SGS Announces New ISO 8124 Part 6 on Method for Determination of Phthalates in Toys

HONG KONG, China - Sept. 22, 2014 - PRLog -- In August 2014, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the completely new standard ISO 8124 Part 6 ‘Safety of Toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters in toys and children’s products’. The standard is largely based on the existing China national standard GB/T 22048-2008 ‘Toys and children's products - Determination of phthalate plasticizers in polyvinyl chloride plastic’

Determination of Phtalates in Toys

The new standard is part of a family of standards under the general title “Safety of Toys”. In additional to the new part 6, the following parts have also been published:

- ISO 8124-1 “Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties”
- ISO 8124-2 “Flammability”
- ISO 8124-3 “Migration of certain elements”
- ISO 8124-4 “Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use”

The new standard part 6 specifies a method for the determination of 6 phthalates which are regulated under a number of legislative acts for toys and children’s products globally:

1.    Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP)
2.    Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)
3.    Bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
4.    Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP)
5.    Di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP)
6.    Di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP)

Standard ISO 8124 Part 6 – Applicability

The standard is applicable to toys and children’s products which are manufactured from plastics, textiles, and coatings etc. The methodology involves the use of the solvent dichloromethane as the extraction medium and gas chromatography with mass spectrometry as analytical method. It has also been validated for polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyurethane (PU) and some representative coatings.

Highlights of the new standard and acronym definitions are summarized within the latest SafeGuards bulletin (http://newsletter.sgs.com/eNewsletterPro/uploadedimages/0...)..

Reference:

- Safety of Toys – Part 6: Certain phthalate esters in toys and children’s products (http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=56844)

About SGS Services for Toys and Juvenile Products

Throughout a global network of laboratories, SGS is able to provide a range of services, including analytical testing and consultancy for phthalates and other chemical substances in toys and children’s products (http://www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Toys-and-Juve...) for the EU, US and international markets.

Please do not hesitate to contact an SGS expert for further information.

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