The Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine of the Ministry of Economic Affairs conducted random inspections on the "mobile phone protective cases" sold in the market, and the test results showed that all items of "plasticizer" content passed the standard.

(provided by the Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine)

[Reporter Liao Jianing/Taipei Report] In order to ensure the safety of children when touching mobile phone protective cases, the Bureau of Standards and Inspection of the Ministry of Economic Affairs conducted random inspections of "mobile phone protective cases" on the market. The test results were released today. pass.

The Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine, in cooperation with the Consumer Culture and Education Foundation, randomly purchased 30 "mobile phone protective case" products for "plasticization" in the first quarter of this year in various sales channels such as online stores, mass merchandisers, hypermarkets, and retail stores. In addition, 12 pieces of "Chinese labeling" check results did not meet the requirements.

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The Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine pointed out that the international technology website TechCrunch quoted the research of Influence Central, a market research institution, and recently published the survey report "Kids & Tech: The Evolution of Today's Digital Natives" (Children and Technology: The Evolution of Today's Digital Age). Children own the first The age of smart phones has dropped to 10.3 years old, and the proportion of children using smart phones while riding in the car is about 45%.

The Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine said that considering that the mobile phone protective case is a mobile phone accessory, children often come into contact with the mobile phone protective case when using mobile phones, and because phthalate plasticizers are environmental hormones, it may cause feminization of boys and precocious puberty of girls , In order to maintain the safety of children when touching the mobile phone protective case, this testing plan was carried out.

The Bureau of Standards Inspection and Quarantine inspected the content of "plasticizer" in accordance with the national standard CNS 15503 "General Safety Requirements for Children's Products"; the "Chinese label" was checked in accordance with the "Commodity Labeling Law"; Items that should be inspected, "Chinese labeling" checks for products that do not meet the requirements, have been transferred to the Central Office of the Ministry of Economic Affairs to deal with them in accordance with the "Commodity Labeling Law".

The Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine calls on manufacturers to ensure the safety of products and the correctness of labels in order to protect the rights and interests of consumers, and reminds consumers to pay attention to whether Chinese labels are affixed when purchasing "mobile phone protective cases", and to read the content of product labels carefully. , In addition, when purchasing, please check whether the Chinese label of the mobile phone protective case is complete, including the name of the product, the name of the manufacturer and importer, telephone number, address, and place of origin of the product.

The Bureau of Standards, Inspection and Quarantine reminds consumers that if they know more about the products they buy, they will have more safety guarantees when using them. Consumers can go to the website of the Bureau of Commodity Safety Information (https://safety.bsmi.gov. tw)” or call the toll-free number 0800-007123.

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