March to May this year, the Health Authority Jiangsu province's cities and health oversight agencies to organize the provincial market production and sale of infant wipes, infant excretion sanitary supplies and other products for the supervision and sampling, and found that some products label instructions unqualified, misleading consumer phenomenon. Experts advise: Do not be misled some words on the product label, the choice of imports of baby products but also to see the Chinese label.

Sampling: Some substandard product specification

According to reports, the sampling collected a total of 103 batches of samples of domestic and imported products, the sampling units involved manufacturers, the month clubs, high-end shopping centers, maternity hospitals equipped shopping malls, supermarkets, including Kimberly-Clark (Nanjing) Care Ltd., Nanjing maternal and child joy house online e-commerce Co., Ltd. Jiangning Branch, Lotte Mart (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. supermarket, Wuxi E-Mart Shopping Centre Ltd., Nanjing Suning red children baby products Limited. Provincial Health Authority based on "disinfection management approach", "disinfection product label instructions management practices," "disposable sanitary products health standards" (GB15979-2002), for hygiene indicators Total (bacteria, coliform, pathogenic pyogenic bacteria, fungi such as the total number of colonies of microbiological criteria), and health licensing qualification and label production units (including manual) judge.

Sampling results show that all batches of infant wipes, infant hygiene excretion with all qualified in terms of the quality of health, but some of the products do not meet the label instructions "sterile product label instructions management practices" requirements, the performance marked incomplete, no marked test based on the contents of ordinary wipes labeled anti / antimicrobial effect and illegal declaration of "sterilization." Among them, 41 batches of baby wipes sanitary quality of all qualified, a pass rate of 100%, the label instructions qualified 36 batches, with a pass rate of 87.8%; sampling of 62 batches of baby excretion with sanitary products quality all qualified, with a pass rate of 100%, the label instructions qualified 59 batches, with a pass rate of 95.2%.

Wipes can "antibacterial, antimicrobial"? Mislead consumers!

The sampling found that part of the production of ordinary wipes the label "antibacterial" or "antimicrobial" effect, declared anti-redness, prevent red ass and other effects, but marked antimicrobial or antibacterial category, or can not provide relevant test reports prove that their products have antibacterial or antimicrobial effect, it could easily lead to misleading to consumers, with the product instead of wiping clean that doing both easy and hygienic, mistakenly believe that you can achieve the anti antibacterial effect. "Disposable sanitary products health standards" (GB15979-2002) stipulates that wipes not use toxic and hazardous materials. Body wipes available only virgin fiber as raw material, do not use any recycled fibrous material as raw material. Wipes main component part of the production of incomplete labeling, consumers can not determine from the wipes are using the offending material. There are also wipes fails to "disinfection product label instructions management practices" requirements, mark the production date and expiry date (shelf life) and restrictions on the use or production batch date. Investigation is underway above alleged violations against the Provincial Health Authority in.

Reminder:

Buy imported baby products should pay attention to Chinese identity

In recent years, more and more young parents choose to buy baby products imported from Japan, Korea and other countries, that the safety of imported products more than domestic products. Provincial Health Authority experts remind the majority of parents, because of their import infant products specifically for the China market is not prepared, easy no Chinese logo or do not meet the requirements, should not blindly trust. Consumers buy imported diapers and wipes should note the following:

First, look at the packaging. Packaging is intact to ensure product quality and a threshold. Imported diapers, long transport cycle, transit and more complex storage conditions, if the packaging is damaged, microbial contamination will be unavoidable.

Second, look at Chinese label. Diapers belonging disinfection products health supplies, no Chinese label imported diapers are not allowed on the market, Chinese identification must meet the "disinfection product label instructions management rule" requires, include raw materials, production and expiry dates (shelf life) / Details of the date, the manufacturer, the domestic dealers, origin and other restrictions on the use and production batch. Chinese label, there are two cases, one Chinese logo printed directly on the packaging, it is because some well-known international brands of products specifically for the China market, these products are directly used to identify the Chinese instructions product situation; the second is in the package additionally stickers Chinese identity, this is the product that do not have a Chinese label affixed imported into the territory of China after the Chinese identity, both cases are all compliant.

Provincial Health Authority advises consumers try to buy diapers through normal sales channels, at the time of purchase may require businesses to produce qualified product test reports, and keep a good receipts, invoices and other purchase documentation in order to dispute the quality of the event can effectively protect their legitimate rights and interests .

For the average child diapers and wipes, sanitary wipes, health oversight agencies to remind consumers to purchase should note the following points:

First, in the purchase of diapers, wipes, and other products, depending on the packaging is intact, do not buy damaged packaging products, to prevent secondary pollution.

The second is to buy the best products of large enterprises and famous brands, because these companies advanced production equipment and technology, strict quality management system, product quality is relatively more stable.

Third, pay attention to see whether the product label comply with the relevant requirements of national standards, including whether the manufacturer's information label, instructions for use, production date and shelf life.