Vinacontrol appointed to carry out certification/inspection of textile products

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued a decision to appoint Vinacontrol Hanoi, Vinacontrol Ho Chi Minh City, and Vinacontrol Hai Phong to perform the inspection/certification of quality of textile and garment products in accordance with National Technical Regulation No. 01: 2017/QCVN.

According to Circular No. 21/2017/TT-BCT issued by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on 23/10/2017, textile and garment products must be proclaimed formaldehyde and aromatic amines standards before they are sold on the market according to National Technical Regulation No. 01:2017/QCVN.

Accordingly, the limit of formaldehyde content of textile products consumed in the Vietnam market should not exceed 30mg/kg (for products for children under 3 years); 75mg/kg (for skin-to-skin contact), and 300mg /kg (for non-skinned textiles). Meanwhile, the limit of the aromatic amino acid metabolite from azo dye does not exceed 30mg/kg.

With this standard, functional agencies stipulate that enterprises producing, importing, and trading before selling goods to the market must announce the technical regulation conformity with the regulation conformity marks (CR) according to current regulations. Relevant authorities allow the enterprise to be announced canonical in two forms is self-published or based on the results of certification and assessment of the designated organization.

Along with the issuance of Circular 21, the Ministry of Industry and Trade appointed Vinacontrol Hanoi, Vinacontrol Hai Phong, and Vinacontrol Ho Chi Minh City to perform the inspection/certification of quality of textile and garment products according to the above standards.

Vinacontrol has been appointed to carry out appraisal/quality control of textile products

Formaldehyde or azo dyes derived from azo dyes are frequently used in the textile industry. If used to the right limits, these substances will help the product becomes more beautiful. In the case of overdose, formaldehyde or aromatic amines can cause many cancers in the body. In addition, formaldehyde also causes serious damage to the skin and respiratory system, leukemia.