Jan, 2014, OEKO-TEX association published the 2014 version OEKOTEX® Standard 100, and it is valid until 1st of April 2014. The new standard compared with the 2013 version, and the main adjustment are presented in table 1.
Table 1. The update details of OEKO-TEX® Standard 100—2014
Change Items Limit(mg/kg) | Products for baby | Products with direct contact to skin | Products without contact to skin | Decorative materials | |
Chlorinates | Requires TrCP test | 0.2 | 2 | ||
PAHs | Requires BeP、BaA、CHR、BbFA、BjFA、BkFA、DBahAseparate test | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | |
Solvent retardant product | NMP | Limit of spun dyed fires used for PPE:1.0%→3.0% | |||
Surfactant, wetting agent residues | NP + OP | 50→10 | |||
NP+NP(EO)1-2+ OP + OP(EO)1-9→ | 500→250 | ||||
PFC’S | PFOA | 0.1→0.05 | 0.25→0.1 | 1.0→0.5 | |
Requires PFUdA, PFUDoA, FTrDA, PFTeDAtest | 0.05 | 0.1 | 0.5 | ||
Appendix Ⅴ | Di-pentylpthalate(n-,iso-,or mixed): |