Clothing is put for a long time because of dust "deterioration"

Mr. Zhang bought a discounted T-shirt at a mall a few days ago. After wearing only one day, he broke four holes. After consultation with professionals, he discovered that the Fabric had been “deteriorated” for a long time. Is clothing like food, but also has a "shelf life"? The reporter learned from the quality supervision department yesterday that although the clothes do not have a strict preservation period like food, they also have their “shelf life”. In particular, some “overdue” garments have been deteriorating due to dust, mildew, and storage environments, which are particularly detrimental to health. Consumers should pay more attention when shopping.

【survey】

Discounted clothing appears to have holes. The price of cotton rose to the downstream industries. New clothing in stores this year has also risen. Many astute consumers have turned their attention to discounted products. Even the old models produced last year were still favored because of their affordable prices. Yesterday, when the reporter visited some of the city's department stores, he saw that in some brand-name special areas, those clothes that have been turned upside down and messy are cheap, but many of them are clearly "old" and some are bleak. Some folds, some buttons, some stains. Some consumers have also complained to the industry and commerce department recently that the clothes they purchased at the time of the big discount at the mall were damaged when the fabric was not washed several times.

【status quo】

Clothing is rarely marked "shelf life"

The reporter visited several shopping malls and it was difficult to find clothes marked with a production date or shelf life. In this regard, the person in charge of a local clothing company in the city claimed that the apparel industry has not yet established a warranty period.

“The uniqueness of clothing determines that every family’s clothing company has its stock of clothing.” The responsible person revealed that some clothing companies and warehouse stock clothing have been put for five or six years, and they often take out discounts when they change seasons. Sales, return funds. However, he also admitted that some clothing fabrics can not be put too long, after a time limit will not only lose the original texture, but also wrinkles, damage, so clothing should have shelf life. Otherwise, consumers' rights and interests may be harmed by the manufacturer's indefinite press sales.

“The average person buys clothes only for style, color and price. Basically, no one will ask when the clothes were produced.” The relevant person of the Municipal Quality Supervision Bureau said that some silk, cotton and wool clothes, such as long storage time or storage Improper, it will cause fabric aging, clothing fiber strength changes, prone to mildew, brittle, discoloration and weakened strength and other phenomena, its health index, elasticity index and warmth index will be greatly reduced.

【remind】

Treatment products can not be returned due to the quality of the city 12315 Relevant person in charge to warn consumers to buy discount clothing to be careful about the trap behind, we must carefully check, take the initiative to the merchant to understand the quality of goods promises, washing methods; buy season clothing try it on , Check if the clothing is flawed. It should be noted that if the business statement is sold because of quality problems, which is often referred to as "processed product", then it cannot be returned due to quality problems.

Industry sources also revealed that if consumers want to know the date of manufacture of the clothing, they can look at the clothing label. Normally, formal clothing manufacturers will have some numbers on the clothing labels. These numbers often have information on the year of clothing production.