Oeko-Tex covers most of AAFA textile-relevant test criteria
15 Dec '07
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Zurich (hm) As always, the Oeko-Tex Association has revised the limits and criteria for testing for harmful substances in accordance with Oeko-Tex Standard 100 in the light of current market trends and legal requirements, with the changes due to take effect from 1 January 2008.
Harmonising the Oeko-Tex test parameters with the “Restricted Substances List“ of the American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) will make Oeko-Tex testing more attractive to American textile and clothing companies in future.
Even before now, the Oeko-Tex list of requirements covered most of the textile-relevant test criteria of the AAFA. From the start of the year, Oeko-Tex laboratory tests will include checks for six more organochlorine pesticides (isodrin, kelevan, kepone, perthane, strobane and telodrin).
Triphenyltin (TPhT) is newly included as a harmful substance. Asbestos fibres are banned from use, as they are by the AAFA.With regard to chlorinated phenols, in future all three possible isomers of tetrachlorophenol will be measured.
Until now, only 2,3,5,6 tetrachlorophenol has been tested for. The limit that was previously set for this single substance will apply to the total of all three isomers from now on.
As a result of the reassessment of dibutyl tin by the European Union, the previous Oeko-Tex requirements for DBT in Product Class I (baby articles), where the limit is 2 ppm, have also been extended to apply to Product Classes II (products used in close contact with the skin), III (clothing not worn next to the skin) and IV (furnishing materials). Finally, the rules on assessing active chemical products (ACP) have also been modified.
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