Note: At present, my country does not formulate relevant standards specifically for "children's mosquito coils". The so-called "children's special mosquito coils" are just a marketing gimmick.
click to open Xiaohongshu, search for "Mosquito repellent", and found that there were actually 790,000+ notes. It is the season when mosquitoes are raging again. In order to have a good sleep, many consumers will use mosquito repellent products such as mosquito coils, mosquito killing lamps, and electric mosquito swatters to repel mosquitoes or kill mosquitoes.
So how do these mosquito repellent products perform in the random inspections of government regulatory authorities?
In July 2022, " Consumer Reports " compiled the random inspections of mosquito repellent products released by the national, provincial and municipal market supervision and administration bureaus (and the former Industrial and Commercial and Quality Supervision Bureau) between the three years from 2019 to 2022.
Results show that national, provincial and municipal regulatory departments have found that 305 batches of mosquito repellent products have not met the standards, involving electric mosquito swatters, mosquito repellents, mosquito repellents, mosquito repellents, mosquito nets, etc. Super Vision, Black Cat God, Jiulu, Antarctic Man and other big brands are on the "black list without meeting the standards".
305 batches fail to meet the standards, involving electric mosquito swatters, mosquito killing lamps, mosquito coils, mosquito anti-pants, mosquito nets, etc.
I believe many consumers have experienced nightmares of being destroyed by mosquitoes. On the one hand, they are bitten and one bag, and on the other hand, they are noisy, buzzing, endless, disturbing people's dreams, and can't sleep all night.
Since the beginning of summer, the search and purchase of mosquito repellent and mosquito killing products on major platforms have been increasing steadily. In particular, some trendy and fashionable mosquito repellent "artifacts" such as mosquito repellent bracelets , mosquito repellent stickers , mosquito repellent lamps have been favored by young people or parents.
So, will these mosquito repellent products have unqualified problems and safety hazards?
2019 to 2022, the national, provincial and municipal market supervision and administration bureaus (and the former Industrial and Commercial and Quality Supervision Bureau) found that 305 batches of mosquito repellent products did not meet the standards, involving electric mosquito swatters, mosquito repellent lamps, mosquito coils, mosquito repellent pants, mosquito nets, etc.
Among them, 160 batches of electric mosquito swatters failed to meet the standard is the mosquito repellent product with the most detected failures, accounting for more than half of all non-compliant batches (52.5%). The non-compliant indicators are mainly protection, signs and instructions for touching live parts, power connections and external soft wires, structures, heat resistance and flame resistance.
followed by mosquito-killing lamps. 60 batches of failed to meet the standard , accounting for 19.7%. The non-compliance indicators include protection from touching live parts, leakage current and electrical strength at working temperature, power terminal disturbance voltage, heat and flame resistance, input power and current, etc.
mosquito coils include electric mosquito coil liquid, electric mosquito coil slices, and disc mosquito coils. 23 batches failed to meet the standards, accounting for 7.5%. The indicators involved in the failure to meet the standards are marks and instructions, mechanical strength, requirements for the use of active ingredients, content of active ingredients and allowable fluctuations, operating temperature (radiation temperature) and deviation of electric heater .
mosquito-proof pants and mosquito nets fail to meet the standards few times, only 10 batches and 5 batches fail to meet the standards, and the indicators involved are product instructions (marks), etc.
Specific corresponding manufacturers and indicators are as follows.
Electric mosquito swatter: Long-term quantity, superpower, green chi, Antarctic people were detected to not meet the standards
Physical mosquito prevention has been recommended in recent years because of its "environmental protection" and "non-toxicity". In particular, physical mosquito swatters, mosquito swatters, mosquito swatters, mosquito nets, mosquito trousers and other physical mosquito prevention methods are very popular.
This random inspection found that electric mosquito swatters were the hardest hit areas for mosquito repellent products to fail to meet the standards. A total of 160 batches failed to meet the standards, involving well-known brands such as Jiuluo, Chaowei, Green Chi, Antarctic Ren .
Electric mosquito swatter is an electrical appliance. The working principle is to output a DC high voltage when the circuit is instantly short-circuited. When the mosquito touches the metal grid, it will be electrocuted by instantaneous high voltage discharge.
