Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision issued quality supervision results for children’s footwear in Shanghai on 3 June 2016. The inspection involves 40 batches of products, 18 of which prove to be unqualified due to colour fastness to rubbing, formaldehyde, hexavalent chromium, heavy metals and phthalates.

Scope: children’s footwear sold on the physical stores and online platforms in Shanghai

Legal bases: QB/T2880-2007 Children’s leather shoe, GB25036-2010 Children’s canvas rubber footwear, QB/T 4331-2012 Children/s athletic shoes, QB/T 4329-2012 Cloth shoes, QB/T 1002-2005 Leather shoes, GB 28011-2011 Shanks for footwear, GB 30585-2014 Safety technical specifications for children's footwear and other relevant requirements of the state.

Inspection items: sensory quality, physical properties (abnormal ordour, outsole hardness, peeling strength, abrasion resistance, flexing resistance, shrank, etc.), chemical properties (cleavable carcinogenic arylamines, free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes, chlorinated phenols, pH value, hexavalent chromium, extractable or total heavy metals, phthalates, DMFu, N-nitrosoamines).

Inspection results are detailed as follows:

Product	Brand	Model	Date of Production/ Batch No.	Violation
Low-cut leather shoes for girls	ORCHESTRA	JCIC08/170,170，165，165，155	/	Sensory quality, free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes/(mg/kg), phthalates
Leather shoes for children	MUMUTU	L625/160,160,160,160,160	/	Safety properties; total heavy metals (lead, cadmium, arsenic) (mg/kg)
Chukka climbing shoes	CAMKIDS	485407/220,225,210,215	/	Phthalates
Training shoes for children	FILAKIDS	KX161CT05G-LB/235,230,220,215	/	Phthalates
Leather shoes for children	Mini Peace	F2ZA61138/200mm,210mm,180mm,180mm	2015.10.25	Free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes/(mg/kg)
DorDor hores children’s footwear	DorDor horse	DM1094/220mm,200mm,195mm,190mm	2016.1.26	Outsole hardness; length and longitudinal rigidity of shrank; safety properties, chromium haxavalent chromium/(mg/kg)
Baby footwear	MUMUWU	0800/140,140,140,140,140	/	Free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes/(mg/kg)
Children health shoes	Luckyunion	L5Q5257/130,130,130,130,130	20/07/2015	Free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes/(mg/kg); physical properties
Leather shoes for children	WANIXIONG	W1117/170mm,170mm,170mm,165mm,165mm	18/10/2015	Safety properties
BD301E health leisure shoes for young children	combi	BD301E/165,145,145,135,135	10/09/2015	Phthalates
Leisure shoes	PUSHAN	PSFM1502-002/34,33,32,31	/	Sensory quality; free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes/(mg/kg); outsole hardness; phthalates
Children’s footwear	Grimicky	15937/160，150,140,130,130	/	Safety properties; free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes/(mg/kg)
start-rite children’s footwear	start-rite	1278-8/170,165,165,160,155	/	Free or hydrolyzing formaldehydes/(mg/kg)
Cloth shoes for babies	YeeHoo	1014011011162088/130，130,130,125,125	10/11/2015	Safety properties
Leisure shoes for children	Naturino	YROTD0239T8CD4/240mm,230mm,225mm,220mm	/	Outsole hardness; colour fastness to lining and insoles; flexing resistance
Children’s footwear	MAOHU	M1586/235mm，230mm,230mm,225mm	/	Adhesive strength (N/mm)
Cloth shoes for children	DAHUANGFENG	515158255/220,225,220,225	/	Colour fastness to lining and insoles
Princess shoes	JONBOBO	H328-87/25, 25, 25, 25, 25	1/2/2016	Sensory quality