Beware of Invisible Killers in Children's Toys

In order to make children happy and happy, many parents don’t make money and buy so-called high-end toys from abroad, especially the recent colorful and smooth toys. However, these "invisible killers" may be endangering the children's health and even their lives in terms of good-looking, fun, and high-level safety issues.

In order to make the appearance of the toy bright and relatively durable, the surface of the substrate during the manufacturing process is generally coated and processed. As the first layer of “skin” that is in close contact with children, if there are poisonous and harmful substances in toy coatings, especially those with volatile or easily suspended particles, the potential harm to children is even greater.

A few days ago, the Shanghai Airport Inspection and Quarantine Bureau seized two batches of imported toys and paints that were unqualified. Both were "Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)" exceeding the national standards. The most common volatile organic compounds are benzene, toluene, xylene, styrene, trichloroethylene, and diisocytotoluene esters. When VOC reaches a certain concentration, it will cause headaches, nausea, fatigue, etc. In severe cases, it will cause convulsions, coma, and injury to the liver, kidneys, brain and nervous system.

The Shanghai Airport Inspection and Quarantine Bureau contacted the company for the first time both in terms of unqualified conditions, went to the company to check the situation of the goods on the spot, and supervised the company to complete the destruction process. The entire process was "strictly controlled and orderly" and the unqualified goods were intercepted. In the country's first line of defense, strict guarantee of the quality of the goods.

Faced with foreign milk powder consumption is very tangled There is no such thing as imported foods like infant formula (hereinafter referred to as “foreign milk powder”). Since supermarkets in major supermarkets in New Zealand restricted the purchase of foreign milk powder in 2012, supermarkets in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany have also taken measures to limit purchasing of foreign milk powder. On March 1 this year, Hong Kong, known as "shopping paradise," also announced that it was restricting the purchase of powdered milk. The price of foreign milk powder sold on the mainland through the Internet will increase. Consumers of online shopping for milk powder began to tangled up.

Chinese consumers do not understand why they are not allowed to buy for me? The foreigners even do not understand why the Chinese people have such an astonishing spending power on foreign milk powder and even affect their supply to the local population.

New Zealand is the main source of milk powder in China, accounting for 70% of China's imported milk powder. This year, the North Island of New Zealand suffered a severe drought once in 70 years. The price of powdered milk such as Fonterra has increased. Domestic brands such as Wyeth, Abbott, Dumex, etc. that are popular in China all use New Zealand full-fat, skimmed milk powder and other milk sources. New Zealand The rise in the price of powdered milk may further push up the price of domestically produced milk powder. Chinese consumers must entangle prices.

The exposure of the “Müller Lier” foreign milk powder fraud incident caused domestic consumers to turn from anxiety to anger. It is reported that a major shopping mall in China has just launched a “Mulberry Lil” promotion before the news exposure, and the turnover has reached more than 400,000 yuan in a few days. Afterwards, consumers have returned goods and asked the mall to use the baby for a certain period of time. Any related problems that arise are responsible for physical conflicts after the complaints are not met. The quality and safety of the domestically produced foreign milk powder also confuses consumers.

In recent years, many consumers have discovered that some brands of foreign milk powder sold in China have no sales in their country of origin. Many foreign milk powders are only brand-named, and they are targeted at China's “special supply of foreign milk powder”. To this end, some large shopping malls and supermarkets have taken actions against OEM milk powder, requiring distributors to provide relevant certifications for the brand's milk powder sold abroad through the embassy or consulate certification, even market share, etc. Any product that cannot provide valid certification will not be unloaded. Sales. Consumers even tangled up with the "original import" identity of foreign milk powder.

On May 1st this year, the AQSIQ’s “Administrative Measures on Inspection and Supervision of Imported and Exported Dairy Products” was formally implemented to raise the barriers to entry of imported dairy products, implement registration management for foreign production companies, strengthen the main responsibility of importers, and require importers to The first time the import and re-import must provide test reports of product standards, and at the same time make clear and specific provisions on the inspection and quarantine of products, the announcement of imported products, sales flow records and other aspects. The new approach is a strong measure taken by the state to ensure the quality and safety of imported dairy products. However, objectively speaking, many importers have to struggle with whether their products can meet the new inspection and supervision requirements.

Recently, the China Dairy Federation announced that the quality of domestically produced milk powder is better than that of imported milk powder, causing the public to be upset. According to China's standard of milk powder, it seems that it is not an exaggeration to compare domestically produced milk powder with imported milk powder, but claims that its milk powder standard is technically advanced and is one of the most stringent standards in the world. Consumers disapprove of it because everyone I hope to see more real evidence. Consumers once again tangled up with our milk powder standards.

In the face of foreign milk powder, we are tangled, but we also need to have a realistic attitude and scientific spirit. Through rational analysis, we must identify problems and take courage from the brave soldiers to carry out self-innovation. We constantly improve production technology, supervision and management, and standards and regulations. Domestic dairy quality. It is expected that one day, no matter whether we are facing domestically produced dairy products or imported foreign milk powder, we will no longer be entangled and will be able to choose confidently and leisurely.