IDENTIFICATION OF FIBER COMPOSITION OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS DURING MERCHANDISING EXPERTISE
Urgency of the research. Large amount of clothes falsified by fiber composition is delivered into sales. Thus, consideration of information about methodologies of quality verification is important and critical task. Target setting. Researches shown in this article were hold to verify the information that was shown on marked samples that are sold in retail network of Chernihiv with real result of fiber composition identification of these samples. Actual scientific researches and issues analysis. Nowadays no scientific methods are developed to identify organoleptic indicators of quality of textile products: sewing clothes, knitwear, etc. Large amount of clothes falsified by fiber composition is delivered into sales. Uninvestigated parts of general matters defining. Expertise of textile products is often limited to organoleptic methods of research. Physics and chemical (laboratory) methods are rarely used, because of obligatory destruction of investigated samples of textile materials. The research objective. Verification of conformity of information in marking of clothes sold in retail network of Chernihiv city to real results of identification of fiber content of these samples. The statement of basic materials. Primary regulatory document for methods of fiber research is ДСТУ 4057-2001 [1]. According to its requirements, textile products must have information about its composition on marking label. Also mentioned, that check of provided information’s is made with help of methods of fiber identification. “Qualitative analysis” was used for fiber identification with help of mechanic and chemical methods of identification. Conclusion. So, salesmen have to check textile products more carefully, first of all by organoleptic indicators, to avoid sales of falsified goods. In case of doubtful results of organoleptic expertise, contact commodity research expert organizations of Chernihiv.