The Beijing News shell financial news (Reporter Yu Jinmin) September 5, the reporter was informed by Shanghai Customs, recently Shanghai Customs for the previous detection of unqualified brand erasers to carry out special monitoring, found that there are still four brands of products phthalate plasticiser content exceeds the standard, and all are produced in Japan. This result shows that the national standard ‘General Requirements for the Safety of Student Products’ (GB 21027-2020) has been implemented for more than two years, some brands of imported stationery quality and safety improvement is not obvious.

In September, primary and secondary schools across the country, the stationery market because of the ‘cage’ of the ‘beasts’ and particularly active. Among them, imported student stationery because of the brand effect, diverse styles, novelty and other characteristics, much loved by students and market pursuit.

Shell financial reporter learned that so far in 2022, Shanghai Customs through port deployment control, sampling inspection and other channels, a total of 59 batches of unqualified imported stationery products. Unqualified issues are high in phthalate plasticiser content and edge and tip items. Among them, the phthalate plasticiser content is mostly found in erasers and pencil bags/stationery boxes, such plasticisers are a kind of environmental hormones, reproductive toxicity, can enter the human body through skin contact, which is harmful to children's health; the edge, the tip of the project is mostly found in the stationery box, the stationery box of the inner pencil sharp edges of the pencil sharp edges of the reachable functionality, such as the lack of a clear warning, in the use of the easy to cause scratches or cuts. If there is no clear warning, it is easy to cause scratches or cuts during use.

Shanghai Customs reminds that when buying imported stationery, please be sure to select carefully to avoid quality and safety risks. Consumers in the purchase of pencil bags, stationery boxes and other products, it is recommended to give priority to buy simple and generous shape, normal smell, does not contain small accessories, labels or warning instructions marked GB 21027-2020 standard products. At the same time, it is recommended that underage students develop good habits to avoid unconsciously gnawing on pen caps and erasers, and to be careful with stationery such as pencil sharpeners, compasses and art knives that have functional sharp edges or tips.

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