China's first national standards for children's furniture "Children's furniture general technical conditions" will be implemented on the 1st of August this year, which will end children's furniture and furniture standards undifferentiated adult history, it is the first for children aged 3 to 14 years of China's introduction Furniture-specific standards are national compulsory standards. Once approved and implemented, all product quality of children's furniture produced or sold (including imported) in China must be implemented and meet the requirements of this standard.
Children's furniture
New regulations: stricter safety and environmental protection standards
Before the "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" was introduced, the production and testing standards for children's furniture were applied to the standards for general furniture, which caused many disputes. The reporter learned from the Consumer Association of Heilongjiang Province that there are several complaints about children's furniture every year. Most of these complaints focus on issues such as the smell of furniture or the corners of furniture bumping into children. It is understood that the "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" has made strict regulations on the above issues. The specific content includes nine parts, such as the limit of toxic and hazardous substances and the use of safety warning signs. In "Architectural Safety", children's furniture products should not have Dangerous sharp edges and tips, edges and edges should be rounded or chamfered. It also focuses on the environmental protection of children's furniture. For children's furniture artificial plates, paints, textiles, fur fabrics and other main and auxiliary materials, soluble heavy metals, formaldehyde emissions, and decomposable aromatic amines and other 10 toxic and hazardous substances, the limit indicators are specified In addition to the routine detection of the content of four toxic substances such as lead, mercury, chromium and cadmium, children's furniture also requires the detection of the migrating elements antimony, barium, selenium and arsenic. The requirements for safety and environmental protection are more strict than for adult furniture.
Market: Spot sale free of losses
What is the current market response to this upcoming new national standard for children's furniture? In a large-scale furniture store in Daowai District, Harbin, the reporter saw in the children's furniture area that many children's furniture were on sale at a discount. The sales staff said frankly: "Many children's furniture on the market may not meet the standards and face the risk of elimination. At present, many furniture items participating in promotional activities are no longer produced after August." The reporter encountered a preparation in an imported brand children's furniture store Customers who bought children's beds, he was looking forward to the implementation of the standard, "In order to ensure the safety of children, we decided to buy imported furniture, I heard that foreign testing standards are very strict. But the price is too high, one bed costs 10,000 More, I hope that after the implementation of this standard in China, consumers will be able to buy high-quality and inexpensive furniture. "During the interview, the reporter found that many large-scale children's furniture abandoned the colorful furniture in the past and began to take the log route. A child The person in charge of the furniture store said that the general solid wood design children's furniture is more environmentally friendly than other plates, and some are not even painted. They use a manual polishing process. A set of solid wood furniture can be made of the same size 3 to 5 sets of panel furniture. Therefore, the price of solid wood furniture is significantly higher than that of panel furniture.
Reminder: reject bright colors
The Consumer Association of Heilongjiang Province reminds consumers that when buying children ’s furniture, they must first carefully check the furniture test report, whether it is a simple plate test or paint test, and write down the environmental protection guarantee when signing the sales contract. Refuse to sign a guarantee, it is best not to buy. Secondly, it is best to choose furniture with a small amount of binder, which has a relatively low formaldehyde content. The environmental protection levels are arranged from low to high: MDF, particle board, large core board, plywood, laminate, integrated wood, solid wood. Third, consumers should pay attention to choosing furniture that has a single product with an environmental label and testing when purchasing children's furniture, and try to avoid choosing furniture with too bright colors. The design safety of children's furniture also needs extra attention. The details of corners, rivets, screws and other details should be carefully checked. Furniture with smooth corners should be selected to avoid children from rubbing. The relevant person in charge of the quality supervision department of our province revealed that the introduction of the new standard provides a strong guarantee for the safety of children ’s furniture, and also provides a basis for inspection. When the new standard is implemented, they will urge the production enterprises to strictly abide by the relevant standards. Children's furniture safety. In this year's law enforcement work, our province takes furniture product quality as an important task. From the third quarter of this year, it is planned to take the quality of children's furniture as an inspection priority in the supervision and inspection of furniture product quality throughout the province. Quality supervision personnel remind consumers that when buying children's furniture, they should choose children's furniture products produced by regular manufacturers. Try to choose children's furniture products without obvious pungent odor. If quality problems are found, complain to the relevant departments in time.
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