniture, and requires that children's furniture production enterprises must organize production in strict accordance with "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture", standardize product marks, and increase production in accordance with the requirements of the new standard. Conditions to strengthen product safety, including requirements for product structure safety, hazardous substance limits and flame retardant safety. For unqualified children's furniture products, the enterprise will be required to stop production and sales immediately, and the enterprise will be ordered to make rectification within a time limit, and normal production can only be resumed after the rectification is passed.
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