EN 71-3:2013 was published by CEN recently. EN 71-3:2013, Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements, is a test method standard for testing migration of metal elements to meet a part of chemical requirements of the EU Toys Safety Directive (2009/48/EC), the chemical requirements of which will take effect from July 20th, 2013.
The main changes in EN 71-3 are as follows:
(I)The standard contains requirements for the three categories of toy materials showed in table 1:
Category | Toy Material | Toy Material Examples |
Category I | Dry, brittle, powder-like or pliable materials | Compressed paint tablets, materials intended to leave a trace or similar materials in solid form appearing as such in the toy, e.g. coloring pencil cores, chalk, crayons. Pliable modeling materials such as clays and plaster. |
Category II | Liquid or sticky materials | Liquid paints, including finger paints, lacquers, liquid ink in pens. Similar materials in liquid form such as bubble solutions. |
Category III | Scraped-off materials | Coatings of paints, polymeric materials, paper and paper board, textile materials, glass, ceramic, metallic materials, etc. |
(II)in EN 71-3:2013 categories of organic tin are specified as well as test methods for Cr (III) and Cr (VI).
(III)Test uncertainty is used to replace the analytical correction factor for estimation.
Substance | Limit (mg/kg) | ||
Dry, brittle, powder-like or pliable toy material | Liquid or sticky toy material | Scraped-off toy material | |
Aluminium (Al) | 5625 | 1406 | 70000 |
Antimony (Sb) | 45 | 11.3 | 560 |
Arsenic (As) | 3.8 | 0.9 | 47 |
Barium (Ba) | 4500 | 1125 | 56000 |
Boron (B) | 1200 | 300 | 15000 |
Cadmium (Cd) | 1.3 | 0.3 | 17 |
Chromium(Ⅲ) (Cr3+) | 37.5 | 9.4 | 460 |
Chromium(Ⅵ) (Cr6+) | 0.02 | 0.005 | 0.2 |
Cobalt (Co) | 10.5 | 2.6 | 130 |
Copper (Cu) | 622.5 | 156 | 7700 |
Lead (Pb) | 13.5 | 3.4 | 160 |
Manganese (Mn) | 1200 | 300 | 15000 |
Mercury (Hg) | 7.5 | 1.9 | 94 |
Nickel (Ni) | 75 | 18.8 | 930 |
Selenium (Se) | 37.5 | 9.4 | 460 |
Strontium (Sr) | 4500 | 1125 | 56000 |
Tin (Sn) | 15000 | 3750 | 180000 |
Organic tin | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12 |
Zinc (Zn) | 3750 | 938 | 46000 |
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