GB 26386-2025General safety specification for incense products (English PDF)
燃香类产品安全通用技术条件
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Issued by
State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China
Level / Type
National · Mandatory
Issue date
April 25, 2025
Implementation date
May 1, 2026
Scope
GB 26386-2025 is the English-translated version of 燃香类产品安全通用技术条件.
GB 26386-2025 specifies the safety requirements for solid incense used in religious, ceremonial and ancestral worship places and for improving indoor and outdoor environments in leisure and wellness settings, covering raw materials, size, burning safety, hazardous substance limits, inspection rules, marking, packaging, transport and storage, with the related test methods.
Raw materials shall not contain magnesium or similar flammable and explosive substances, incense for public places shall have a combustible length of not more than 500 mm and a diameter of not more than 10 mm, and no visible flame shall reappear once the flame has been put out.
After burning, formaldehyde shall not exceed 0.10 mg/m3, benzene 0.11 mg/m3, toluene and xylene 0.20 mg/m3 and TVOC 0.60 mg/m3, tested to GB/T 26393; migratable lead and chromium are limited to 15 mg/kg, cadmium to 5 mg/kg, mercury and arsenic to 10 mg/kg.
Factory inspection samples to GB/T 2828.1-2012 and type inspection to GB/T 2829-2002.
It replaces GB 26386-2011: the scope and the migratable element limits and hazardous substance test methods have been changed, and the fragrance type definition, product classification, smoke and dust requirements and performance-in-use requirements have been deleted.
Issued on 25 April 2025, in force from 1 May 2026. Classification: ICS 13.120, CCS Y40. The document runs to 11 pages, delivered complete in English translation.
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Document preview — GB 26386-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 13.120
- Classification
- Y40
- Replacing
- GB 26386-2011
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of China
Contents
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- 4 Requirements
- 5 Test methods
- 6 Inspection rules
- 7 Marking, packaging, transport and storage
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
5 Test methods
6 Inspection rules
7 Marking, packaging, transport and storage
Foreword
This document is drafted in accordance with the rules given in GB/T 1.1-2020 "Directives for standardization - Part 1: Rules for the structure and drafting of standardizing documents".
This document replaces GB 26386-2011 "General safety specification for incense products". Compared with GB 26386-2011, apart from structural adjustments and editorial changes, the main technical changes are as follows:
- the scope has been changed (see Clause 1; Clause 1 of the 2011 edition);
- the definition of fragrance type has been deleted (see 3.1 of the 2011 edition);
- the product classification has been deleted (see Clause 4 of the 2011 edition);
- the technical requirements for the maximum limits of migratable elements have been changed (see 4.4.2; 5.4.2 of the 2011 edition);
- the test methods for the limits of hazardous substances have been changed (see 5.4; 6.4 of the 2011 edition);
- the technical requirements for the amount of smoke and dust and the corresponding test methods have been deleted (see 5.5 and 6.5 and Annex A of the 2011 edition);
- the technical requirements for product performance in use and the corresponding test methods have been deleted (see 5.6 and 6.6 of the 2011 edition).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. The issuing body of this document shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document was proposed by and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China.
The previous editions of this document and of the document it replaces are as follows:
- first issued in 2011 as GB 26386-2011;
- this is the first revision.
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This preview omits tables, figures, formulas and parts of the technical clauses. The complete document — 11 pages — is available in the English PDF.
Referenced standards
Normative references
- GB/T 191Graphical symbols marking for handling and storage of packages
- GB/T 2828.1-2012Sampling procedures for inspection by attributes - Part 1: Sampling schemes indexed by acceptance quality limit (AQL) for lot-by-lot inspection
- GB/T 2829-2002Sampling procedures and tables for periodic inspection by attributes
- GB/T 26393Test methods for harmful matter of burnable incense
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Editions of GB 26386
| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB 26386-2025 | General safty specification for incense products | current edition | Current |
| GB 26386-2011 | General safety technical specification for burnable incense | previous edition | Superseded |
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