Related departments work together to rectify the concept of sterilization

In recent years, concepts such as sterilization, sterilization, and bacteriostasis have been booming in the home appliance market. However, due to the lack of industry standards, the market has become a mixed bag, and some unscrupulous manufacturers have used this as a product gimmick to raise prices substantially, which also makes it difficult for consumers to distinguish the authenticity from others. . Recently, the mandatory National Standard “Special Requirements for Antibacterial, Germicidal, and Decontamination of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances for Washing Machines” and the sterilization standards for air purifiers, refrigerators, and air conditioners were formally implemented. The relevant national authorities began to work together to rectify the disorder of household appliances.

Looking at the white electricity market, products such as bedroom sterilization air conditioners and ultraviolet sterilizing washing machines can be seen everywhere. Taking the washing machine as an example, various concepts such as sterilization of silver ions, sterilization of nano materials, and sterilization of ozone are emerging in an endless stream. Reporters visited the store yesterday and learned that Panasonic 6 kg sterilizing drum washing machine is more than 1000 yuan more expensive than ordinary drum products, LG a sterilized function 8 kg drum washing machine priced as high as 7750 yuan, while the same brand with the same specifications of ordinary washing machine The price is only more than 3300 yuan, the price more than doubled.

Cai Ying, Assistant Director of the Information Resource Development Department of the National Information Center, pointed out that as people's demand for household electrical appliances has become increasingly diversified, additional functions such as sterilization have become more and more attractive. Household appliances with sterilization function accounted for Market share will gradually increase. Wu Shangjie, deputy dean of the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, introduced that since the SARS epidemic in 2003, people began to realize the importance of antibacterial and sterilizing products to human health. Household electrical appliance companies started to develop new products with functions such as sterilization and antibacterial. . It is understood that the gross profit of such new products with additional functions is 30%-50% higher than that of ordinary products. However, due to the lack of effective supervision, not only the sterilization and antibacterial concepts are confusing and the products are also mixed, affecting the order of the household appliances market and impairing the immediate interests of consumers.

On January 24, this year, the National Standardization Technical Committee of Household Appliances approved and issued the national mandatory standards for GB21551.5-2010 “Special Requirements for Antimicrobial, Degermination, and Decontamination of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances for Washing Machines”, and this year, September 15th. Officially started implementation. The national standard stipulates that the instruction manual of the electric washing machine with the function of sterilization shall indicate the following contents: technical indicators such as the type of sterilization function, the achieved sterilization rate, and functions of the electric washing machine during the service life, normal attenuation and performance changes, etc. Important indicators.

It is worth mentioning that the sterilization washing machine will also "certificate posts", a few days ago the National Household Appliances Quality Supervision and Inspection Center has begun to carry out the inspection of sterilization washing machine. It is understood that after the implementation of the standard, the relevant sterilization products must meet the standards and issue a certificate of conformity before they can be listed, and the appearance of the sterilization label must also be posted. "Now those products that claim to be 'decontaminated' or 'antibacterial' may not be subject to delisting if they are not tested," said Lu Jianguo, minister of inspection at the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute. According to another understanding, after the inspection of washing machines, the “certificate-based” approach will also be expanded to include all sterilization products.