Standards & Compliance
As parents and adults we know the importance in todays world of keeping our children away from harmful chemicals and toxins. So we want to want to stress the importance of safety and diligence used in the manufacture of our products, for you and especially your children. Therefore here are the specific standards our comply to globally. Also please check out the technical pages where we tell you about the plastic safety. If you need more information please feel free to contact us!
Australia
Australian Government, ACC & AS/NZS Standards
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In Australia our main regulations and requirements for toys ban products containing lead, small high powered magnets, DEHP (diethylhexyl phthalate) and more critical mandatory requirements for design where children are aged under 3 years old (36 months). There are also requirements for labelling, safety instructions and symbols used on packaging. There are other requirements but these do not apply to our products. Our products recommended for children aged 6 years and older.
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Our products comply with all Australian requirements and go much further complying to many stringent and technical standards across Europe, America USA), UK (United Kingdom and China. They also have comprehensive independent testing for chemicals and toxins, all shown to be compliant. The manufacturing facility also complies with prestigious and internationally recognised guidelines to always ensure high quality standards and processes.
3C / CCC
China Compulsory Certificate
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The China Compulsory Certification is a mandatory certification including product testing in China, an initial factory audit and subsequent annual follow-up inspections for products that are listed in the CCC catalogue.
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The CCC certification is comparable to other certifications for the standardization of product quality and safety, such as the European CE system.
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- Factory suitability
- Product testing
- Factory audits
EN71
Toy Safety Standard
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It is a European Union directive that outlines important safety requirements for toys. It covers numerous aspects of toy quality control, including physical, mechanical, and chemical properties. This standard applies to any toys sold in the European Union, regardless of the country that they are manufactured in.
Mechanical and physical properties – to ensure that toys do not have sharp edges or small parts that could cause harm to children.
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- Mechanical and physical characteristics are evaluated to ensure that toys lack sharp edges or small components that may pose risks to children.
- Flammability - verifying that toys and their parts pose no risk of catching fire.
- Part three of the testing standards addresses the potential transfer of harmful substances from toys and their parts.
ISO/IEC 17043
Proficiency Testing Scheme of Laboratories
ISO/IEC 17043 provides the specific requirements for the development, operation and competent operations of Proficiency Testing Scheme Providers (PTSP).
- Evaluation of the performance of laboratories for specific measurements, tests, calibrations, examinations, inspections or sampling;
- Identification of problems in laboratories that, for example, can be related to measurement or test methods, effectiveness of training and supervision of personnel, or calibration of equipment;
- Establishment of the effectiveness of measurement or test methods and the comparability of measurement or test results;
- Provision of additional confidence to users of measurement or test results;
- Identification of differences in measurement or test results;
- Education of participating laboratories based on the outcomes of such comparisons;
- Validation of measurement uncertainty claims.
- Evaluation of the performance characteristics of a measurement or test method (often described as collaborative trials);
- Assignment of values to reference materials;
- Support for statements of the equivalence of measurements of National Metrology Institutes (NMIs), or their Designated Institutes (DIs) through “key and supplementary comparisons”, conducted on behalf of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and associated Regional Metrology Organizations (RMOs).
EN 62115
Electric/electronic toys. Safety
This is an international standard that focuses on safety for electronic toys. BS and EN 62115 seeks as far as possible to apply a hazard approach instead of design restrictions for toys. The following definitions should be kept in mind when reading BS EN 62115: Hazard is a potential source of harm.
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- Hazard is a potential source of harm
- Risk is the probable rate of occurrence of a hazard causing harm and the degree of severity of the harm
- Harm means physical injury or any other damage to health, including long-term health effects
ISO 9000
International Organization for
Standardization (ISO)
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Is a set of standards for quality management developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It is a quality assurance system and is an internationally acceptable baseline for performance by businesses and other organizations.
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- Customer focus. Understand the needs of existing and future customers.
- Leadership. Establish a vision and direction for the organization.
- Engagement of people.
- Process approach.
- Improvement.
- Evidence-based decision making.
- Relationship management.
ASTM F963-17
Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety
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This specification2 relates to possible hazards that may not be recognized readily by the public and that may be encountered in the normal use for which a toy is intended or after reasonably foreseeable abuse. It does not purport to cover every conceivable hazard of a particular toy. This specification does not cover product performance or quality, except as related to safety. Except for the labeling requirements pointing out the functional hazards and age range for which the toy is intended, this specification has no requirements for those aspects of a toy that present an inherent and recognized hazard as part of the function of the toy. Such an example is a sharp point necessary for the function of a needle. The needle is an inherent hazard that is well understood by the purchaser of a toy sewing kit, and this hazard is communicated to the user as part of the normal educational process.
On the other hand, while a riding toy has inherent hazards associated with its use (for example, falling off onto the sidewalk), the possible hazards associated with its construction (sharp edges, exposed mechanisms, etc.) will be minimized by the application of this specification.
This specification covers requirements and contains test methods for toys intended for use by children under 14 years of age. Different age limits for various requirements will be found in this specification. These limits reflect the nature of the hazards and expected mental or physical ability, or both, of a child to cope with the hazards.
