Toys EN71 certification EN71 into toy export key

Toy design, manufacture and marking requirements become abroad to improve toy safety recalls, prevention is one of the means, also will become the future foreign imported products to set up trade barriers for the development direction of. Many toy companies have said, this year the export situation is not optimistic. Investigate its reason, both foreign ways for Chinese products" demonized" blindly follow the trend factor, but also the toy export market access threshold indicator changes occur as the result of.
Toys EN71 certification of environmental safety threshold elevation
Restriction of hazardous substances become a national regulations and standards developed by the new trend, lead, arsenic and other heavy metals and organic chemical compositions in PVC toys, azo dyes, adjacent benzene two formic acid salt and other harmful substances are strictly limited to the goal of future.
Toy exports are subject to large and wide regulations and standards. At present, although each country has specifically for toy regulations and technical specifications, such as the EU's" toy safety directive" and toys EN71 certification, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission formulation of safety regulations in sixteenth parts and toys standard ASTMF963 and ST2002 Japan toy safety standard. But because of the toy relates to the kinds of raw materials and technical category of wide product, involves different types of regulations and standards, toys in the market sales by regulations than the imagination of many and wide. For example, in the sales of electric toys must comply with the EU Directive on toy safety, but also to meet the EU" electromagnetic compatibility EMC instruction" ( 89 / 336 / EEC )," eco-design of energy using products directive" ( EuP ) and" in electrical and electronic equipment on the prohibition of the use of certain hazardous substances" ( RoHS2002 / 95 / EC ) and" disabling harmful azo dyes" dozens of specifications.
The EU market toy instruction complex," disabling harmful azo dyes" as early as September 11, 2003 in the 15 European Union member country implement, provisions of cloth or leather toys and contains a cloth or leather clothing toys such as containing release concentration greater than thirty ppm prohibited aromatic amine azo dyes, shall not be sold in the European union. The WEEE instruction puts forward from August 13, 2005 onwards, including toys, 10 types of mechanical and electrical products in exports to the EU, will be charged extra funds for the electronic waste recycling costs; RoHs instruction set from July 1, 2006 onwards into the electrical and electronic products (including electronic toys and plastic toys products with motor ) must not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, six chromium, PBB polybrominated diphenyl ether, two and other 6 kinds of harmful substances, containing these substances products must use the new environmental protection materials instead of. In October 24, 2006, the EU official ban of perfluorooctane sulfonate ( PFOS ) provisions for the use of all manufactured goods, PFOS in content can not exceed the quality of 0.005%.
Toy products lead content regulations frequency add variable EN71 certification into toy export key
The United States of America 's new rules on lead in 2007 December through the" Consumer Product Safety Act", its changes drastically: Children's products lead content in the cap will be in 4 years from six hundred parts per million ( 600ppm ) to tighten the 100ppm; will lead paint limit changes reduced by nearly ten times, reduced from 0.06% to 0.009%; the children's products and furniture coatings and surface coating lead limit to 0.009mg / cm2. In 2007 September, the Australian and New Zealand regulations banned the import of all accessible material for lead content of more than 90ppm children's toys. European toy standard EN71-3" toy safety migration of certain elements" also stipulates, toys and toy parts lead limit for 90ppm. Countries have legislation to limit the content of lead in toys and other children's products, lead a children's product safety concern to most chemicals, massive recall has occurred, it is reported, in 2007 the United States CPSC total recall 88, number about 18000000 pieces of domestic lead paint products, according to European Union non food early warning system statistics, because of lead was attacked by EU early-warning is the 31 batch.
Limit the use of plastic toys as plasticizers in the adjacent benzene two formic acid salt as the toy export barriers. The European Union from January 16, 2007 onwards into the" EU restrictions on toys and child care supplies the adjacent benzene two formic acid salt content of instruction" ( 2005th / 84 / EC directive ) regulations, toys or child care supplies plastic contains 3 adjacent benzene two formic acid salt ( DEHP, DBP and BBP ), concentration of not more than 0.1%; children can be put into the mouth of toys and child care supplies, plastic contains 3 other kinds of adjacent benzene two formic acid salt ( DINP, DIDP and DNOP ), concentration of not more than 0.1%, exceeding the products shall not be for sale in the European community.
