At present, children's furniture, as a household product with special attributes, is getting more and more attention from parents. Since the implementation of the "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" ("New National Standard") on August 1, 2012, children's furniture has its own implementation standards different from adult furniture. At the same time, however, local regulatory authorities have continuously exposed many problems such as excessive formaldehyde emission from children's furniture sold on the market, excessive standards for harmful substances, unqualified warning labels, and major hidden dangers in structural safety, so that consumers have to have children's furniture. Environmental protection and safety are questioned.
Happy Station, Columbine and other children's products on the black list
According to Jiuzheng Building Materials Network, the results of the “Quality Supervision and Inspection of Children's Furniture Products†announced by the Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Quality Supervision in the third quarter of 2013 showed that a total of 18 batches of 17 enterprises were sampled and 15 samples were tested and qualified. Batch, unqualified batch samples involving children's furniture products, formaldehyde emission and structural safety items are not up to standard.
This spot check examined the appearance requirements, physical and chemical properties, structure, mechanical properties stability test, mechanical strength, formaldehyde emission, and warning signs of children's furniture products. Among them, Foshan Nanhai Jinfiya Furniture Co., Ltd. produced "Happy Station" children's furniture, the specification of the bed type cabinet of HB9-302 (the bedside cabinet decoration effect diagram) was not qualified to be on the quality black list due to the formaldehyde emission. The Columbine children's furniture produced by Columbini Furniture (China) Co., Ltd., the bedside table of the model number CV7743N was classified as a substandard product due to unqualified safety structure (edge ​​and tip) items.
"Happy Station" unqualified furniture is still selling the problem on the board
Subsequently, the reporter visited a home store in Beijing. In the children's furniture area, the sales staff of the Happy Station store said that the bedside table of model HB9-302 belongs to the combination of board and wood furniture, which is currently available for sale, but the store does not have physical objects. Want to buy can order at any time.
Happy bedside tables are mostly made of wood and wood, that is, the frame and drawer are built with solid wood, side panels, bottom, top, shelf and other parts. At present, most of the wood-based panels in China are bonded by using an adhesive such as urea-formaldehyde resin glue, and the urea-formaldehyde resin is a polycondensation polymer of urea and formaldehyde under the action of a basic catalyst such as NH4OH. Due to processing costs and technical limitations, the amount of formaldehyde released from wood-based panel furniture is usually higher.
Recently, China Quality Miles staff called Foshan Nanhai Jinfuya Furniture Co., Ltd., the company's Huaxi District Marketing Manager Zhang Yanan said that "unqualified products have been discontinued," because "the board has a problem" and called "plate It was supplied by the supplier. Due to the large supply of plates, the undetected batch entered the production workshop.†At the same time, he also said that “it is being rectified.â€
“Happy Station†is a well-known children's furniture brand in China. Many parents think that the price of this brand's furniture is not low, but the quality of the furniture itself is not good.
The amount of formaldehyde released exceeds the standard children's furniture into a disaster area
Not long ago, in 2013, Guangdong Province, the quality of wood furniture products in the provincial regular supervision and inspection, "growth fairy tale", "happy full house", "angel dream", "Yi Caijiaju" and other brands of children's furniture One of the reasons why the brush is on the quality black list is because the amount of formaldehyde released exceeds the standard!
According to the "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" which was implemented in August 2012 and the requirements of GB18584-2001 "Limits of Hazardous Substances in Wood Furniture for Interior Decoration Materials", the formaldehyde emission of wood furniture in children's furniture should be 1.5mg/L.
Fang Chongrong, deputy director of the Forest Products Quality Inspection and Testing Center of the State Forestry Administration, said that the amount of formaldehyde released is related to whether the furniture is made of wood-based panels or solid wood, and is closely related to the manufacturer's production technology and processing technology. If the edge is not in place, formaldehyde will leak out of the gap; in order to reduce costs, some factories use less environmentally friendly glue, and the amount of formaldehyde released will be more.
Children are more vulnerable to indoor air pollution than adults. In recent years, cases of childhood morbidity caused by formaldehyde pollution in indoor furniture are also common. When the amount of formaldehyde emission exceeds the standard is no longer a single accidental problem, but becomes a killer affecting the physical and mental health of children and adolescents, the production of children's furniture is really a time to consider.
