New Chinese Standard for "Textile Products for Newborns"

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.

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