Circular of the General Office of the State Administration for Market Regulation on the National Supervision and Random Inspection of the Quality of 7 Products Including Leather Clothing in 2018

Municipal Supervision Quality Supervision Letter [2019] No. 637

Market Supervision Bureaus (departments and commissions) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

At the end of 2018, the State Administration for Market Regulation organized and carried out national supervision and spot checks on the quality of 7 products such as leather clothing. The random inspection situation is hereby notified as follows:

First, the basic situation

(1) Overview of spot checks. The products in this spot check are 7 kinds of products, including leather clothing, spinning bikes, bathroom furniture, solvent-based wood coatings, floor coatings, household solar water heating systems, and galvanic batteries.

This time, a total of 459 batches of products produced by 458 enterprises (not involving export products) were randomly inspected, and a total of 71 batches of products were found to be unqualified, with an unqualified discovery rate of 15.5%. Among them, the unqualified discovery rate of three products, including bathroom furniture, solvent-based wood coatings, and household solar water heating systems, is less than 10%; The unqualified discovery rate of three products, such as galvanic batteries, floor coatings, and leather clothing, is between 10% and 30%; The failure discovery rate for spinning bikes was 44.1%.

In addition, according to the "Notice of the State Administration for Market Regulation on the National Supervision and Random Inspection of the Quality of 30 Products such as Pens" (Guoshi Jian Quality Supervision Letter [2019] No. 96), 1 batch of plush cloth toy products was not notified in the process of objection handling at that time, and the relevant work has been completed, and the result is unqualified.

(2) Follow-up spot checks. This follow-up spot check found 18 unqualified enterprises in the last spot check. Among them, 1 company is still unqualified in this spot check, and 17 companies are qualified in this spot check.

(3) Main practices. The first is to adopt a "double random" spot check method. Bidding and selection of shortlisted technical service institutions, after shortlisting through the "double random" information system, randomly determine the random inspection enterprises, randomly determine the inspection agency, and random matching. The second is to implement sampling and separation. Random inspection and separation are implemented between the technical service institutions determined by "double random". The third is to remotely monitor the whole process of sampling and provide traceability evidence.

2. Analysis of spot check results

(1) Leather clothing. 90 batches of leather garment products produced by 90 enterprises in 8 provinces (cities) were randomly inspected, of which 26 batches of products were unqualified, and the unqualified discovery rate was 28.9%. Six items were tested, including tear force, color fastness to friction, decomposable carcinogenic aromatic amine dyes, decomposable harmful aromatic amine dyes, formaldehyde content and free formaldehyde. The unqualified items involve tear force and color fastness to rubbing.

(2) Spinners. 34 batches of spinning bicycle products produced by 34 enterprises in 7 provinces (cities) were randomly inspected, of which 15 batches of products were unqualified, and the unqualified discovery rate was 44.1%. Ten items were inspected, including stability, external structure, inherent load, handles, pedals, emergency braking system, bottom clearance, adjustment and locking mechanism, and grip position. The non-conforming items relate to stability, external structure, handles, emergency braking system.

(3) Household solar water heating systems. 69 batches of household solar water heating system products produced by 68 enterprises in 9 provinces (cities) were randomly inspected, of which 6 batches of products were unqualified, and the unqualified discovery rate was 8.7%. It focused on 15 items such as hot water storage tank, safety device, thermal performance, overheat protection, electrical safety, external thermal shock, frost resistance, negative pressure impact resistance, pulse pressure, and energy efficiency grade. The unqualified items involve hot water storage tanks, thermal performance, and energy efficiency levels.

(4) Bathroom furniture. 53 batches of bathroom furniture products produced by 53 enterprises in 7 provinces were randomly inspected, of which 5 batches of products were unqualified, and the unqualified discovery rate was 9.4%. 25 items were inspected, including the physical and chemical properties of the paint film on the surface of wooden parts, the limit of harmful substances in wood products, and the physical and chemical properties of the basin countertop. The unqualified items involve the physical and chemical properties of the paint film on the surface of wooden parts and the limit of harmful substances in wood products.

(5) Solvent-based wood coatings. 120 batches of solvent-based wood coating products produced by 120 enterprises in 11 provinces (cities) were randomly inspected, of which 9 batches of products were unqualified, and the unqualified discovery rate was 7.5%. Twenty-four items, including volatile organic compound content, benzene content, halogenated hydrocarbon content, free diisocyanate content, and methanol content, were inspected. The unqualified items involve the sum of benzene content, halogenated hydrocarbon content, methanol content, volatile organic compound content, and free diisocyanate content.

(6) Floor coatings. 43 batches of floor coating products produced by 43 enterprises in 8 provinces (cities) were randomly inspected, of which 5 batches of products were unqualified, and the unqualified discovery rate was 11.6%. Fourteen items, including compressive strength, impact resistance, wear resistance, chemical resistance, volatile organic compound concentration, free formaldehyde mass fraction and total mass fraction of toluene and xylene, were tested. The non-conforming items relate to the mass concentration of volatile organic compounds, chemical resistance, free formaldehyde mass fraction and the sum mass fraction of toluene and xylene.

(7) Primary batteries. 50 batches of primary battery products produced by 50 enterprises in 8 provinces (cities) were randomly inspected, of which 5 batches of products were unqualified, and the unqualified discovery rate was 10.0%. Nine items were inspected, including open circuit voltage, discharge performance, leakage and deformation, incorrect installation, overdischarge, and free fall. Non-conforming items relate to discharge performance, leakage and deformation, and incorrect installation.

3. Job requirements

In view of the problems found in this national supervision and random inspection of product quality, the market supervision bureaus (departments and commissions) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps should conscientiously do a good job in post-processing work in accordance with the "Product Quality Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Measures for the Administration of Product Quality Supervision and Random Inspection".

(1) For the production enterprises that find problems in this random inspection, especially the enterprises that fail to pass the continuous random inspection, they should be seriously dealt with in accordance with the law.

(2) For the products with a high unqualified discovery rate in this spot check, such as spinning bicycle products, it is necessary to increase the follow-up supervision and inspection of the production enterprises.

(3) It is necessary to notify the local government and relevant departments of the unqualified products in this random inspection, and take effective measures to urge enterprises to implement the main responsibility for product quality and safety in accordance with the law, guide enterprises to organize production in strict accordance with standards, and effectively maintain product quality and safety.