Although China is a large country in fur industry, there are still some problems such as unbalanced development, relatively poor product quality and relatively backward detection technology. Because of different animal species, their proportion of wool is different, which determines the quality of fur. In recent years, fur clothing Has become the mainstream of popularity, and has a very bad impact on consumers and their entire industry.

Animal fur is a leather that is stripped from animals and is covered with fur. It is commonly used in fur, mainly mink, fox fur, raccoon skin, Rex rabbit skin and yellow wolf skin. Animal fur is made up of needle hair, villi and coarse hairs closely attached to the epidermis and its surface. Because of different animal species, their proportion of wool is different, which determines the quality of fur. Fur clothing has become a popular trend in recent years.

According to statistics, China's fur animals (mink, Fox and raccoon dog) breed 60 million, and fur production accounts for 1/4 of the world, and fur and product enterprises more than 1200. Although China is a large country in fur industry, there are still some problems such as unbalanced development, relatively poor product quality and relatively backward detection technology.

Current situation of animal fur detection in China

There are more than 4200 mammals in the world, about 12% in China, and a wide variety of wild animals. Because of different habitats, different habitats and different seasons, some species of the same species have different forms of fur. Different fur forms make fur identification difficult.

In the field of fur identification, there are currently qb/t1261 1991[3] and gb/t16988 - 1997[4] standards. The qb/t1261 - 1991 standard explains only the industrial terms for fur, including how to name fur, etc., but the method of identifying fur types is not mentioned.

The gb/t16988 - 1997 standard only introduced the microscopic identification of wool and rabbit hair, but there were not many methods to identify the market, such as mink fur, fox fur and raccoon fur. The lack of testing standards caused confusion in the fur market, resulting in a large number of fur products entering the market without examination.

At present, the identification methods of fur types are also actively studied at home and abroad. The most commonly used methods are macroscopic observation and microscopic observation. However, these methods mainly depend on the cognition and experience of inspectors on animal fur. The subjective interference of the test results is very large. There are still many doubtful points and difficulties in the identification of some closely related fur or samples processed by special processing technology. In the market, the phenomenon of "shoddy" and "taking the false into the truth" often appear, which has a very bad effect on consumers and their entire industry. The identification of animal fur has always been the focus of attention of consumers and quality inspection departments.