In July 2017, there were total 3 recall cases of footwear products in foreign countries including the USA, Canada, EU and Australia, and all of them coming from China. The reasons of recall are mainly chromium VI in leather footwear and PAHs in Flip flops. For more information please find:

Recall cases in EU:

Suggestion

Recall cases of excessive contents of chromium VI and PAHs are frequent. Manufacturer should take measures in advance at every stage to meet the requirement of regulation and customers, such as raw material without hazardous substance. In order to ensure all products transported to the other countries are safe, the products should be submitted to the authorized and professional third part laboratories to verify global safety requirements before transported to other countries.

BACL Service: 

As a professional footwear testing experts, BACL has been committed to provide professional and efficient services for the footwear and leather manufacturers. Our testing laboratories are located in each main production city of footwear and leather in China Mainland. BACL owns many domestic and foreign qualification such as CNAS, CPSC, UKAS, CMA and so on. We can provide you with convenient, fast, fair and accurate testing and inspection service, and help your products easily meet the international and the buyer's quality requirements. We protect your brand and quality.

footwear and leather Physical test: 

General tests：Adhesive strength, label, Sole skid resistance, handicraft, heel Compressibility, Bending resistance

Footwear decorations tests: Shoe lace &chain strength, metal decoration appearance, Adhesion strength

Footwear vamp material test：Thickness, Tear resistance, moisture permeability, hydrolysis, tensile strength, elasticity, abrasion resistance, color fastness.

Footwear Soles material test：Density, hardness, wear resistance, bending resistance, bending resistance, ageing, etc.

footwear and leather chemical test： 

Leather：Azo dyes,PCP, Formaldehyde, hexavalent chromium，pH value, etc.

Cloth：Azo dyes, Formaldehyde, etc.

Metal：Nickel release

Footwear Soles and PVC：cadmium total volume, Lead, o-benzene