GB25038-2024
General safety requirements for footwear
鞋类通用安全要求
GB 25038-2024 is a current mandatory Chinese national standard for General safety requirements for footwear. It appears in the Electronics compliance cluster with a product safety focus and has an implementation date of Jun 1, 2025.
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 footwear products made of various materials. It is not applicable to protective footwear or footwear for children aged 14 and under. It covers general safety requirements for the domestic market.
Technical requirements
The standard specifies two main categories of safety requirements. First, it mandates that no nail tips or broken needles shall be present inside or outside the footwear. Second, it sets strict chemical substance limits for accessible components, including hexavalent chromium, formaldehyde, dimethyl fumarate (DMF), chlorinated phenols, phthalates, and short-chain chlorinated paraffins. It also restricts cleavable carcinogenic aromatic amines in dyes.
Testing methods
Testing involves visual and tactile inspection, as well as metal detectors for physical defects. Chemical substances are tested using various referenced methods, such as GB/T 22807 for hexavalent chromium and GB/T 2912.1 for formaldehyde, ensuring accurate quantification of restricted substances.
FAQs
What products are regulated under GB 25038-2024?
It regulates general footwear made of various materials, excluding protective footwear and children's footwear (14 years and under).
Are there any updates from the previous version of GB 25038-2024?
Yes, it replaces GB 25038-2010 and integrates mandatory content from GB 21536-2008 and GB 25037-2010. New requirements for nail tips, broken needles, hexavalent chromium, DMF, chlorinated phenols, phthalates, and short-chain chlorinated paraffins have been added.
Does GB 25038-2024 apply to children's shoes?
No, GB 25038-2024 explicitly excludes footwear for children aged 14 and under.
The summary above provides a high-level overview of GB 25038-2024. To ensure complete compliance for your footwear entering the Chinese market, a precise and professional translation of the full technical specifications is essential. Purchase our high-quality English translation of GB 25038-2024 today to access all detailed parameters, tables, and testing procedures.
Applicability hints
- Type
- Safety
- CCS
- Y78
- ICS
- 61.060
- Competent department
- Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
- Technical committee
- National Technical Committee on Footwear of Standardization Administration of China