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Japan will implement new clothing care labeling Symbols
Publisher:Admin  Source:  Date:2016/11/25

Japan Household Goods Quality Labeling Act will adopt new clothing care labeling Symbols standard JIS L0001-2014, the standard will be implemented on December 1, 2016.

The new care labeling Symbols standard (JIS L0001-2014) is in order to harmonize the ISO International care labeling system (ISO 3758-2012). Japan's new standard in accordance with the order of dry cleaning and wet cleaning, bleaching, drying, ironing, and professional textile care and wet cleaning, bleaching, drying, ironing, and professional textile care, marked with the textile care symbols, but also contains a number of additional symbols. 

With the effective implementation of the new standards, textile products only with the textile care symbol of the standard JIS L0001-2014 were allowed access to the Japanese market.

In addition, it is necessary to mark the permanent care information on the textile product clearly, printed on the product or on the label. Labels must be clearly visible, can’t be erased, and easy for consumers to understand.

Here are the change for care symbols when comparing JIS L 0001 and JIS L 0217.

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