China's first national standards for children's furniture "Children's furniture general technical conditions", will be implemented in August this year, which will end furniture for children and adults combined with a national standard of the status quo. For this new national standard for children's furniture to be implemented, at present, how is the performance of Xining market, can children's furniture sold in furniture stores meet the standard?
Standards are not safe, there are hidden dangers
On May 30th, according to the visits and investigations of the children's furniture market in Xining City, at present, there are many brands of children's furniture in the provincial capital market, and there are many well-known brands, but the situation of middle and low-grade children's furniture is worrying, many non-professional production. Children's furniture manufacturers mainly produce adult furniture, with some children's furniture. "This is a table for children, the quality is very good." The salesman pointed to the furniture made of pine cypress wood. The reporter found that although the table is relatively low, but the table corner is sharp, there is no rounding treatment according to the new standard, there are certain security risks.
High-end children's furniture is also not optimistic. In another sales store selling professional children's panel furniture, the reporter saw that there are still many people who choose children's furniture. Ms. Gao said, “The child is more than two years old and should give him a safe environment for growth. Therefore, choose brand products to see.†I saw a lot of furniture in the store, the bed, desk and chair used mainly in the children's room. Nothing has reached the requirements of the new standard. First, the corners and edges are rounded, the chamfering is not in place, and some edges are not safely treated. Secondly, the lift chair does not indicate warnings such as “warning†and “dangerâ€. There are also some vents in the cabinet. The high and low bed furniture sold by the company also has a shelf at the edge, which can be used to place books, water cups, etc. Since there is no guardrail, if the item falls, it is easy to cause bruises.
In another shop specializing in the production of pine children's furniture, the reporter saw that the children's furniture was rounded and chamfered very well, but there was no venting hole in the cabinet, and there was no warning at the adjustable table and Stool.
During the visit, the reporter saw that brand children's furniture can produce formaldehyde and heavy metal test reports. And some furniture formaldehyde index is lower than the new standard. However, non-professional children's furniture can't meet the standard from smell to appearance.
Most people don't know the new national standard
The reporter randomly interviewed several sales personnel in the furniture market. Most of them said that their products are qualified, there is no problem, and they are unclear about the new national standard.
For consumers, the focus is on the environmental protection of large items. Ms. Gao is choosing a children's bed for her daughter. She told reporters that when she chooses children's furniture, she will first pay attention to whether there are toxic and harmful substances, and secondly, pay attention to details such as the edges and corners. The reporter found that the materials of the consumers for the furniture. The environmental performance of paints is generally valued, but the environmental performance of children's mattresses and other textile products is often neglected.
New standard safety and environmental protection become the key
It is clearly stated in the standard that the standard is applicable to furniture products designed or intended for use by children between the ages of 3 and 14 years. It is a national mandatory standard. Once approved for implementation, products for children's furniture that are produced or sold (including imported) in China. Quality must be implemented and in accordance with the requirements of this standard. The General Technical Conditions for Children's Furniture focuses on the structural safety and safety warning signs for children's furniture. In "Architectural Safety", the product should not be dangerously sharp and sharp, and the edges and edges should be rounded or chamfered. In order to prevent the child from hiding in the furniture for too long and suffocating, the standard also stipulates that the cabinet-type closed furniture must have a breathable function. In the "warning sign", it is stipulated in the children's furniture products or in the instructions for use that the applicable age range and other required safety warning signs should be clearly specified. The warning signs include “hazardâ€, “warning†and “attentionâ€. The standard highlights the environmental protection of children's furniture, and sets limits on heavy metals, formaldehyde emission and decomposable aromatic amines and other toxic and hazardous substances in children's furniture artificial panels, paints, textiles, fur fabrics and other main and auxiliary materials, which are safe and environmentally friendly. Requirements are more stringent and demanding than adult furniture.
Qinghai Province Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute staff said that because China has no children's furniture standards, manufacturers are mostly manufactured according to the standards of adult furniture, the introduction of new standards, will certainly improve the entry barriers for children's furniture manufacturing, a group of weak Children's furniture companies will therefore be eliminated.
Children's furniture market remains
Although the new standard for children's furniture is about to be implemented, there is no such phenomenon that discounts are promoted on the market in Xining. "We have discounts during the Children's Day, and we can look at it when we get there." A brand salesperson introduced. Children's furniture is expensive, but few can actually meet new standards.
The reporter observed that in a children's area of ​​a large household goods store, a well-known brand of children's wardrobes priced at more than 4,000 yuan, not discounted; and the same brand of an adult bedroom wardrobe, although the size is three times larger, the discount price is only 4000 Diversified. The salesperson of the brand area told reporters that the children's wardrobe is the best selling of the store, "no discount is the best proof." The price of solid wood children's furniture is higher, the price of a set of domestic brand children's beds is nearly 10,000 yuan, and the price of a set of imported pine children's beds is 10,000 yuan. (
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