Safety requirements for children's clothing buttons

April 10, 2018 BY TRIMS CO.,LIMITED Buttons Knowledge

As Plastic Buttons, Polyester Eyelets Buttons, Printed Metal Buttons, Snap button tapes, and other buttons are widely used in the clothing industry, safety assessment is absolutely necessary, especially for children's clothing. Buttons applied to children's clothing must have stricter safety standards, and all risks that can pose a safety hazard to children must be avoided.

1. Safety Requirements

Buttons can crack or break, resulting in pointy edges, or are simply manufactured with sharp edges. Components of rivets, snaps, metal trims, and buckets can be sharp or sharp when broken.All the included components must not create any sharp or pointy edges, even if they break during use.

The construction should have smooth surfaces to reduce scratching risks.

Accessories and components included should not have burrs.

Buttons should not contain hazardous materials, according to health and safety regulation standards for childrenswear.

2. Prevent children from suffocating by swallowing buttons.

Buttons with designs resembling food must not be used on childrenswear.

Buttons resembling food can tempt children to chew it along with the threads, often causing detachment.

Multi-component buttons can separate into different pieces, allowing the possibility of ingestion.

Buttons not secured properly with correct attachment can also be detached by sucking, pulling, and unraveling, often leading to ingestion.

As with buttons, metal trims, rivets, snaps or buckles may become detached by pulling or unraveling, leading to ingestion.

Multicomponent buckles and rivets may separate into smaller parts.

Buttons must be securely attached.All components must be securely attached.

Multi-component buttons should generally be avoided in childrenswear, and even if they are applied, they should not separate under any circumstances during use.

Assembled metal trims, buckles, and rivets with several components must not separate during use under any circumstances.