Toy EN71 testing

The safety and quality issues of children and infant products are receiving much attention, and countries around the world have established various regulations and standards to strictly require the safety of children and infant products on their markets.

One Toy product range:
Plastic toys, children's stationery, and baby products
Plush toys, liquid toys, dental glue, and pacifiers
Wooden toys, riding toys, children's jewelry
Battery toys, paper (board) toys, intellectual musical instruments
Electronic electric toy puzzle and intellectual toy art, crafts, gifts

 
II Main testing items of national/regional standards
1. EU EN 71

EN71-1 Partial Physical and Mechanical Performance Testing
EN71-2 Partial Combustion Test
EN71-3 Migration Detection of Specific Elements (Eight Heavy Metal Tests)
EN71-4:1990+A1 Toy Safety
EN71-5 Toy Safety - Chemical Toys
EN71-6 Toy Safety Age Mark
EN71-7 Requirements for Finger Painting Pigments
EN71-8 provides indoor and outdoor household entertainment products
EN71-9 flame retardants, colorants, aromatic amines, solvents
         
2. ASTM F963 in the United States

ASTM F963-1 Partial Physical and Mechanical Performance Testing
ASTM F963-2 Partial Flammability Testing
ASTM F963-3 Part Hazardous Substance Testing
CPSIA US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
California 65 California 65
         
3. Canadian CHPR Physical and Mechanical Performance Testing
Flammability testing
Toxic elements
Cleanliness testing of filling materials
         
4. Chinese standard GB 6675 Flammability Testing (Textile Materials)
Flammability testing (for other materials)
Analysis of toxic elements (heavy metals)
Cleanliness testing of filling materials (visual inspection method)
GB19865 Testing of Electric Toys
         
5. Japan ST 2002 Physical and Mechanical Performance Testing
burning test
Part Three: Chemical Testing

III Testing items for various toys

1. Children's jewelry testing

Lead content testing

California Declaration 65

Nickel release amount

EN1811- Suitable for jewelry and earrings without an electrical transfer layer or coating

EN12472- Suitable for jewelry with electric transfer layer or coating

 

2. Art material testing

Art Materials Requirements LHAMA (ASTM D4236) (American Standard)

EN 71 Part 7- Finger Paint (EU Standard)

 

3. Toy and cosmetics testing

Toys and cosmetics -21 CFR Parts 700 to 740 (US standard)

Toy and cosmetics 76/768/EEc directives (EU standards)

Toxicological risk assessment of formula

Microbial contamination testing (European Pharmacopoeia/British Pharmacopoeia)

Antibacterial and preservative efficacy testing (European Pharmacopoeia/British Pharmacopoeia)

Liquid filling class flash point, composition evaluation, colony formation

 

4. Testing of products in contact with food - plastics

US Food and Drug Administration Food Grade Plastic Requirements 21 CFR 175-181

European Community - Requirements for Food Grade Plastics (2002/72/EC)

 

5. Testing of products in contact with food - Ceramics

Food grade requirements of the US Food and Drug Administration

California Declaration 65

Requirements for Ceramic Products in the European Community

Soluble lead and cadmium content

Canadian Hazardous Products Regulations

BS 6748

DIN EN 1388

ISO 6486

Ghost Wipe

Temperature mutation test

Dishwasher testing

Microwave oven testing

Oven testing

water absorption

 

6. Testing of children's equipment and nursing supplies

lEN 1400: 2002- Children's equipment and care products - Infant pacifiers

LEN12586 Infant pacifier strap

lEN14350: 2004 Children's utensils, nursing supplies, and drinking utensils

lEN14372: 2004- Children's utensils and nursing supplies - tableware

LEN13209 Baby Strap Test

LEN13210 Safety requirements for baby carriers, belts or similar products

Toxic element testing of packaging materials

European Council Directive 94/62/EC、2004/12/EC、2005/20/EC

CONEG Legislation (U.S.)

 

7. Textile material testing

Content of azo dyes in textiles

Washing test (American standard ASTM F963)

Each cycle includes testing for washing/spin drying/drying clothes (according to American standards)

Color fastness test

Other chemical tests

pentachlorophenol

formaldehyde

TBBP-A & TBBP-A-bis

Tetrabromobisphenol

SCCPs

Short chain chlorinated paraffin

Organic tin (MBT, DBT, TBT, TeBT, TPht, MOT, DOT)