Abstract: An antibacterial polyamide filament which comprises a polyamide resin containing 0.1 to 5.0 mass % of fine zinc oxide particles and exhibits a color difference caused by the treatment with an alkaline solution of 2.5 or less; and a method for producing the antibacterial polyamide filament which comprises adjusting the moisture content of a polyamide resin chip to 0.05 to 2.0 mass %, followed by melt spinning. Preferably, the antibacterial polyamide filament has a bacteriostatic activity after 50 washings of 2.2 or more, which filament can be produced by melt-spinning the polyamide resin to melt spinning and solidifying the resin at a position 400 mm or less from the face of a spinning nozzle.

Abstract: An antibacterial, biodegradable extracting container has a filtering surface formed from a water-permeable woven or knitted fabric formed from fibers comprising, as a principal component, an antibacterial, biodegradable polylactate polymer, and having a thickness of 1 to 100 dtex, wherein, preferably, the filtering surface is formed from the woven fabric having a cover factor K of 1600 to 6400, determined in accordance the following equation: K=(N×(A)1/2/T)+(M×(B)1/2/S) wherein, N=warp density (yarns/10 cm), M=weft density (yarns/10 cm), A=thickness (dtex) of the warp yarns, B=thickness (dtex) of the weft yarns, T=specific gravity of the warp yarns and S=specific gravity of the weft yarns.