Recently, Ningbo Inspection and Quarantine testing center for textile garment exports to the EU of a number of buttons, zippers, decals and other accessories were total lead test. It was determined that the batch of resin buttons total lead content of up to 3200mg/kg, chain tooth portion of the total lead content in dark green resin zipper is 370mg/kg, far beyond the Oeko-Tex Standard (OEKO-TEX Standard 100) in 90mg / kg limit requirement for substandard products.

    According to the analysis, the total lead sources batch resin buttons and zippers are the following two aspects: one often used in plastics production lead salt stabilizer. Lead salt stabilizer due to have good thermal stability, excellent electrical properties, low cost characteristics, widely used in the production of opaque plastic products. Second, the plastic used in the coloring process leaded dyes, pigments and additives.

    Currently, some of the export garment enterprises and buttons, zipper manufacturers are more concerned about the metal buttons, zippers and metal plating materials, nickel, lead and heavy metal content of the combination of buttons, for resin accessories, generally only buttons adhesion, strong zippers, zippers durability performance tests such as physical security, chemical security projects rarely toxic and hazardous substances testing. The low price of resin buttons and zippers, lower requirements for mold, is widely used in clothing production, so the quality of the safety of these products should cause the majority of the export garment enterprises attention.

    In recent years, zippers, buttons, hot drilling, metal fasteners and other accessories position in fashion design is increasingly being emphasized, in particular, some sense of design embellishment materials are widely used in popular women's fashion and casual wear, in order to improve clothing grade and value. But for garment, textile export quotas of textile and garment industry of today is not the principal contradiction, replaced by a new export restrictions as an environmental indicator of product quality green trade barriers. In addition, environmental clothing is inseparable from the raw materials and environmental protection, practical and decorative accessories in addition to two major features, but also to ensure the health, safety and environmental protection.

    Here, inspection and quarantine departments to remind the relevant export garment processing enterprises: plastic materials should increase the quality and safety management and control, materials will be sent to a third-party testing organizations when necessary raw materials suppliers to verify the validity of the test results; strict accordance with the technical regulations and standards organizations enter the country of production, do not blindly follow the customer requirements, and more concerned about potentially dangerous products, such as may be encountered in doubt consult the inspection and quarantine departments to avoid losses.