The electric mosquito slapped with the nominal brand "DP Jiulu " was detected to have failed to meet the standards. The nominal production company was "Guangdong Jiulu Co., Ltd.", and Jiulu began to develop table lamp lighting.For example, the Jiangsu Provincial Market Supervision Bureau released the random inspection results in September 2019 and found that two batches of "DP long-term" electric mosquito swatters did not meet the standards, involving models "DP-825" and "DP-1209". The projects involved are structure, power connection and external soft wire, heat and flame resistant.
In addition to the "long-term" electric mosquito swatter, well-known brands Chaowei, Luchi, and Lwanju also failed to meet the standards.
In the third quarter of 2021, the Guangzhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau conducted a supervision and random inspection on the product quality of mosquito-killing equipment and found that the "Superwei" and "Luchi" electric mosquito swatter did not meet the standards.
2 of the electric mosquito swatters with nominal brand " Chaowei " did not meet the standards. The market entity was randomly inspected was "Guangzhou Chaowei Biotechnology Co., Ltd.", and the nominal production unit was "Changfang Group Kangmingsheng (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd.", involving models KM-3856 and KM-3859, and the production batches were 2021.03.29 and 2021.01.29 respectively. The projects involved were protection and structures for touching live parts. A batch of LED electric mosquito swatters with the nominal brand "Luchi " failed to meet the standards. The market entity was randomly inspected was "Luchi Technology Co., Ltd.", the nominal production unit was "Guangzhou Supei Daily necessities Co., Ltd.", the model involved was DWPZ, and the project involved was protection against live parts, input power and current, structure, heat resistance and flame resistance, etc.
1 batch of electric mosquito swatters with the nominal brand " l'chrysanthemum " did not meet the standard. In January 2021, the Fuzhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau announced that a batch of "Lanju PC003B" electric mosquito slapped "Foshan Lexueer Electric Appliances Co., Ltd." was detected by Ningbo Customs Technology Center that failed to meet the standards, involving the items as marks and instructions, protection and structure for touching live parts.
1 batch of electric mosquito swatters marked as " Antarctic people " did not meet the standards. In July 2021, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau found that a mosquito swatter that was claimed to be produced by "Foshan Shunde Lexueer Electric Appliance Co., Ltd." did not meet the standards, and the projects involved were structure, heat resistance and flame resistance.
The indicators that electric mosquito swatters are more likely to fail to meet the standards are protection, structure, power connection and external soft wires for touching live parts, which are mainly electrical safety items.
mosquito killing lamp: electrical safety indicators need to be alert to
mosquito killing lamp is similar to electric mosquito swatters, and it also belongs to physical mosquito prevention. The mosquito-killing lamp uses mosquitoes to strongly attract a certain light wave to lure mosquitoes to kill them.
In this test, 60 batches of mosquito killing lamps failed to meet the standards, second only to the electric mosquito swatter. Since the products detected by the mosquito-killing lamps are all unknown brands, I will not go into details here. Consumers can check the official website of the government sampling department. The non-compliance items of the mosquito-killing lamp are similar to those of the mosquito-killing swatter. The main non-compliance indicators are protection, structure, power connection and external soft wires, heat and flame resistance to touch live parts.
Protection against contact with live parts has 36 batches that fail to meet the standards, which is an important item of safety standards. It requires that the structure and shell have sufficient protection for accidental contact with live parts. If the standards are not met, it may lead to accidental electric shock during use, causing personal injury.
structure 31 batches failed to meet the standard, mainly because discharge test failed to meet the standard . When consumers unplug or turn off the power, they may accidentally touch the plug pins or metal grids. The electrical energy stored in the internal capacitor is released through the human body, resulting in a risk of electric shock.
