China’s new
industry standard for knitted garments and accessories for infants came into
effect on July 1, 2020. Issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information
Technology, FZ/T 73025-2019 replaces the 2013 iteration and contains multiple
revisions.
FZ/T 73025-2019
applies to clothing accessories aimed at infants that are primary made from
knitted fabrics. Products that fall under the scope of this standard include underwear,
outwear, sleepwear, all-in-ones, bellybands, trousers, hosiery, foot straps,
caps, gloves, bibs, aprons, scarves, swaddle wraps, quilts, sleeping bags, and bedding.
The latest version of the
standard adds:
- Applicable scope for the colorfastness of
natural color or bleached fabrics - Specification for “packaging of the
textile products for infants and children should not be allowed to apply
needles and other metal sharp objects” - Applicable scope for colorfastness in joints
- Applicable scope for pilling properties
- Applicable scope for the water-vapor
transmission rate - Applicable scope for appearance after
washing - Technical requirements for heavy metal
content, phthalate content, attached components, filling materials, pilling,
appearance after washing, water-vapor transmission rate, down-proof property of
down garments - Note 2 in Table 1 on the definition of
elastic fabrics - Note 3 in Table 1 on the recommendations for
infant products
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There are also adjustments
relating to:
- Technical requirements in the
standard’s Table 1 - Grade assessment of
appearance defects - Requirements for dimension difference in symmetrical position
- Requirements for dimension
tolerance - Technical requirements for
dimensional change after washing, colorfastness in joints and some colorfastness
items
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The new version of the
standard also has revisions to:
- Applicable
scope - Normative
references - Reference
specification in instructions for use - Applicable scope for extractable
heavy metal content - Test method for
colorfastness in joints - Applicable
scope for dimension change after laundering - Condition for appearance
quality inspection - Terms for
knitted garments and accessories for infants - Specifications
for raw materials
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The new standard has removed:
- Specification on “flame retardant finish
of infants textile products is not recommended” - Specification on “Do not test sewing
strength of press snap button and spring snap button” - Specification on stitch density
- Annex A of FZ/T 73025-2013
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The standard contains technical
requirements relating to:
- Appearance:
defects,
dimension tolerance, dimension difference in symmetrical position, raw
materials and sewing requirements - Internal quality: fiber content, formaldehyde content, pH value, odor,
decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amines, heavy metal content, phthalate
content, flammability, filling materials, attached components, extractable
heavy metal content, dimension change after laundering, appearance after
laundering, water-vapor transmission rate, the remains of broken sewing
needles, down-proof property of down garments, pilling, tensile strength of
strap, and multiple requirements relating to colorfastness
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Stakeholders are advised to
now check their knitted garments and accessories for infants comply with the
latest version of FZ/T
73025.
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