The safety of children's furniture structure can not be ignored
In addition to the excessive release of formaldehyde, the structural safety and warning signs of children's furniture are also very important indicators, and should not be ignored.
The spot check showed that the structural safety (edge ​​and tip) of the Columbini children's furniture CV7743N bedside table was not in conformity with the national standards, and the safety hazard was judged as a substandard product.
During the visit, the reporter saw at the Columbini store in a home store in Beijing that the CV7743N bedside table that was unqualified was still on sale. The bedside table was divided into two upper and lower layers. The upper layer was rounded and the four corners of the lower part of the drawer were sharply defined. There is no rounding, and casters are installed at the bottom, and there is a gap of about 10cm between the cabinet and the ground. Children in play can easily get stuck or scratched once they put their hands in.
Columbini children's furniture
The structural safety specified in "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" is divided into edges and tips, protrusions, and mechanical properties. The “Edge and Tip†entry stipulates that “the product should not be dangerous and has sharp edges and dangerous sharp tips. The corners and edges should be rounded or chamfered. The contactable dangerous corners of the product below 1600mm from the ground should be rounded. And the radius of the rounding is not less than 10mm, or the length of the inverted arc is not less than 15mm."
In addition, "General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture" also stipulates that in addition to swivel chairs for children's furniture, products with casters should have at least 2 casters locked or at least 2 non-caster support legs. That is, it is forbidden to sell bedside tables that cannot lock the casters or without the casters. The reporter found that the children's bedside tables placed in the Columbini store, the bottom four movable casters, have neither locking function nor non-caster support feet.
The industry believes that there are security risks in the above situation of children's furniture. In view of the fact that children are a special group, children's furniture manufacturers should strictly follow the relevant national standards for production, and the edge and tip, protruding objects, mechanical properties and warning signs of children's furniture products can not be ignored.
Children's furniture manufacturers are not optimistic about the implementation of the new national standard
The General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture has been in operation for more than a year since its implementation on August 1, 2012. However, as of December 2013, in addition to the three batches of Happy Station and Columbine exposed by the Shaanxi Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau, at the end of May, the Guangdong Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau announced that it had spotted 45 batches of children's furniture products produced by 42 companies. The rate of unqualified product discovery was 64.4%. In September, the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce announced the results of the random inspection, and 13 batches of children's furniture were unqualified. In this regard, Zhu Changling, chairman of the China Furniture Association, said that the implementation of the new national standard is not optimistic, including propaganda issues and supervision issues, but more importantly, the determination of manufacturers to implement.
Sun Shudong, assistant director of the National Furniture and Indoor Environmental Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, found that some manufacturers have resistance during the standard publicity process. “Previously children’s furniture was produced according to the standards of adult furniture. The production process and product styles have been Stable, suddenly to implement strict national standards, many manufacturers are more resistant." At the same time he also said that "the implementation is relatively poor." In Sun Shudong's view, the implementation of the new national standard is not more or more from the subjective attitude of enterprises. Some insiders also said that the low cost of violations is also one of the reasons for the weak implementation of the new national standard.
Zhu Changling, chairman of the China Furniture Association, said that it is difficult for some businesses to round the panel furniture as an excuse for not implementing the new national standard. "This material company can't do it, just change it with other materials." And for some new ones There is no provision in the national standard, but the part that makes people feel obvious that there is a safety hazard problem, he said, "When the manufacturer is designing, it should be properly handled." "Some problems, the current national standard may not mention, manufacturers can not walk in In the forefront, thinking about security issues is more comprehensive, it depends on the sense of responsibility of the company.†Zhu Changling also called for relevant regulatory authorities to increase supervision and timely regulate corporate behavior.
The new national standard is strict or triggers industry reshuffle
Talking about the views on the new national standard, Sun Shudong admits that "strictly necessary is necessary. Take the vents as an example. Children with an adult's eyes will not get into such a small space, but there is such a possibility. Appropriate vents can guarantee Children's safety." However, there are still problems in the national standard that need to be supplemented. "For example, if the bedside table is far from the ground, the lower corners are considered dangerous parts, etc., and it needs to be clear in the future."
For the new national standard, it is normal for the market to have a period of adaptation, but what is certain is that the new national standard will inevitably lead to another shuffle in the industry. Sun Shudong said, "Small enterprises with backward production processes are likely to eventually withdraw from the children's furniture market with the implementation of the new national standard."
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