Service background
Footwear and leather products are constructed from leather, faux leather, fabrics, rubber, adhesives, surface coatings and metal trims, which may expose consumers to a range of physical and chemical hazards, such as inadequate slip resistance, insufficient seam strength, colour migration, hexavalent chromium, formaldehyde, restricted azo dyes, heavy metals, phthalates and PFAS. Regulators and major retailers worldwide maintain stringent safety, health and sustainability specifications for footwear and leather products, with additional stringent controls applicable to children’s footwear. Compliance testing is mandatory to verify product safety; non-compliant products face customs detention, market withdrawal and sales bans. We deliver trusted footwear and leather testing solutions to support your compliant global market placement.
Products we cover
- Adult footwear
- Children’s footwear
- Leather goods
- Bags and leather accessories
Test items
- Slip Resistance
- Tensile strength test
- Peeling test
- Seam strength
- Corrosion resistance
- Color fastness
- Sharp Point
- Sharp Edges
- Small parts
- Pb
- Cd
- Chromium VI
- Phthalates
- Nickel Release
- PAHs
- AZO
- Formaldehyde
- pH
- SCCPs
- DMFu
- DMFa
- NPEO
- Organotin Compounds
- PFAS
- BPA
- SVHC.
Test standards
ChinaGB 20400, GB 21550
USACPSIA, 16 CFR 1501, 16 CFR 1500.48, 16 CFR 1500.49, CA65, TPCH
EUREACH Annex XVII, REACH SVHC, POPs, PPWR