EU EN71 toy safety standard testing
The test object includes 19 chemical elements (including trivalent chromium and hexavalent chromium, organotin and tin elements are counted separately, so it can be said to be 17 elements), on the basis of retaining the original 8 elements, an additional 9 is added. different elements, while lowering the migration limit of most elements:
It should be noted that in EN71-3:2013, the migration limit of hexavalent chromium in class and class II toy materials is too low to be detected by the test method of EN71-3:2013, therefore, it must pass Other methods demonstrate compliance; in addition, EN71-3:2013 removes the application of analytical correction factors.
In addition to the EU EN 71 series standards, we can also test toy products according to other key standards, such as:
● American ASTM F 963
● Canadian Hazardous Products (Toys) Regulation
● Australia AS/NZS ISO 8124
● Japan ST 2002
● GB 6675
● ......
Background of the project
The EU EN71 series of toy safety standards are a series of specific testing technical requirements and specifications formulated by CEN (European Committee for Standardization) for the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/ EC (formerly 88/378/EEC) . The EN 71 series of standards involve various indicators related to toy safety and environmental protection, and cover most toy products. All toy products sold in the EU need to meet the EN 71 testing standards. STS DePuhua Testing Group can carry out the full content of EN71 testing to ensure that the products meet the strict requirements of the EU EN71 testing standards for products. Standard content The items involved in the EN 71 testing standard include the following 11 categories: EN 71-1: Physical and Mechanical Testing; EN 71-2: Flammability Test; EN 71-3: Toxic Metal Migration Test; EN 71-4 : Chemical laboratory toys; EN 71-5: Non-experimental chemical toys; EN 71-6: Age warning label diagram; EN 71-7: Paint and coating requirements; EN71-8: For indoor and outdoor home entertainment Rocking, sliding and similar toys; EN 71-9: General requirements for organic compounds in toys; EN 71-10: Sample preparation and extraction of organic compounds; EN 71-11 : Methods of analysis of organic compounds; key standards EN71-3: 2013 effective July 20, 2013
As the chemical harmonized standard of the new EU Toy Directive (2009/48/EC), EN71-3:2013 also came into force on July 20, 2013. Compared with the previous version of EN71-3, the 2013 version has changed a lot.
In keeping with 2009/48/EC, according to EN71-3:2013, according to the degree that children may ingest, the toy materials are divided into three categories, with different limit requirements:
| category | kind | Category 2 | third category |
| Toy material category | Class: Dry, brittle, powdery or pliable toy material | Category 2: Liquid or viscous toy materials | Category 3: Toy materials that can be scraped off |
| Paraphrase | Powdered material released from solid toy material during play. | Liquid or sticky toy materials that can be ingested and/or exposed to skin hazards. | Solid toy material that is ingested into the body by biting, tearing with teeth, sucking or licking. |
| Example | 1. Compressed lacquer flakes 2. Colored pencil leads 3. Chalk 4. Crayons 5. Other solid materials intended to leave ink marks or notes 6. Plasticine 7. Impression paste | 1. Watercolor paint for finger painting 2. Paint, varnish 3. Pen ink 4. Liquid adhesive 5. Glue 6. Gel-like ooze 7. Foam solution 8. Other materials that can come into contact with liquid. | 1. Surface coating film (paint, varnish, ink, etc.) 2. Plastic, rubber, silica gel and other polymer materials 3. Paper, cardboard materials 4. Textile materials 5. Glass, ceramics, metal materials 6. Wood, fiberboard , bone, cortex material |
| Children's assumed daily intake | 100 mg/day | 400 mg/day | 8 mg/day |
element | Migration limit (mg/kg) | ||
| Class: Dry, brittle, powdery or pliable toy material | Category 2: Liquid or viscous toy materials | Category 3: Toy materials that can be scraped off | |
aluminum | 5625 | 1406 | 70000 |
antimony | 45 | 11.3 | 560 |
arsenic | 3.8 | 0.9 | 47 |
barium | 1500 | 375 | 18750 |
boron | 1200 | 300 | 15000 |
cadmium | 1.3 | 0.3 | 17 |
Trivalent chromium | 37.5 | 9.4 | 460 |
Hexavalent chromium | 0.02 | 0.005 | 0.2 |
cobalt | 10.5 | 2.6 | 130 |
copper | 622.5 | 156 | 7700 |
lead | 13.5 | 3.4 | 160 |
manganese | 1200 | 300 | 15000 |
HG | 7.5 | 1.9 | 94 |
nickel | 75 | 18.8 | 930 |
selenium | 37.5 | 9.4 | 460 |
strontium | 4500 | 1125 | 56000 |
tin | 15000 | 3750 | 180000 |
Organotin | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12 |
Zinc | 3750 | 938 | 46000 |
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