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GB 28480-2026Jewellery - Technical requirements for safety (English PDF)

首饰　安全技术要求

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

March 31, 2026

Implementation date

April 1, 2027

Scope

GB 28480-2026 is the English-translated version of 首饰　安全技术要求.

GB 28480-2026 sets the safety requirements that jewellery and its components sold in China have to meet.

It covers mechanical and physical safety - sharp edges and sharp points, small parts, hazardous magnets and magnetic components, liquid-filled jewellery and removable components - and chemical safety for heavy metals, plasticizers, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, decomposable hazardous aromatic amines and formaldehyde, together with the marking requirements and the matching test methods.

It separates adult jewellery from children jewellery, with requirements keyed to the age of the wearer. Its appendices give safety marking guidelines, the list of decomposable hazardous aromatic amines and information on restricted plasticizers.

It cites GB 6675.2, GB 11887, GB/T 19719, GB/T 28020 and GB/T 36927, among others. It replaces GB 28480-2012, was issued on 31 March 2026 and applies from 1 April 2027.

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS: 39.060
Classification: Y 88
Replacing: GB 28480-2012

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Foreword3
1 Scope5
2 Normative References5
3 Terms and Definitions6
4 General Principles8
5 Technical Requirements9
6 Test Methods16
7 Implementation of the Standard19
Appendix A (informative) Guidelines of Safety Marking20
Appendix B (normative) List of Decomposable Hazardous Aromatic Amines23
Appendix C (normative) Information on Restricted Plasticizers24
Bibliography25

1 Scope

This document specifies the technical requirements for safety of jewelry, including mechanical and physical safety, as well as chemical safety for heavy metals, plasticizers, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, formaldehyde, etc., and marking requirements, and describes the corresponding test methods for mechanical and physical safety, and chemical safety.

This document applies to jewelry and its components.

2 Normative References

The contents of the following documents constitute indispensable clauses of this document through the normative references in the text. In terms of dated references, only the version with the specified date applies to this document. In terms of references without a specified date, the latest version (including all the modifications) is applicable to this document.

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 Jewelry - Fineness of Precious Metal Alloys and Designation

GB/T 17592 Textiles - Determination of the Banned Azo Colorants

GB/T 19719 Jewelry - 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 Colorants

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 Spectrometric 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 Equipment - 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 Jewelry

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 Jewelry - The Provision of Gold Coatings Thickness

QB/T 1132 Jewelry - 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

The following terms and definitions are applicable to this document.

3.1 Jewelry

Adornment worn by individuals.

NOTE 1: it is primarily made of one or more of the following materials: metal, gemstones (including natural and artificial gemstones), leather, fur, textiles, plastics, and rubber, etc.

NOTE 2: in accordance with the wearer, jewelry can be divided into adult jewelry and children jewelry.

3.2 Adult jewelry

Jewelry worn by teenagers aged 14 and above or adults.

3.10 Hazardous sharp point

During normal use and foreseeable reasonable misuse, an accessible point that may pose an unreasonable risk of injury. [source: GB 6675.2-2025, 3.40, modified]

3.11 Removable component

A component of jewelry that is designed to be detachable without tools. [source: GB 6675.2-2025, 3.65, modified]

3.12 Magnetic component

Jewelry or component containing attached, or fully/partially enclosed magnets. [source: GB 6675.2-2025, 3.45, modified]

3.13 Hazardous magnet or hazardous magnetic component

A magnet or magnetic component with a magnetic flux index greater than or equal to 50 kG²mm² (0.5 T²mm²) and capable of being completely contained within a small parts tester.

4 General Principles

4.1 Without adult supervision, children under 36 months should not wear jewelry.

4.2 This document specifies safety requirements for commonly used materials in jewelry.

Jewelry made using relevant materials only needs to meet the requirements corresponding to those materials. Unused materials do not need to meet their respective requirements.

EXAMPLE 1:children jewelry made solely of metal is exempt from tests for decomposable hazardous aromatic amines, formaldehyde, and plasticizers.

EXAMPLE 2:adult jewelry (excluding tongue ornaments) made of plasticized materials and 18K gold must meet the requirements of 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.7, 5.2.8, 5.3.1 and 5.3.2.

4.3 For ease of implementation, Table 1 provides the corresponding clauses for the technical requirements of adult and children jewelry.

5 Technical Requirements

5.1 Mechanical and Physical Safety

5.1.1 Adult jewelry

5.1.1.1 Sharp edge and sharp point

5.1.1.1.1 The edges and sharp corners of adult jewelry shall be smooth, free of burrs, and shall not be pricky or scratchy.

5.1.1.1.2 For pin-type adult jewelry, the tips of the pins shall be slightly blunt.

5.1.1.2 Hazardous magnet and hazardous magnetic component

Adult jewelry containing hazardous magnets or hazardous magnetic components shall have a warning label or other marking (see A.2.4).

5.1.1.3 Liquid-filled jewelry

Adult jewelry containing liquid shall meet one of the following requirements.

a) After testing in accordance with 6.1.6 (leakage of liquid-filled jewelry), the liquid shall not leak;

b) The leaked liquid shall be safe.

5.1.1.4 Others

Adult tongue ornaments shall have a warning label (see A.2.6).

5.1.2 Children jewelry

5.1.2.1 Small parts

5.1.2.1.1 Children jewelry and its removable components manufactured or worn by children under 36 months shall not be completely contained within the small parts tester in any direction when tested in accordance with 6.1.1 (small parts).

5.1.2.1.2 Children jewelry and its removable components manufactured or worn by children aged 36 months and older but under 96 months, if completely contained within the small parts tester when tested in accordance with 6.1.1 (small parts), shall be accompanied by a small parts warning label (see A.2.2).

5.1.2.1.3 The above-mentioned requirements do not apply to children's hair clips, cords, hair ties, and chain jewelry.

5.1.2.2 Sharp edge and sharp point

5.1.2.2.1 Hazardous sharp edge and hazardous sharp point

Accessible edges or points on children jewelry and its removable components manufactured or worn by children under 96 months shall not be hazardous sharp edges or hazardous sharp points when tested in accordance with 6.1.3 (sharp edge and sharp point). The potential for injury from accessible edges or points shall be assessed in conjunction with the applicable age, texture and foreseeable use.

NOTE: edges of textiles and leather are not considered hazardous sharp edges.

Accessible metal edges (including holes and slots) on children jewelry and its removable components manufactured or worn by children under 96 months shall not contain hazardous burrs or beveled edges.

Accessible sharp edges and points on children jewelry and its removable components manufactured or worn by children 96 months and older shall comply with the requirements of 5.1.1.1.1.

5.1.2.2.2 Functional sharp edge and functional sharp point

Functional hazardous sharp edges and points shall not exist on children jewelry and its […]

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Referenced standards

Normative references

QB/T 1131 · QB/T 1132 · SN/T 3814

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Edition	Title	Revision	Status
GB 28480-2026	Jewellery - Technical requirements for safety	current edition	Current
GB 28480-2012	Jewellery - Technical requirements for safety	previous edition	In force until 1 April 2027

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