New Chinese Standard for "Textile Products for Newborns"

2022-12-01

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (中华人民共和国工业和信息化部) has issued a new product standard (行业标准) FZ/T 08002-2022 on 2022-04-08 titled "Textile products for newborn (新生儿纺织产品)"which has already come into effect on 2022-10-01.

Scope and Definition:

Scope	This standard is applicable to textile products intended for newborns, including clothing, socks, hats, belly band, gloves, towels, quilt, and bedding, etc.
Definition	A newborn is defined as a baby from birth to 28 days of age.

Technical Requirements:

Items	Requirements
Shell and Filling Materials	The following materials are not to be used: 1. Soft and light-colored pure cotton fabrics with direct contact to skin of newborns 2. Fuzzed fabrics 3. Coated fabrics, fabrics printed and dyed with pigments, and fabrics treated with functional finishing agents (e.g. antibacterial, flame-retardant) 4. Down filling materials 5. Wadding filling materials unless in compliance with the requirements of GB 31701 category A and GB 18383 “General technical requirements for products with filling materials”
Internal Quality	According to FZ/T 08002-2022, test items include fiber content, formaldehyde content, pH value, decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amines, odor, heavy metal contents(Pb, Cd), phthalates, burning behavior, cords and drawstrings, sharp points and sharp edges for attached components, removal force for attached components, fiber shedding, absorption, shell and lining colorfastness (colorfastness to water, perspiration, washing, saliva, rubbing, urine, breast milk), extractable heavy metal content, seam strength, tensile strength for clothes belt
Appearance Quality	Refer to FZ/T 08002-2022
Others	Requirements for attached components, sewing, structural design and the remains of broken sewing needles, etc. according to clause 5.4 of this standard