Notable is, parts of Europe countries in the limit of harmful substances of this trend more stringent. As with the European Union, Denmark in addition to specified six requirements, in less than three years old children with toys and childcare articles, stipulated that neither Xiang Lin benzene two formic acid salts or esters content shall not exceed 0.05%. The United States of America originally though strongly opposed the EU to limit the use of PVC plasticizer, but the city of San Francisco issued to disable the adjacent benzene two formic acid salt laws and the 2009 California will implement may manufacture, sales of the adjacent benzene two formic acid salt concentrations over 0.1% toys and broken its promise, and Japan later also to the related regulations and standards to make the corresponding modified, although, in some specific standards to determine possible behind the EU, for some PVC plasticizer restrictions may not have the EU so strict. But from the trend, both countries followed the EU to toys, especially infant toys of the toxic and harmful substances in the harsh restrictions will become a new toy export disorder, most of China's toy products EN71 certification is required.
Europe and the United States on the developed countries start instruction, usually has a chain reaction, leading to other countries and regions have followed, some also develop a more stringent standard. At the beginning of the year 2008, Brazil released toy toxic substances test new requirements, requiring all vinyl material toys may contain a concentration of more than 0.1% DEHP, BBP or DBP, at the same time, especially for children under the age of three vinyl toy, a supplement to prohibit containing concentrations of more than 0.1% DIN P, DIDP or DNOP toxic substances test requirements. Taiwan area of our country is in Europe the adjacent benzene two formic acid salt content ban to prohibit the use of two adjacent benzene two formic acid salt plasticizer.
Design and mark becomes EN71 certification requirements
According to the past 20 years of toy recall incident data analysis, due to the design and manufacturing defects, Chinese toy recall incident shows growth trend, in 1988 only 3% of the recalled products from China, and in 2007 the ratio reached 95%. Global toy design and manufacturing requirements of increasingly stringent, such as a toy in a sharp parts should be protective treatment, to prevent the children to be scratched; toys can not accompanied by falling ball or a magnetic block and other parts, in order to prevent ingestion by children and asphyxia; limit or ban of lead-containing paint and other unacceptable material and so on. In 2007 the United States of America Mattel toys made in China on three massive recall, nearly 90% of the problem lies in the small magnet design defects, visible, the United States on the import of toy design and manufacturing requirements very strict, the United States laws, even if the products meet the standard requirements, but if the product has certain defects lead to children to bring or may harm, still to be recovered, and the European countries are also being developed, such as Sweden will prohibit the domestic sale with a small magnet toy.
Toy warning mark and certification marks become mandatory requirements. At present, in Europe and the United States, Japan and other countries and regions are provided when the toy is a potential danger to children, must be affixed to warning signs, such as choking hazard warning, age warning instructions. The United States as early as 2006 embedded toy magnet loss caused by accidents after children, began requiring manufacturers in the production of toys with magnets sticking warning mark. German magnet toy warning label is also provided, from January 1, 2008 onwards, no additional warning marker magnet toy exports to Germany will be refused entry. In addition to warning signs, these countries and regions are often required in the toy packaging and printed on the surface of products with a statement of the standard marking, the most typical is the EU's CE certification mark, provisions attached CE mark toys to enter the EU market; some states of the United States and even ask in stuffed toys must be attached a producer ( or importer ) and product information of the EN71 tag. Japanese toy industry is established for 14 years and the following play toy safety standard - ST symbol. Although the involvement of ST sign system is voluntary, but almost all designed for the age of 14 years and a ST symbol toy.
Enterprise must improve coping toys EN71 certification level
From the Ningbo inspection and Quarantine Bureau understanding arrives, 2007 is made in Ningbo toy exports a tough year, 2007 total exports of toys in Ningbo port the 6690 batch, the value breaks through 100000000 dollars to close greatly, grows in high speed while, export toy quality problems due to the unqualified ratio also shows ascendant trend, in 2007 48 batch of unqualified, make over $1150000 toy export affected. According to the Ningbo Bureau of inspection and quarantine inspection, the problem is centered in the following respects: one is the toy small objects may lead to children under three due to swallowing and present a choking hazard; two is a plastic film or packaging plastic bags thinner thickness, if coverage in children with facial or child inhalation may cause choking hazard; three is the toy does not have the corresponding safety instructions and warnings, consumers because of a lack of correct guidance and cause unnecessary harm and danger.
Exports of toys showing similar quality problems because of the law and standard, in addition to the toy manufacturing safety and environmental protection requirements, the Ningbo toy industry itself highlighted on product safety control ability difference is also one of the important reasons.
In order to ensure that the Ningbo area export toy quality and safety, reduce the risk of toy exports, enterprises must continuously improve the quality safety control ability, especially the safety, environmental protection and other aspects of the request, to increase foreign technical regulations, standards for the collection and study, improve active coping ability. In addition, the enterprise must through the independent development, improve technical capabilities, production with high technical content of toy products, and constantly adjust product formulations, the use of new environment-friendly alternative raw materials, gradually create a quality reputation of the enterprise, to ensure the smooth export of toys.