1. EU Regulation The most important is the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC in European Union, which stipulates the quality requirements and conformity assessment procedures, all the toys entering the EU market must meet the requirements of the directive. However, the directive only deals with the main objectives and basic requirements of toys not involve technical details. Specific technical details are determined by harmonizing the standard EN 71 series and EN 62115. The EN 71 series standard specifies the requirements for physical performance, flammability, labeling, and EN 62115 specifies the safety requirements of the electric toys. In addition, toys should comply with other EU regulations, such as Reach regulations, POPs regulations, RoHS directives and so on.
Regulations/ Standard | Standard name | Content | |
2009/48/EC | Toy Safety Directive | EU legislation aims to ensure that toys meet safety requirements that are amongst the strictest in the world. Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC (also known as "TSD") lay down the safety criteria that toys must meet before they can be marketed in the EU | |
EN 71-1 | Mechanical and physical properties | This standard specifies requirements and test methods for toys intended for use by children in various age groups from birth to 14 years | |
EN 71-2 | Flammability | This standard specifies the categories of flammable materials that are prohibited in all toys, and requirements concerning flammability of certain toys when they are subjected to a minor source of ignition | |
EN 71-3 | Migration of Certain Elements | This standard specifies test methods and limits of the migration of 19 soluble heavy metal elements from accessible materials used in toys | |
EN 71-4 | Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities | This standard specifies requirements for the maximum amount and, in some cases, the maximum concentration of certain substances and mixtures used in experimental sets for chemistry and related activities | |
EN 71-5 | Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets | This standard specified requirements and test methods for the substances and materials used in chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets | |
EN 71-7 | Finger paints - Requirements and test methods | This standard specifies requirements for the substances and materials used in finger paints | |
EN 71-8 | Activity toys for domestic use | This standard specifies requirements and test methods for activity toys for domestic use often attached to or incorporating a crossbeam, and similar toys intended for children under 14 years to play on or in and often intended to bear the mass of one or more children | |
EN 71-9 | Organic chemical compounds Requirements | This standard specifies requirements for the migration or content of certain hazardous organic chemical compounds from/in certain toys and toy materials | |
EN 71-10 | Organic chemical compounds- Sample preparation and extraction | This standard specifies sample preparation and extraction procedures for establishing the release or content of organic compounds from those toys for which requirements exist in EN 71-9 | |
EN 71-11 | Organic chemical compounds- Methods of analysis | This standard specifies methods for the analysis of toy and toy material extracts prepared according to the sampling procedures in EN 71-10, to enable assessment of compliance with the chemical requirements specified in EN 71-9 | |
EN 71-12 | N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances | This standard specifies the requirements and test methods for determining N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substance restricted in toys intended for use by children under 36 months or in other toys and parts of toys intended to be placed in the mouth | |
EN 71-13 | Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games | This standard specifies requirements for olfactory board games, gustative board games, cosmetic kits and gustative kits | |
EN 71-14 | Trampolines for domestic use | This standard specifies requirements and test methods for domestic use, their access device and their enclosures, intended for outdoor and/or indoor use above ground level by one person at a time | |
EN 62115 | Electric toys - Safety | This standard specifies electrical safety requirements for toys, such as marking and instructions, power input, heating and abnormal operation, electric strength at operating temperature, moisture resistance, electric strength at room temperature, mechanical strength, construction, protection of cords and wires, components, screws and connections, clearances and creepage distances, resistance to heat and fire, radiation, toxicity and similar hazards, etc. | |
2. USA/CAN Regulation The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and the American Society for Testing and Materials, released the consumer safety Code-Toy safety ASTM F963 which is a mandatory requirement for toy products to enter the United States. The Canadian Consumer Goods Act SOR 2011-17 of Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) regulate the mechanical and physical properties, flammability, chemical properties, electrical properties and labeling requirements of toys.
Regulations/ Standard | Standard name | Content | |
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CPSIA(H.R. 4040) | Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act | This Act mainly focuses to control product safety issues associated with consumer products that are intended primarily for children 12 years of age or younger | |
ASTM F963 | Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety | This specification covers requirements and contains test methods for toys intended for use by children under 14 years of age, including but not limited to Mechanical and physical properties, Flammability properties, Chemical properties, Electrical properties, Microbiological requirements, Labeling requirements | |
Canada | |||
SOR/2011-17 | Toys Regulations | This standard including but not limited to the following requirement: 1.Package 2.Mechanical l hazards 3.Electrical hazards 4.Auditory hazards 5.Thermal and flammability hazards 6.Toxicological | |
SOR/2016-193 | Surface Coating Materials Regulations | Total lead≤90 mg/kg | |
SOR/2010-273 | Consumer Products Containing Lead (Contact with Mouth) Regulations | Total lead≤90 mg/kg | |
SOR/2016-188 | Phthalates Regulations | This standard specifies the phthalate requirement of the vinyl in a toy or child care article | |
SOR/2014-254 | Products Containing Mercury Regulations | Apply to any product that contains mercury and its compounds | |
3. China Regulation At the end of 2016, National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People's Republic of China published 53 new national standards of food contact materials and products, thoroughly clean and consolidate the old standards. In recent years, with new national standards of food contact materials released, the new standard system of food contact materials are also shaped.
After the implementation of the new national standards, food contact materials and products need to be aware of the following points:
1. Migration test follow General principle of migration test and General principle of pretreatment of migration test;
2. General safety principles of FCM for use principle, label, DOC etc.;
3. GB 9685 for additives;
4. Production under Manufacture practice for the production of FCM;
5. Commodity standards for raw substances, resins and/or final products.
Implementation dates of the new standards are as follows:
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