20 batches of power connection and external soft wires fail to meet the standards, mainly because the pin size does not meet the standard requirements, which may lead to poor engagement with the pin and the socket or difficulty in inserting it, or because the pin is too long or the distance between the pin and the edge of the plug is too short, causing consumers to touch the pin when the plug is in a semi-plugged state, causing electric shock. In addition, this project also evaluates whether the power supply cord is clamped, whether the connection terminal is subjected to tension during normal use, and whether the cross-sectional area matches the rated current of and , etc.
flame-resistant and flame-resistant 20 batches do not meet the standards, which means that there is a risk of internal structural changes in the electric mosquito swatter and mosquito-killing lamps causing fire due to electric shock or short circuit when the electric mosquito swatter and mosquito-killing lamps. For example, non-metallic discs should be flame-resistant, and the combustion duration of the needle flame test should not exceed 30s.
or above all belong to the contents of GB 4706.1-2005 "Safety of Household and Similar Appliances Part 1: General Requirements". It is an important electrical safety project and is related to the safety of consumers.
Mosquito coil: Chaowei, Li, Black Cat God on "not meeting the standard black list"
The most commonly used mosquito repellent products for consumers are still mosquito coils. Compared with traditional disc-type mosquito coils, electric mosquito coil tablets and electric mosquito coil liquid are now more popular.
In this test, 23 batches of mosquito coils were detected to fail to meet the standards, among which Black Cat Shen, Li Zi, Chaowei and others were on the "Black List of Not Meeting the Standard".
Among them, the 2 batches of " Black Cat Shen " mosquito coils did not meet the standard. In September 2020, the Wenzhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau conducted a random inspection of quality supervision. One batch of "Black Cat Shen DWY125N18" rotary electric mosquito repellent liquid heaters, which were not met by "Black Cat Shen Daily Chemical Co., Ltd.", which did not meet the standards, and the projects involved were marked and instructions; one batch of "Black Cat Shen WQM165M23" electric mosquito repellent sheets, which were marked and instructions, which were marked and instructions.
" Lizi " 2 batches of mosquito coils did not meet the standards. In September 2020, the Wenzhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau found during a random inspection that a batch of "DWY125N21" electric mosquito repellent liquid, which was no longer qualified by "Zhejiang Lizi Daily Chemical Co., Ltd.", did not meet the standards, and the project involved was mechanical strength; in October 2019, the Wenzhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau randomly inspected and announced that a batch of "Lizi WQMY-Z" liquid electric mosquito repellent, which was nominated by "Zhejiang Lizi Daily Chemical Co., Ltd.", which was "mark and description".
" Super Wei " Mosquito coil 1 batch did not meet the standard. In December 2019, the Zhoushan Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau found that a batch of "Chaowei WQM165E2" volatiles (Chaowei brand electric-thermal mosquito coil plate heater) that were no longer qualified by "Guangzhou Chaowei Daily Chemical Products Co., Ltd." did not meet the standards, and the projects involved were signs and instructions.
logo and description are indicators that mosquito coils are more likely to fail to meet the standards. They are the direct source of information for consumers to understand the products. If merchants ignore the standard requirements and the warning and explanation content are incomplete, it will damage consumers' right to know and may also cause safety hazards.
"Consumer Report" recommends that
(1) be preventive and clean up sanitary blind spots regularly. Regularly clean sanitary dead corners, especially dark and humid hidden places such as pools, bathrooms, wall corners, sewer outlets, keep them dry and leave no water, clean up kitchen waste, and prevent flies and insects from breeding.
(2) Mosquito coils are pesticides, and the registration certificate number is recognized. According to the " Pesticide Management Regulations ", mosquito coils are pesticide products. When sold on the market, they must indicate the Pesticide Registration Certificate and the pesticide production approval certificate number. The certificate number can be checked online to prevent it from being a fake product.
(3) Beware of concepts such as "environmental protection", "non-toxic" and "children". Currently, there are many "children's mosquito coils" and "natural essential oil mosquito repellent bracelets" on the market, known as "natural", "herb", "non-toxic" and "smoke-free", and are very popular among parents. However, at present, my country has not formulated relevant standards specifically for "children's mosquito coils". The so-called "children's special mosquito coils" are just a marketing gimmick. They are labeled as "children" and sell at higher prices, and there is no difference in effect.
[Special Statement]: The original data used in this article are all from authoritative official websites, and the data is objective and true. If the relevant sampling results data have been verified and confirmed by relevant government departments, please contact this magazine in time.
