Peer-reviewed article
[THE PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL REGULATION UNDER PRODUCTION IMPORT AS MENACE TO SAFETY OF CONSUMER HEALTH (BY THE EXAMPLE OF CHILDREN GOODS)].
K V Konfino ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This academic article examines technical regulation and quality control systems for imported consumer goods, with a focus on children's products. It identifies failures in testing protocols that allow products with unsafe levels of heavy metals, phthalates and formaldehyde to reach markets. The author argues for strengthened regulatory oversight and stricter penalties for testing laboratories. The article does not evaluate any specific intervention or programme for improving child well-being.
Key points
- Current technical regulation systems fail to prevent unsafe children's goods from reaching markets
- Products with excessive heavy metals, phthalates and formaldehyde can cause allergic reactions, intoxication and hormonal disruption in children
- Testing protocol falsification remains a significant problem despite digitization efforts
- The author recommends strengthening supervisory functions and imposing harsher sanctions on testing laboratories
Limitations
This is a policy analysis document that does not present empirical data on the prevalence of unsafe products or the effectiveness of any regulatory reforms. No specific country is identified, making it impossible to assess the scope or regional applicability of the problems described.
Abstract
The role of technical regulation during import of production products is difficult to overestimate since it is just on quality of tests carried out regarding goods for conformity with requirements of normative documents depends safety of consumer health. Nowadays, technical regulation system is undergoing large-scale changes related to digitization and application of risk-oriented approach to selection of objects for control that undoubtedly will improve situation with falsification of test protocols. However, there is still impressive percentage of production that do not meet the regulated requirements. So, in production destined for children, after verification activities, discrepancies related to chemical, physical and toxicological parameters were found. The exceeded standards content of heavy metals, phthalates and formaldehyde can result into such irreversible negative effects on health of socially vulnerable consumers as allergic reactions, intoxications, derangement of hormonal status, disorders of kidney and digestive system. It is very important to eliminate problematic aspects of technical regulation system with purpose of non-admission to inner market production that can be unsafe for health of citizens. The article presents recommendations for improving technical regulation system both from point of view of supervisory functions and differentiation and hardening of sanctions with respect to testing laboratories.