Standard No.:	GB 28480-2026
English Name:	Jewellery—Technical requirements for safety
Chinese Name:	首饰 安全技术要求
Professional Classification:	GB    National Standard
Source Content Issued by:	SAMR, SAC
Issued on:	2026-03-31
Implemented on:	2027-4-1
Status:	to be valid
Superseding:	GB 28480-2012 Adornment—Provision for limit of baneful elements
Target Language:	English
File Format:	PDF
Word Count:	11000 words
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GB 28480-2026 Jewellery—Technical requirements for safety English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご 1 Scope This document specifies the technical requirements for safety of jewellery, including mechanical and physical safety, chemical safety such as heavy metals, plasticizers, short chain chlorinated paraffins and formaldehyde, as well as marking requirements, and describes the corresponding test methods for mechanical and physical safety and chemical safety. This document is applicable to jewellery and its parts and components. 2 Normative references The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. GB/T 2912.1 Textiles - Determination of formaldehyde - Part 1: Free and hydrolyzed formaldehyde (water extraction method) GB 6675.2 Safety of toys - Part 2: Mechanical and physical properties GB 11887 Jewellery - Fineness of precious metal alloys and designation GB/T 17592 Textiles - Determination of the banned azo colourants GB/T 19719 Jewellery - Determination of the release of nickel - Method of spectrometry GB/T 19941.1 Leather and fur - Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 1: High performance liquid chromatography method GB/T 19941.2 Leather and fur - Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 2: Colorimetric method GB/T 19942 Leather and fur - Chemical tests - Determination of banned azo colourants GB/T 22048 Determination of certain phthalate esters in toys and children's products GB/T 23344 Textiles - Determination of 4-aminoazobenzene GB 24462 General safety requirements for civilian used primary battery GB/T 28019 Adornment - Determination of Chromium (VI) - 1,5-Diphenylcarbohydrazide spectrophotometric method GB/T 28020 Adornment - Determination of baneful elements - X-ray fluorescence spectrometry method GB/T 28021 Adornment - Determination of baneful elements - Method of spectrometry GB/T 28485 Coated adornment - Detection of nickel release - Method for simulation of wear and corrosion GB 31241 Lithium ion cells and batteries used in portable electronic equipments - Safety technical specification GB/T 31912 Adornment - Mark GB/T 33392 Leather and fur - Chemical tests - Determination of 4-aminoazobenzene derived from azo colorants GB/T 36927 Judgment guideline of children's jewellery GB/T 38405.1 Leather and fur - Determination of chlorinated hydrocarbons - Part 1: Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) GB/T 40263 Textiles - Determination of short chain chlorinated paraffins QB/T 1131 Jewellery - The provision of gold coating thickness QB/T 1132 Jewellery - The provision of silver coatings thickness SN/T 3814 Determination of short chain chloroparaffin in rubber and plastic products - Gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) method 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 jewellery ornament for a person to wear Note 1: It is mainly made of one or more kinds of materials such as metal, gems (including natural gems and artificial gems), leather, fur, textile, plastic, and rubber. Note 2: Jewellery can be divided by wearers into adult jewellery and children jewellery. 3.2 adult jewellery jewellery worn by adolescents aged 14 years and above or adults [Source: GB/T 36927-2018, 3.1.2, modified] 3.3 children jewellery jewellery worn by children under 14 years of age [Source: GB/T 36927-2018, 3.1.1, modified]

Contents Foreword i 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 General 5 Technical requirements 6 Test methods 7 Implementation of this standard Annex A (Informative) Guidance for safety marking Annex B (Normative) List of decomposable hazardous aromatic amines Annex C (Normative) Information on plasticizers restricted in use Bibliography