GB18383-2007
General technical requirements for products with filling materials
絮用纤维制品通用技术要求
GB 18383-2007 is a current mandatory Chinese national standard for General technical requirements for products with filling materials. It appears in the Consumer compliance cluster with a product safety focus and has an implementation date of May 1, 2007.
Applicability depends on product scope, certification route, competent authority notices and transition rules. Requst for the translation or verify source before using this record in a compliance decision.
Compliance overview
Scope and applicability
This standard applies to products with filling materials (flocking fiber products), categorized into domestic products (for daily use in close contact with the human body, such as apparel, bedding, soft furniture, and toys) and non-domestic products. It is mandatory for all manufacturers producing or supplying filled fiber products to the Chinese market. The standard establishes the baseline requirements, while specific product categories may be subject to additional industry standards.
Technical requirements
The standard outlines mandatory clauses regarding raw material restrictions, hygiene, and labeling. It strictly prohibits the use of hazardous or contaminated materials, such as medical textile waste and used funeral textiles, in any filling products. For domestic products, additional restrictions ban the use of polluted fiber waste, bleached recycled fibers, and unwashed animal fibers. Manufacturers must ensure that filling fibers for domestic use are free from hazardous impurities, insects, and visible dust. Technical parameters include limits on short fiber content (fibers 13mm and below) and impurity rates for domestic filling fibers. The standard also specifies tolerances for fiber composition content in blended materials, requiring actual content ratios to closely match labeled percentages. Hygiene requirements mandate that products must not contain pathogenic bacteria like Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Staphylococcus aureus, must not cause skin irritation, and must be free from offensive odors. Furthermore, the standard enforces strict labeling requirements. Products utilizing recycled fibers must explicitly declare the raw material nature. Non-domestic products must bear a durable warning label stating "Non-domestic use" in prominent typography.
Testing methods
Compliance verification involves sensory inspections for impurities and pests under adequate lighting. Physical and chemical testing includes determining short fiber content using the roller analyzer method or hand-stapling method (detailed in Appendix A), and measuring the impurity rate via machine or manual inspection (Appendix B). Fiber composition analysis follows GB/T 2910 and GB/T 2911, with specific sampling procedures outlined in Appendix C. Hygiene tests for pathogenic bacteria and skin irritation are conducted according to GB 15979 and the Ministry of Health's Disinfection Technical Specification.
FAQs
What products are regulated under GB 18383-2007?
GB 18383-2007 regulates products with filling materials, covering both domestic items (like bedding, clothing, soft furniture, and toys) and non-domestic items. It sets the fundamental technical, hygienic, and labeling requirements for the filling fibers used in these products.
Are there any updates from the previous version of GB 18383-2007?
Yes, compared to GB 18383-2001, the 2007 version expanded the scope to include non-domestic products, introduced stricter definitions for recycled fibers and medical waste, and added mandatory requirements for short fiber content limits, hygiene, and explicit labeling of recycled materials.
Can recycled fibers be used in domestic filling products under GB 18383-2007?
Generally, recycled fibers and contaminated fiber waste are banned in domestic products. However, uncontaminated textile waste or its reprocessed fibers may be used as padding material for specific products like soft furniture, provided they undergo high-temperature molding and disinfection, and the product explicitly labels the use of "reprocessed fiber" or "textile waste".
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Applicability hints
- Type
- Product
- CCS
- W59
- ICS
- 59.080.99
- Competent department
- Standardization Administration of China
- Technical committee
- Standardization Administration of China