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CPSC New Requirements For Flame Retardant Carpet, Clothing Textiles, Etc.

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CPSC Clothing And Textile

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

CPSC

With a new directive, from January 26, 2011 onwards, importers or manufacturers of the United States must provide common standards of fire retardant (GCCS) for some products, including carpet and mattress, non children.

clothing

Textiles, and vinyl plastic film.


Directive stipulates if

Imported

Failure to provide certificates of conformity or disqualification certificates may result in a civil penalty of up to US $100 thousand, or even criminal penalties and confiscation of property.


It is reported that the number and mortality of fires caused by carpet, clothing and other textiles are much higher than that of other products. Therefore, the demand for fire resistance of textiles is increasing, and the technical regulations for fire retardant have gradually become an important part of technical trade measures in various countries.

American, European, Japanese and other countries and regions have formulated the flammability standard of fabrics.


For this reason, the inspection and quarantine department recommends that, first, collect laws, regulations and standards of import related products to the importing countries; two, while paying attention to the appearance quality of the products, we should pay more attention to safety and hygiene items. Three, we must rely on facts for the quality of some products that can not be judged from the appearance, and do not blindly believe the oral promise of the suppliers.

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