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EU harmonized standard EN 71-12 firstly Published

From: 中鼎检测 Date: 2013-07-25 Tits: 15034 Times
EN 71-12:2013, Safety of toys - Part 12: N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances, a official test method to determinate N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances limited in EU Toys Safety Directive 2009/48/EC, was first published by CEN in June, 2013.
EN 71-12:2013 has been included as harmonised standard under Directive 2009/48/EC after being published on EU Official Journal 2013/C 187/09 on June 29th, 2013. Migrations of N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances from elastomeric toys and finger paints are determinate by HPLC-MS/MS or other similar sets that meet the requirements like detection limit under  EN 71-12:2013. The scope of this standard and limits are showed in table1, and substances (included but not limit) need test are listed in table 2.


Tab1. The limits of  N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances(mg/kg)

Substances
Scope
elastomeric toys and parts of toys intended for use by children under 36 months
elastomeric toys and parts of toys intended to be placed in the mouth(e.g. balloons and teethers)
finger paints intended for use by children under 36 months
N-nitrosamines
0.05
0.02
N-nitrosatable substances
1.0
1.0
Tab2. List of N-nitrosamines(list is not exhaustive) in EN 71-12:2013    
No.
Name
Abbr.
CAS No.
No.
Name
Abbr.
CAS No.
1
N-nitrosodiethanolamine
NDELA
1116-54-7
8
N-nitrosodiisononylamine
NDiNA
1207995-62-7
2
N-nitrosodimethylamine
NDMA
62-75-9
9
N-nitrosomorpholine
NMOR
59-89-2
3
N-nitrosodiethylamie
NDEA
55-18-5
10
N-nitrosopiperidine
NPIP
100-75-4
4
N-nitrosodipropylamine
NDPA
621-64-7
11
N-nitrosodibenzylamine
NDBzA
5336-53-8
5
N-nitrosodiisopropylamine
NDiPA
601-77-4
12
N-nitroso-N-methyl-N-phenylamine
NMPhA
614-00-6
6
N-nitrosodibutylamine
NDBA
924-16-3
13
N-nitroso-N-ethyl-N-phenylamine
NEPhA
612-64-6
7
N-nitrosodiisobutylamine
NDiBA
997-95-5
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