Notice of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on the Special Sampling Inspection of Air Purifier Product Quality by the State in 2016
2023-06-28
The quality and technology supervision bureaus (market supervision and
administration departments) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities
directly under the Central Government and Xinjiang Production and Construction
Corps: In accordance with the provisions of the Product Quality Law of the
People's Republic of China and the Administrative Measures for Product Quality
Supervision and Spot Check, in 2016, the AQSIQ organized a special national
supervision and spot check on air purifier products (hereinafter referred to as
"special spot check"). The relevant situation is hereby reported as follows: 1、 Basic information This time, 61 batches of products produced by 56 enterprises in 8 provinces
(cities) were randomly inspected, and 21 items were tested in three aspects:
safety indicators, performance indicators, and electromagnetic compatibility
indicators. After inspection, 46 batches of products from 42 enterprises were
found to be qualified, with a spot check qualification rate of 75.4%. The 15
batches of products produced by 14 enterprises are unqualified, and the
detection rate of unqualified products is 24.6%. According to the production
scale of enterprises, the number of large, medium, and small enterprises in this
spot check accounted for 48.2%, 25%, and 26.8% of the total number of
enterprises in the spot check, respectively. The detection rates of unqualified
products were 10%, 43.7%, and 33.3%, respectively. 2、 Main features One is to cover well-known brands. This spot check is a national
supervision spot check on air purifiers, covering well-known brand enterprises
in the industry, with nearly one fifth of the total number of production
enterprises in the country being inspected. In this random inspection, the
number of large enterprises accounted for about half of the total number of
sampled enterprises, and the product qualification rate of large enterprises
reached 90%. The second is to compare performance indicators. In conjunction with the
improvement of consumer product quality, testing and comparison of product
performance indicators will be carried out while conducting spot checks. Six
core performance indicators, including particulate matter clean air volume
(CADR), formaldehyde clean air volume (CADR), particulate matter purification
energy efficiency (efficiency), formaldehyde purification energy efficiency
(efficiency), cumulative particulate matter purification amount (CCM), and
noise, will be tested for all sampled products, and ranked according to
individual test values, Guide consumers to make scientific and reasonable
product choices. Thirdly, pay attention to the implementation of the new national standard.
Among the 61 batches of products sampled in this inspection, 35 batches of
products comply with the new national standard GB/T 18801-2015 "Air Purifiers"
implemented on March 1, 2016, accounting for 57.4% of the total number of
products sampled. For products that have not implemented the new national
standards, their performance indicators shall be determined according to the
execution standards and explicit quality requirements of the sampled
products. The fourth is to highlight spot checks on concentrated production areas.
This spot check conducted on products from industrial clusters in Shanghai,
Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and other regions. The pass rate of product spot
checks in both Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces exceeded 85%, while the pass
rate of product spot checks in Shanghai and Jiangsu provinces was below the
average pass rate level of this spot check. 3、 Analysis of spot check results In this special spot check, the protection against contact with live parts,
input power and current, leakage current and electrical strength at working
temperature, moisture resistance, leakage current and electrical strength,
stability and mechanical hazards, structure, internal wiring, components, power
connections and external flexible wires, grounding measures, radiation toxicity
and similar hazards, harmful substance release, particulate matter clean air
volume, formaldehyde clean air volume 21 projects, including cumulative
purification amount of particulate matter, energy efficiency (efficiency) of
particulate matter purification, energy efficiency (efficiency) of formaldehyde
purification, noise, continuous disturbance voltage, and continuous disturbance
power. After inspection, the main quality issues of unqualified products involve
three aspects: safety indicators, performance indicators, and electromagnetic
compatibility indicators, mainly including protection against touching live
parts, leakage current and electrical strength at working temperature, leakage
current and electrical strength, stability and mechanical hazards, internal
wiring, components, power connections, and external flexible cables, particle
cleaning clearance, and cumulative purification of particles A total of 13
items, including formaldehyde purification efficiency (purification efficiency),
noise, continuous disturbance voltage, and continuous disturbance power, were
found to be unqualified. One issue is the non-compliance of electrical safety projects. One batch of
protection against contact with live parts is unqualified, three batches of
leakage current and electrical strength at operating temperature are
unqualified, one batch of leakage current and electrical strength is
unqualified, one batch of stability and mechanical hazards is unqualified, one
batch of internal wiring is unqualified, two batches of components are
unqualified, and three batches of power connections and external flexible wires
are unqualified. The second issue is the issue of unqualified performance items. There are 2
batches of unqualified clean air volume for particulate matter, 1 batch of
unqualified cumulative purification volume for particulate matter, 3 batches of
unqualified energy efficiency (efficiency) for formaldehyde purification, and 5
batches of unqualified noise. The third issue is the non-compliance of electromagnetic compatibility
projects, with 8 batches of continuous disturbance voltage and 4 batches of
continuous disturbance power. 4、 Job requirements In view of the problems found in the national supervision and spot check of
product quality, the quality and technical supervision departments (market
supervision and management departments) of all provinces (regions and cities)
should carefully handle the post processing work in accordance with the Product
Quality Law of the People's Republic of China, the Administrative Measures for
Product Quality Supervision and Spot Check and other laws and regulations: (1) For production enterprises with substandard product quality in this
random inspection, post-processing work should be carried out in accordance with
the law. Order enterprises to stop producing and selling unqualified products in
accordance with the law, and supervise the destruction or necessary technical
treatment in accordance with relevant regulations. (2) In response to the outstanding quality issues reflected in this random
inspection, such as leakage current and electrical strength at working
temperature, formaldehyde purification energy efficiency (efficiency), noise,
continuous disturbance voltage, continuous disturbance power, etc., it is
necessary to increase the follow-up tracking, supervision and inspection efforts
on production enterprises. (3) Inform the local government and relevant departments of the unqualified
products in this spot check, take effective measures to urge enterprises to
implement the main responsibility of product quality and safety according to
law, guide enterprises to organize production in strict accordance with
Standards organization, and effectively maintain product quality and safety. Attachment: 1. 2016 National Supervision Special Spot Check Results of Air Purifier
Product Quality 2. 2016 Air Purifier Spot Check Performance Index Comparison Results -
Particle Clean Air Volume (CADR) 3. 2016 Air Purifier Spot Check Performance Index Comparison Results -
Formaldehyde Clean Air Volume (CADR) 4. 2016 Air Purifier Spot Check Performance Index Comparison Results -
Particle Purification Energy Efficiency (Efficiency) 5. 2016 Air Purifier Spot Check Performance Index Comparison Results -
Formaldehyde Purification Energy Efficiency (Efficiency) 6. Performance Index Comparison Results of Air Purifier Spot Check in 2016-
Accumulated Particle Purification (CCM) 7. 2016 Air Purifier Spot Check Performance Index Comparison Results -
Noise 8. List of Enterprises Implementing National Standard GB/T 18801-2015 for
Air Purifier Spot Check Products in 2016 9. Consumer Guidelines