With the socio-economic development, people pay more and more attention to the safety of child use and care articles. At the same time, many countries or regions have developed special standards to control the safety of child use and care articles in its market.
Type of product | Target market | Testing standards | Major testing items |
Soother | EU | EN 1400 | General and mechanical requirements: Construction properties, Impact resistance, Puncture resistance, Tear resistance, Bite endurance of elastomeric components, Knob, Plug and/or cover retention etc. Chemical requirements: Migration of certain elements, N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances,MBT release, Antioxidants release, Formaldehyde release, Bisphenol A (BPA) release, Color Fastness, Volatile compounds content etc. |
USA | 16 CFR1511 | Small parts,Protrusions limitation,Structural integrity tests, Labeling etc. | |
China | GB 28482 | General and mechanical requirements: Construction properties, Impact resistance, Puncture resistance, Tear resistance, Bite endurance of elastomeric components,Knob,plug and/or cover retention etc. Chemical requirements: Migration of certain elements, N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances,MBT release,Antioxidants release, Phthalate content, Volatile compounds contentetc. | |
Soother holder | EU | EN 12586 | General and mechanical requirements:Construction properties,Impact resistance,Durability of the garment fastener, Tensile strength etc. Chemical requirements: Migration of certain elements,Nickel release,Color Fastness,Formaldehyde,Phthalate content,Colourants,Primary aromatic aminesetc. |
Drinking equipment | EU | EN 14350 | General and mechanical requirements:Sharp points&edges,Small parts,Resistance to tearing,Resistance to boiling water,Thermal shock,Print adhesion of markings and decorations etc. Chemical requirements: Migration of certain elements,N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances, MBT release, Antioxidants release, Formaldehyde release, Colorfastness, Primary aromatic amines, Volatile compounds content etc. |
EU | EN 14372 | General and mechanical requirements:Sharp points & edges,Small parts,Tensile strength,Torque test,Tear resistance,Drop test etc. Chemical requirements: Migration of certain elements, Phthalatecontent,Formaldehyde release,Nickel release,Bisphenol A (BPA) release,Volatile compounds contentetc. |