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Nearly 30% of Hubei's textile and clothing are unqualified

What is the current situation of Hubei textile and garment industry? What are the main safety indicators of textile and clothing? What harm will unqualified cause to human body? What should be paid attention to when purchasing? On October 12, the Hubei Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision (hereinafter referred to as the Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision) held a“dress up life·Quality benefits people's livelihood”The press conference on the improvement of textile and clothing quality as the theme announced the relevant situation of textile and clothing quality that the masses are concerned about. The main income of enterprises above designated size has increased significantly. The textile and garment industry is one of the five pillar industries in Hubei Province. At present, there are 1,563 garment enterprises above designated size in the province. The main income of enterprises above designated size ranks seventh in the country and second in the six central provinces. The growth rate ranks fourth in the country and second in the six central provinces. The products of 58 textile and garment enterprises have been rated as“Hubei famous brand”, 30 new declarations were added in 2016“Hubei famous brand”product. According to Liu Siyuan, deputy director of the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, in the textile and garment supervision and spot checks and law enforcement inspections carried out by the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau in the past two years, the pass rate has shown an upward trend year by year, and no systematic, regional, and large-scale quality and safety accidents have been found. However, there are still quality problems such as unqualified content of textile fabrics, unqualified basic safety indicators, unstandardized labeling, unqualified quality indicators such as adhesive lining peeling strength and crack strength, and unqualified functional clothing main functional indicators. According to reports, 1,114 batches of textiles and garments were randomly checked in the textile and garment supervision and inspection and law enforcement inspections carried out by the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, and 318 batches were unqualified. Among them, there were 171 batches of unqualified ingredients, accounting for 53.8% of the total number of unqualified batches. Deciphering several major clothing safety issues that affect health When purchasing textiles and clothing, most consumers mainly care about its color, style and texture, but ignore safety. So what are the main safety indicators of textile and clothing? Wang Kezuo, chief engineer of the Provincial Fiber Inspection Bureau, introduced that the safety indicators of textiles and clothing include formaldehyde content, PH value, color fastness, odor, and decomposable carcinogenic fragrant amine dyes.​​“Wearing unqualified clothing will cause harm to the human body.”Wang Kezuo reminded that decomposable aromatic amine dyes can cause human malignant tumors after contacting with human skin, leading to malignant diseases such as bladder cancer and ureteral cancer. Long-term exposure to low-dose formaldehyde can cause chronic respiratory diseases, women's menstrual disorders, pregnancy syndrome, reduced physique of newborns, chromosomal abnormalities, and even nasopharyngeal cancer. The pH value is not qualified, it may cause skin allergies. Wang Kezuo suggested that consumers should pay attention to the following points when buying clothing: look at the tag to understand the composition, content and safety technology level of the fabric; judge the quality of the fabric by hand and smell it for peculiar smell; you can also use the napkin or The white handkerchief was rubbed vigorously on the fabric of the garment to see if it was stained with color. The quality untrustworthy enterprises will be announced regularly“blacklist”The quality of clothing is directly related to the people's physical health and other vital interests. Liu Siyuan, deputy director of the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, introduced that in the next step, the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau will select 50 qualified textile and garment enterprises for pairing assistance each year to help cultivate brands and strive to achieve zero breakthroughs in the Yangtze River Quality Award in the textile and garment industry; Those who violate the law in quality, the value of goods are huge, and those who have committed repeated investigations and repeated violations shall be dealt with severely in accordance with relevant laws and regulations; establish quality untrustworthy enterprises“blacklist”, and published regularly.

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