Regulations & Compliance
New lower lead limits (CPSIA 2008) take affect August 14, 2009 reducing lead levels from 600 ppm to 90 ppm. In the United States (US), and the European Union (EU), governments have proposed and or updated requirements for consumer product safety testing. In the US the Consumer Prodcut Safety Commission (CPSC) has tightened standards related to lead and plasticizers (Phthalates) in toys. The EU has also proposed revisions to EN-71 (standards for toys) to expand the number of metals and organic contaminants regulated in toys. Learn more.
Regulations & StandardsPhthalates
Metals
- EN 71-3, 8, 9 & 10: Safety of Toys - This part of this European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for the migration of the elements antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium from toy materials and from parts of toys except materials not accessible.
- ASTM F963: Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety - This specification 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.
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