Product and Consumer Safety

WE VALUE YOUR SAFETY

To ensure every products we make are verifired and are safe to use, we dedicate ourselves in experiment various materials and chemicals before manufacture. Depend on each individual customers, we design each of our products that suit and comfortable for everyone. "You trust, We deliver"

Below are adidas and Dinsen Company Product and Consumers Safety Policies

▼ Metal Free
adidas and Dinsen are committed to supplying products which are free from metal contamination such as needles, pins, staples, scissors or any other item which could cause injury to our customers. This policy is designed to prevent any such contamination and is applicable to all adidas apparel across all brands:
The T1s are responsible for implementing and maintaining these requirements as a minimum standard within each of their manufacturing units, this includes approved sub contractors. T1s will appoint a Safety Officer who will regularly audit all areas of the manufacturing units to confirm compliance.
Metal Free policy must be introduced and trained in the Orientation program for all newcomer staffs. Trainings by T1 should be done on regular basis for all staffs, maximum in three months period.
If any order is found by aSL customer to have contained broken needles or other metal contamination with a diameter ≥ 1.2 mm, the manufacturer will be responsible for a punitive charge.
The punitive charge shall be USD 40,000 per order, effective from April 1st 2014.
In addition, the manufacturer will also be fully liable for all costs incurred by aSL customer for any additional screening for metal in the particular order.

▼ Children Product
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 was introduced to enhance and modernize the regulatory and enforcement requirements of the Consumer Products Safety Act of 1972. It imposes product safety and chemical requirements for lead, phthalates, heavy metals, flammability, small parts and sharp points, sharp edges, third-party testing, certification and traceability. The greatest impact is on children products (consumer products designed or intended primarily for children 12 years old and under), general use products are also affected under the legislation:
The following products are covered under the CPSIA regulation and a CPC Is requlred:
- Children's Apparel
- Children's Accessorles
- Children's Sports Equipment
- Children's Footwear
- Gift with Purchase ("'GwP") and Premium Products (depending on product type and foreseeable end user).
- No certificate is required at this time for:
- Adult Apparel
- Adult Footwear
- Adult Accessories
- Adult Sports Equipment
- Packaging & Hangtags
Note: Further reference of required test methods are detalled in chart below under Section C Required Testing.
Countries:
This law only affects products shipped to or distributed in the USA and its territories (which includes Puerto Rico). All other shipments do not need to comply with this regulation.(e.g.providing certificate)
B-Grades and Samples:
B-Grades or other irregular product within the above categories that are distributed or sold in the U.S. must comply with this regulation. They are not exempt.
Salesman's Samples that will not be sold or distributed for use in the U.S. does not need a certificate.
Gift with Purchase:
The product manufacturer must confirm with the GWP supplier that there are no other applicable mandatory safety laws, standards or certifications.
The manufacturer of the GWP is required to do testing and provide a certification. When the GWP gets sent to our factory to be included with the in-line product, the original certificate from the GWP manufacturer is to be included, adding the name of the adidas entity that will import the product as importer, or a new certificate should be created. It is therefore important to obtain the test reports from the GwP manufacturer and to upload those reports into the database.

▼ A-01
This policy defines clear requirements, handling and process flow for informing, testing and certifying compliance with regard to possibly existing critical hazardous substances in adidas products and materials:
Subcontracted factories (Tier 1) and material suppliers (Tier 2) have to acknowledge receipt of, and agree to comply with, the adidas material requirements (Appendix 1) and the adidas "Workplace Standards" (Informative Appendix). Any failure in complying with these requirements will result in a business review by adidas and may result in a supplier or factory being removed from the approved supplier list.
At the request of adidas, factories shall promptly provide to adidas samples of any pre-produced, unfinished or finished adidas product or materials to be used for adidas products in the custody or control of the manufacturer (Tier 1 and/or 2). The manufacturer shall also allow or, as the case may be, procure permission for an authorised representative of adidas to inspect, at any time during normal business hours and on reasonable notice, any premises of the manufacturer or any subcontractor where any adidas product (or packaging for them) are developed, manufactured or stored by or for the manufacturer. The authorised representative of adidas may take samples of the adidas products or materials during such inspections.
In the case that products or their intended consumer usage is touching other areas than the sport goods industry the respective product category requirements have to be fulfilled. e.g. for toys (directive 2009/48/EC and applicable parts of EN 71 / US ASTM F963 for the US market) or products to be sold in restaurants (FDA-requirements). In case that there is no information about specific product stardards available the A 01 requirements may be used as general standard. The factory is responsible for the timely checking of necessary requirements and the provision of the test reports. Information about toy classification for example should be provided by adidas during the development stage.
Any possible integrated electronic or electrical component (e.g. batteries, sensors etc.) need to fulfil the European directive 2011/65/EU for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electronic devices (ROHS). If products containing electronic components are ranged for the European market, coverage by the updated European directive 2012/19/EU for Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE; Version 15th August 2018) needs to be checked, related products need to be marked with the WEEE pictogram and integrated into the monthly reporting lists set up by Global Logistics. Necessary registration processes and affected product volumes should be streamlined through the nominated adidas service provider.

▼ Work Instruction - Apparel Products Inspection
Reducing the time needed for customs clearance in Mexico is paramount. It allows to save on storage costs at customs and allows to deliver the goods to the importer quicker so they can streamline their supply chain:
There are various reasons why the products may be delayed at customs. For example if they require a special permit, if they do not comply with any regulation or standard (called NOM in Mexico). Also and importantly if the quantity in the container is different from what is declared in the documents or if it contains different products from what is declared by the importer.
From there, customs brokers need to carry out a thorough inspection of the goods before loading at the source to make sure before they reach Mexico that they perfectly comply with the requirements of the Mexican authorities: for example permits, regulation, NOM, etc. In the event of any non compliance, issues can be anticipated and fixed before the goods reach Mexican customs, which saves customs clearance time, costs and in extreme cases avoids the return of the goods to the country of origin.