The regulations of textile and clothing in American mainly be consisted of the labeling, flammability and hazardous substances act, such as 16 CFR 303 textile labeling act, 16 CFR 300 wool product labeling act, 16 CFR 1610 Textile and Clothing flammability, 16 CFR 1615&1616 Children’s sleepwear flammability and CPSIA.
USA regulations for textile products
The detail information
| Regulation | Requirement |
| 16 CFR 303 Textile labeling Act 16 CFR 300 Wool product labeling Act | Label on product shall provide all required information in the proper format as applicable under the Textile Fiber Products Labeling Act or the Wool Products Labeling Act, including but not limited to: Name of manufacturer or other registration number (RN# or WPL#). Country of Origin. Generic Name and Percentage of all fibers in product. Size. |
| 16 CFR 1610 Textile and Clothing flammability | Plain surface textile fabric Class 1: Burn time is 3.5 seconds or more ACCEPTABLE Class 2: Is not applicable to plain surface textile fabrics Class 3: Burn time is less than 3.5 seconds. NOT ACCEPTABLE. Raised surface textile fabric Class 1: (1)Burn time is greater than 7.0 seconds; or (2) Burn time is 0–7 seconds with no base burns. Exhibits rapid surface flash only. ACCEPTABLE Class 2: Burn time is 4–7 seconds (inclusive) with base burn . ACCEPTABLE Class 3: Burn time is less than 4.0 seconds with base burn. NOT ACCEPTABLE. |
| 16 CFR 1615 & 1616 Children’s sleepwear flammability | The average char length of sample does notexceed 17.8 cm (7 in) and no individual specimen has a char length of 25.4 cm (10 in) |
| CPSIA | 1. All accessible paint and other similar surface coating materials (determined both before and after use and abuse testing) shall comply with the lead content provisions of16 CFR 1303. Max. 0.009% (90 ppm) total lead content by weight. All accessible substrates must not contain more than the specified amounts of total lead as 100 ppm.2.Children’s toys and childcare articles, before and after use and abuse testing, shall not contain concentrations of more than 0.1% BBP,DBP, DEHP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP or DCHP individually. |
Physical Testing Items
| No. | Physical Testing Items | Regulations/Standards |
| 1 | Dimensional Stability and Appearance | ASTM AATCC |
| 2 | Colorfastness | |
| 3 | Strength Tests | |
| 4 | Structure Analysis | |
| 5 | Functional Tests | |
| 6 | Fiber Composition Analysis |
