Bamboo and wood products quality and safety control need attention

Bamboo and grass products are the bulk of agricultural products exported by China. The safety and health issues related to outbound bamboo and wooden handicrafts and painted bamboo and wood products have also been increasingly concerned by the countries concerned. The situation is very serious.

Jinhua Inspection and Quarantine Bureau organized personnel to conduct a thorough investigation on the use of raw and auxiliary materials for exporting bamboo and wood products in the area under its jurisdiction. From the results of the survey, the exporting enterprises of bamboo and wood products have a good overall sense of product quality and safety control, but there are also some problems that can easily lead to unstable product quality, resulting in products exceeding the standard due to carrying harmful organisms or toxic and hazardous substances. Others were notified abroad. These issues also do not need to attract the attention of our country's similar enterprises.

First, some enterprises' harm removal treatment facilities and treatment indicators cannot meet the requirements of the harm removal treatment. At present, the methods for killing harmful organisms in wood include fumigation treatment and heat treatment. However, because the former needs professional companies and professionals to operate, all of the requirements of the operation field, and the use of fumigants are harmful to the environment and personnel, it is not suitable for promotion in the enterprise. The bamboo and wood product manufacturing enterprises must have the drying process during the production and processing. As long as the key indicators such as temperature, humidity, and time are properly controlled, the same can also achieve the purpose of harmful treatment. Therefore, the heat treatment can be used as a wood product enterprise to effectively eliminate harmful substances. The preferred method. Some companies are equipped with wood drying equipment, but in order to achieve the purpose of wood moisture but reduce cracking deformation, companies generally use low-temperature drying. However, this treatment method is far from meeting the processing requirements for killing pests by means of high temperature and high humidity, which can easily lead to the production of moldy bugs, affect product quality, and even cause foreign notifications.

Second, the level of quality management of some enterprises needs to be further improved, especially in terms of improving the company’s ability to control toxic and hazardous substances in raw and auxiliary materials. The safety and environmental protection issues of bamboo and wood products have been attracting the attention of countries all over the world. The foreign technical trade measures have become increasingly stringent in terms of product technical standards, requirements for toxic and hazardous substances, fire retardant requirements for products, and product safety protection. We export bamboo and wood products production enterprises urgently need to improve the level of quality management. Some bamboo and wood product manufacturing enterprises still rely mainly on labor-intensive production methods. The added value and mechanization of products are low, and the number and level of management personnel are relatively insufficient. In addition, the mobility of personnel is large, so the management level of enterprises is relatively backward. In addition, enterprises have serious shortages in the technical standards and limit requirements of domestic and foreign products. Moreover, some companies use paint and wood-based panels for more brands and their quality is uneven. Some companies do not directly purchase raw materials from manufacturing companies, but purchase them through suppliers. However, suppliers also distribute products with multiple brands and specifications. When companies purchase, they only pay attention to prices and do not pay attention to the quality of the product brands. Raw materials were purchased at the same time, and companies did not do effective self-inspection in the acceptance of raw materials into the factory. The traceability management system established by the company is not perfect. Once toxic and hazardous substances are found to be out of standard, it is impossible to achieve effective traceability to locate problems, carry out targeted rectification, eliminate hidden dangers, and ensure product quality and safety.