Approaching the start of school, buying a new school bag for their children has also been put on the agenda by many parents. Recently, CCTV Financial Channel reported that some children’s school bags under the New Balance Kids brand sold in the Korean market were detected to exceed the standard of harmful substances, and related products are being recalled.
It is understood that the recalled children’s school bags are
American brand New Balance Kids launched a new children’s school bag pink series in South Korea
The series of products is in a safety investigation conducted by the Korea Institute of Technical Standards, a government agency in South Korea
A harmful substance called phthalate was detected to exceed the standard.
Screenshot of CCTV Financial Channel report
Some experts said that phthalates are a plasticizer that can soften plastics, and are widely used in toys and food packaging materials. When it exceeds the standard, it has serious harm to the human body,
It may cause hormonal disorders in children, affect brain development, and cause damage to the reproductive system, liver, kidneys, etc., and even cause liver cancer and other diseases.
At present, related products have been completely discontinued in the Korean market, as the brand circulation and operation general agent of New Balance Kids in the Korean market, South Korea Yilian Group said
Between February 17 and April 6, all related products will be recalled.
Although the recalled products are sold to the Korean market, according to previous media reports, the same product is still available on the e-commerce platform “Global Shopping” through daigou and other forms.
Previously, the media searched on the “global shopping” e-commerce platform and found that the product was still on sale
The same product reported by the media has been removed from the global shopping platform
As of February 25, the reporter once again found through the “global purchase” search that the same product exposed by the media has been removed, but when using the keyword “New Balance girls’ school bag” as the keyword to search on the platform, it was found that there are still the same similar products on the platform sold through purchasing and other forms, but for different stores and different product models.
The model number shown is “new balance Korea New Balance Children’s Clothing Purchasing 2021 Spring Girls’ Backpack ABS102G”, which has the word “2G” more than the original model, but there is no difference in appearance.
Products with the same appearance but different models are still on sale
In addition, on Taobao, Jingdong, Amazon and other platforms, reporters have not found related products.
The Amazon platform did not retrieve the relevant bag information
In fact, as early as 2018, the National Health Commission issued the current health industry standard “Primary and Middle School Students’ Schoolbag Hygiene Requirements”, the document pointed out that the style of the schoolbag should use a backpack with a length greater than a width, made of fabric or leather, etc., and at the same time require that the formaldehyde content in the fabrics and accessories used in the schoolbag should not exceed 300mg/kg, and the migratory elements in the schoolbag material (refers to when the human body touches the surface of the schoolbag, some elements in the schoolbag material can be ingested into the body through sweat, saliva, etc., elements that cause certain harm to human health) The maximum limit is also clearly required. The standard came into force on November 1, 2018.
“Hygiene Requirements for Schoolbags for Primary and Middle School Students” issued by the National Health Commission
In addition, the standard also states,
Products (or packaging) such as school bags should have the product name, the name of the production unit, the address, the trademark, the date of production or batch number, and the standard number.
School bags produced according to this standard, with a permanent mark attached to the school bag,
The material, specifications, range suitable for the student’s height, standard number, or instructions for washing and use should be indicated.
The standard also mentions that the model of the school bag should be selected according to the height of the student, and the weight of the school bag carried by the student should not exceed 10% of the student’s weight.
Experts suggest that parents in the choice of school bags, to see whether the product information is complete, it is best to choose a backpack, but also pay attention to whether the material of the school bag is safe, in addition, experts also said that in the use of school bags, parents should also pay attention to the weight of student school bags. Generally speaking, the weight of a primary school student is the weight of a brick, preferably 1.5 kg, and the maximum weight is not more than 2.5 kg.
If the school bag is too heavy, it will affect the child’s intervertebral discs and growth height.
After buying a school bag, it should be washed and dried frequently, and should not be placed in a closed environment.
“Hygiene Requirements for Schoolbags for Primary and Middle School Students” issued by the National Health Commission