EU Toy Safety –Revised Standard EN 71-5:2013 for Chemical Toys (Sets) other than Experimental Sets

HONG KONG, China - July 18, 2013 - PRLog -- In June 2013, SGS informed you that:

i- EN 71-4:2013 was harmonized under the Toy Safety Directive (TSD) (1).

ii- EN 71-3:2013 and EN 71-12:2013 were published by the ComitéEuropéen de Normalization (CEN, European Committee for Standardization)(2,3).

In June 2013, CEN also published the new toy safety standard EN 71-5:2013 ‘Safety of toys Part 5: ‘Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets’. This standard is also expected to be accepted by the European Commission (EC) and harmonized under the TSD.

Highlights of the new standard are summarized in Table 1 within the respective SGS SafeGuards article (http://newsletter.sgs.com/eNewsletterPro/uploadedimages/000006/sgs-safeguards-11613-cen-publishes-revised-en-71-5-2013-for-chemical-toys-sets-other-than-experimental-sets-a4-en-13.pdf).

About SGS Services for Toys and Juvenile Products

SGS offers a wide range of services to ensure that your products comply with the EU Toy Safety Directive (http://www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Toys-and-Juve...). The company offers training, safety/risk assessment, technical documentation check, labeling review, testing according to harmonized standards, SVHC screening, inspections and audits. With the largest global network of toy experts and testing facilities around the world, around 20 toy labs worldwide including five EU Notified Bodies (France, UK, Germany, Netherlands and Turkey), SGS is the partner to trust.

References:

(1)SafeGuards 091/13 “EU Harmonises Standard Methods for Toy Safety”(http://newsletter.sgs.com/eNewsletterPro/uploadedimages/0...)
(2)SafeGuards 111/13 “CEN publishes new toy safety standard EN71-3:2013 for soluble element”(http://newsletter.sgs.com/eNewsletterPro/uploadedimages/0...)
(3)SafeGuards “CEN publishes new toy safety standard EN71-12:2013 for nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances” - to be published soon

Please do not hesitate to contact the SGS experts for further information.

Contact details:

SGS Consumer Testing Services
HingWo Tsang
Senior Technical Services Manager
SGS Hong Kong Ltd.
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Shatin, NT, Hong Kong, China

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