China: Safety requirements for jewelry

 

China has published a draft of a new mandatory standard for jewelry: GB28480—20XX – Jewellery—Technical requirement for safety.

The standard specifies the safety technical requirements for jewelry, including mechanical, physical and chemical properties, labeling, and describes the corresponding test methods.

It applies to all kinds of jewellery.

Among references to other standards are:

• GB/T28019 Determination of hexavalent chromium in jewelry-diphenylcarbazide spectrophotometry
• GB/T28020 Determination of harmful elements in jewelry X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
• GB/T28021 Spectroscopic method for determination of harmful elements in jewelry
• GB/T28485 Determination of nickel release from plated jewelry Wear and corrosion simulation method
• GB/T28487 Tensile test method for determination of tensile strength of precious metals and their alloy chains
• GB/T31912 jewelry identification
• GB/T36927—2018 Children’s Jewelry Judgment Guide
• QB/T1131 Regulations on thickness of jewelry gold covering layer
• QB/T1132 Regulations on the thickness of jewelry silver covering layer

The full text of the standard can be found HERE.

To find out more about regulatory requirements for jewelry worldwide, please contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.