What is EN 71 testing and certification

EN71 is the normative standard for toy products in the EU market. Children are the most cared and cherished group in the whole society. The toy market that children generally love is developing rapidly. At the same time, various kinds of toys also cause harm to children due to various quality problems . security requirements are becoming increasingly stringent. Many countries and regions have established their own safety standard requirements for these products, and manufacturing companies must ensure that their products meet the relevant standards before they are sold in the region.

As a result , the toy safety law EN71 was launched in Europe .

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1. EN 71-1: physical &mechanical Test physical and mechanical test

(a)Without Sound module

(b)With Sound module sound toy

(c)Earphone with Sound

(d)7000 Cycles Switch Test for Chest

(e)Ride-on Toys

(F) Mouth-actuated Toys

Physical and mechanical properties This part mainly includes drop detection, small parts detection, sharp edge detection, tension detection, pressure detection, seam detection, ear nose and eye tension, torsion detection, etc. General requirements for the physical test part: 1 Material 2 Assembly 3 Flexible plastic film 4 Toy bag 5 Glass 6 Intumescent material 7 Edges 8 Gunpowder caps specially designed for toys 9 Sound toys 10 Toys with heat source 11 Small balls 12 Sharp tips 13 Protrusions Parts 14 Relatively moving parts 15 Mouth-action toys 16 Balloons 17 Toy kites and other flying toys ropes 18 Enclosed toys 19 Toys that bear children's weight 20 Heavy stationary toys 21 Projectiles 22 Water toys, etc.

2. EN 71-2 : flammability Test

(a) Finished Product

(b) Pile fabric or material pile fabric or pile material

(c) Flash Point Liquid Flash Point Test

3. EN 71-3: Toxic Elements Test (19 heavy metal tests )

Toy materials are divided into the following three categories according to the degree to which children may ingest (see Table 1 for details):

Category 1 – Dry, brittle, powdered or pliable toy materials

Category 2 – Liquid and Viscous Toy Materials

Category 3 – Toy materials that can be scraped off

– The test object includes 19 chemical elements (including trivalent chromium and hexavalent chromium, organotin and tin elements are counted separately, so it can also be said to be 17 elements).

-Retain the original 8 elements (chromium, which is divided into two different valence states mentioned above), plus another 9 different elements.

– Lowered the migration limit for most elements. (See Table 2 for details)

– The migration limit for barium in the latest EN71-3 standard is even lower than the directive.

– The migration limit of hexavalent chromium in toy materials of categories 1 and 2 is too low to be detected by the test method of EN71-3:2013, therefore, compliance with the requirements must be demonstrated by other methods.

– The new standard removes the application of analytical correction factors.

– In the previous version, only the analytical results corrected by the analytical correction factor could be used to judge the conformity of the product. That is to say, the analysis result of the toy material must be corrected by the analysis correction factor and still exceed the limit value, in order to be regarded as non-conforming.

– The new standard requires laboratories to assess the compliance of test materials with their own uncertainty.

– If the laboratory's measurement uncertainty is less than the analytical correction factor of the previous version, the chemical analysis will no longer appear as the test results in the previous version were significantly higher than the regulatory limit, due to the correction of the analytical correction factor A conclusion that meets the requirements.

Table 1 – Toy material categories

Table 2 – Migration Limits for Different Classes of Elements

4. EN 71-4: Experimental Set for Chemisty

5. EN 71-5: Chemisty Toys(Sets) Other than Experimental Sets

6. EN 71-6: Graphical Symbol for Age Warning Labelling

7. EN 71-7: Finger Paints

(a) Colorants

(b) Preservatives

(c) Binding agents, extenders, humectants and surfactants, ingredient review

(d) Limits for the transfer of certain elements

(e) Limits for primar aromatic amines

(f) Ethanol

(g) pH value acid-base

(h)Product information & Container

8. EN71-8: Household swings, household slides, household seesaws, household play houses, household paddling pools, others (such as climbing facilities)

(a) Playground Equipment (Exclude Swing) Recreational facilities other than swings

(b) Swing swing

9. EN 71-9: Organic Chemical Compounds-RequirementsOrganic Compounds- Requirements

EN71-9 test items are as follows, for different material test requirements: click to view

(a) Flame Retardants

(b) Color fastness to perspiration

(c) Colourants Colorants

(d) Limits for primary aromatic amines

(e) Monomers-migration Test plastic monomer (migration)

(f) Solvents-migration Test solvent (migration)

(g) Solvents-inhalation Test solvent (inhalation)

(h) Wood Preservatives

(i) Preservatives (Other than wood presercatives )

(j) Plasticisers-migration Test plasticizer (migration)

(k) Toxicity Classification according to /EC Toxicity Classification

(l) PH value

(m) Formaldehyde

10. EN 71-10 : Sample preparation and extraction procedures for EN71-9 toy-specific safety requirements

11. EN 71-11: Organic Chemical Compounds-Methods of analysis

12. EN 71-12: Test for nitrosamines and nitrosamine compounds

13. EN 71-13:Testing of Fragrances in Certain Toys

14. EN 71-14: Testing of safety requirements for domestic trampolines

15. EN 62115: Electric Toy Safety Test Electric Toy Safety

16. EN62471 (formerly EN60825-1)/Laser Classicfication light-emitting diode / laser level judgment

17. EMC60825 Directive /EEC European Community Electromagnetic Compatibility Test

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