Safety/quality labeling (KC)
Article 22 of the Quality Management and Consumer Product Safety Act
In this scheme, it is compulsory for manufacturers or importers to sell or import consumer products; they have to attach the KC mark to the products after making sure that they meet the safety requirements according to the safety and quality indication criteria.
Duty of checking the safety requirements
When it comes to manufacturers or importers who carry out the safety/quality labeling, they have to check whether the safety/quality labeling is carried out according to the criteria for the safety/quality labeling through their own tests or tests conducted by a third party before shipping textile products or clearing the products through customs by taking into consideration a wide possibility of harmful materials existing in the products.
Applicable items
Areas | Consumer products applicable for the safety/quality labeling (44 items) |
---|---|
Textile | Textile productsCarpets |
Chemical | Leather products, Dehumidifying agent for home use, Beauty soap, Tissue, Polyvinyl chloride pipes(including flexible polyvinyl chloride hoses), candles, Safety glasses for road vehicles |
Machine | Portable jacks for automobiles |
Construction | Water tanks |
Everyday products |
Furniture, Swab, sunglasses, glasses frames,tent, Senior shoes, Stick for elder, bath chair, Swimming goggles, High-visibility warning jackets, mattresses of bed, false eyelashes, Umbrella & Parasol, Wallpapers and floor covering on a base of paper, Eyelid tape, Metal Jewelry in contact with skin, Children~!singlecomma!~s Jewelr Clothes horse, A Wheeled Chair Table for A Elder, Location tracking machinery Stainless scrubber, White cane, Warning Reflex Reflectors for Automobiles, Roller shoes, Motor board, window blind, Personal portable alarm, Heated eyelash curler, shopping trolleys, portable ladders, In-line roller skates, Kick boards |
※ zccorzing to KATRI (in boldface)