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SOFTLINES NO. 072/08 OCTOBER 2008

New Zealand : Labelling Requirements for

Children's Nightwear
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MCA) of New Zealand conducted a review on the "Product Safety
Standards (Children's Nightwear and Limited Daywear Having Reduced Fire Hazard) Regulations 2005"
and proposed to amend the labeling requirements for children's nightwear with effect from 1 April
2009 so as to improve clarity and remove confusion, following two incidents of children being badly
burned when wearing Category 2 garments in 2007.

The Product Safety Standards apply

to children's nightwear garments in
the sizes 00 to 14. Currently,
category 1, 2 and 3 nightwear is
labelled “LOW FIRE DANGER” and
category 4 must be labelled
WARNING HIGH FIRE DANGER
KEEP AWAY FROM FIRE.

The proposed new labels will change

the labeling requirements for
Categories 2 and 3 garments to
CAUTION NOT HEAT OR FLAME
RESISTANT WEAR SNUG-FITTING
TO REDUCE RISK and will indicate
that the garment should be worn
snug fitting to reduce risk. But all
other requirements such as testing
requirements remain the same.
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Proposed Label Information under the Product Safety Standards Label Specification
(Children’s Nightwear and Limited Daywear Having Reduced Fire
• The wording shall be clearly
Hazard) Regulations 2005
legible in upper case, monoline,
geometric lineale typeface of
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION FIRE HAZARD INFORMATION LABEL medium width characters not
less than 2.5 mm high.

White label • The word 'caution' shall be in

bold, upper case, typeface.
Garments made from fabric of the • The wording on labels for
1 low fire hazard type and which
comply with Section 1 Category 2 and 3 garments
shall be black on an orange
label.

• The words may appear on more

than one line.
Garments made from fabric which
does not comply with Section 1
2 but which are designed to reduce
• The orange label colour shall be
fire hazard and which comply with marigold, as specified in AS
Section 2 2700 or light orange as
specified in NZS 7702.
All-in-one garments made predomi-
nantly, from knitted fabrics, in
3
sizes 00 to 2, which comply with
Section 3 If you are interested in flammability
testing and want to know more
about the requirements for your
products, please do not hesitate to
contact us. You can also also refer to
Garments which do not comply our SafeGuards 06307 California
with Sections 1 to 3, but which Proposition Settlement Updates Part 1.
4
comply with Section 4

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