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- Safety Requirements
- Material Quality
- Flammability
- Toxicology
- Electrical/Thermal Energy
- Sound-Producing Toys
- Small Objects
- Accessible Edges
- Projections
- Accessible Points
CCPSA - SOR/2011-17
Canada Consumer Product Safety Act - CCPSA -
Canadian Safety Requirements for Children’s Toys
Toys Regulations (SOR/2011-17)
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General Prohibition - The CCPSA prohibits the manufacture, import, advertisement or sale of any consumer product that is a “danger to human health or safety” (sections 7(a) and 8(a)). Specific Requirements - Any person who manufactures, imports, advertises or sells a consumer product in Canada must comply with all applicable requirements of the CCPSA and its regulations (section 6)
The Toys Regulations set out mandatory safety requirements that address a wide range of mechanical, flammability, toxicological, electrical, thermal and other hazards associated with children’s toys.
Examples of requirements are:
- mechanical (such as, choking, strangulation, suffocation, lacerations and punctures)
- flammability (such as, fire and burns)
- toxicological (such as, poisoning)
- electrical (such as, electrocution and shock) - thermal (burns)
- Surface Coating Materials Regulations
- Phthalates Regulations Consumer Products
- Containing Lead (Contact with Mouth) Regulations
- Testing Toys for Safety
H.R.4040
HR4040 - Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(USA - United States of America)
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 is a United States law signed on August 14, 2008 by President George W. Bush. The legislative bill was known as HR 4040, sponsored by Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). On December 19, 2007, the U.S. House approved the bill 407-0. On March 6, 2008, the U.S. Senate approved the bill 79-13.[1] The law—public law 110-314—increases the budget of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), imposes new testing and documentation requirements, and sets new acceptable levels of several substances. It imposed new requirements on manufacturers of apparel, shoes, personal care products, accessories and jewelry, home furnishings, bedding, toys, electronics and video games, books, school supplies, educational materials and science kits. The Act also increases fines and specifies jail time for some violations.
Examples of requirements are:
- Definition of a children's product primarily for children under 12 years of age.
- Testing and exposure levels for:
- Lead
- Pththalates
- Small parts
CE
European Economic Area (EEA)
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The letters ‘CE’ appear on many products traded on the extended Single Market in the European Economic Area (EEA). They signify that products sold in the EEA have been assessed to meet high safety, health, and environmental protection requirements.
Manufacturers play a vital role in ensuring that products placed on the extended single market of the EEA are safe. It is their responsibility to carry out the conformity assessment, set up the technical file, issue the EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking to a product.
Toy manufacturers and retailers increasingly import toy products and parts from all over the world. To ensure they are safe for children to play with, the European Union introduced the EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC, which aims to establish minimum safety standards relating to toy features, flammability, substances, documentation and more.
The EU safety directive for toys requires manufacturers to certify their products with a CE mark, which demonstrates the toy complies with these standards. A CE toys mark is mandatory for selling in the EU, and producers must carry out tests and produce documentation to demonstrate they are compliant.
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- Chemical Analysis and Testing
- Chemical Management and the Detox Campaign
- Flammability Testing
- Toy Safety Directive
- Product Packaging Testing
- Product Certification Marks
10 - Phthalates Analysis PT-TY-10
TOYTEST, the LGC AXIO Toy Safety
Proficiency Testing Scheme
Designed to support laboratories working to ensure that toys – and a wide range of other consumer products – are safe to use.
Phthalates, or phthalate esters, are esters of phthalic acid. They are mainly used as plasticizers, i.e., substances added to plastics to increase their flexibility, transparency, durability, and longevity. They are used primarily to soften polyvinyl chloride.
The scheme is based on European EN71 and US ASTM F963 standards, since most toys made and sold around the world are designed to comply with one or other of those standards. However,
TOYTEST also reaches beyond the toy industry by offering testing in areas that are appropriate to a broad range of other sectors – such as physical, chemical, acoustic, electric, and flammability tests, as well as paper exercises. The broad range of analytes provided include phthalates, bisphenols, tin, and mercury, meaning that TOYTEST is suitable for many different types of laboratories – from manufacturers’ in-house units to compliance bodies such as trading standards departments.
Chemicals tested and NOT detected are as follows:
Dibutyl Phthalate, DBP
Benzyl Butyl Phthalate, BBP
Diethylhexyl Phthalate, DEHP
Diisobutyl Phthalate, DIBP
Sum of DBP, BBP, DEHP & DIBP
Diisononyl Phthalate, DINP
Di-n-octyl Phthalate, DNOP*
Diisodecyl Phthalate, DIDP*
Sum of DINP, DNOP & DIDP
Dipentyl Phthalate, (DPENP/DPP)
Di-n-hexyl Phthalate, (DHEXP)
Dicyclohexyl Phthalate, (DCHP)
UKCA
Government of the UK
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UKCA stands for “UK Conformity Assessed”. It is the British version of the European Union’s CE marking. CE, as well as the UKCA mark, are not quality indicators or certification marks. UKCA marking is a similar provision as the CE marking, however applicable for UK laws and the UK market. It must be considered as an implicit declaration from the manufacturer or brand-owner that his product complies with all UK laws and the applicable British conformity assessment procedures.
Examples are:
- Safety requirements, specifically for children under 36 months,
- Instructions,
- Hazards relating to physical/mechanical properties,
- Flammability,
- Chemical properties,
- Electrical properties,
- Hygiene requirements.
- Radioactivity,
- Allergenic fragrances that toys must not contain,
- Regular testing, batching and labelling.
