all toys (HS code(s): 95); (ICS code(s): 97.200.50)

National Standard of the P.R.C., Safety of toys —Part 4: Migration of certain elements; (28 page(s), in Chinese)

This document specifies maximum acceptable levels and methods of sampling, extraction and determination for the migration of the elements antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium from toy materials and from parts of toys.

Maximum acceptable levels are specified for the migration of the elements from the following toy materials:

— coatings of paints, varnishes, lacquers, printing inks, polymers and similar coatings;

— polymeric and similar material, including laminates, whether textile-reinforced or not, but excluding other textiles and non-woven textiles;

— paper and paperboard;

— natural, artificial or synthetic textiles;

— glass/ceramic/metallic materials;

— other materials, whether mass-coloured or not (e.g. wood, fibreboard, hardboard, bone and leather);

— materials intended to leave a trace (e.g. the graphite materials in pencils and liquid ink in pens);

— pliable modelling materials, including modelling clays and gels;

— paints to be used as such in the toy, including finger paints, varnishes, lacquers, glazing powders and similar material in solid or liquid form.

The requirements in this document apply to the following toys and toy components and toy materials:

— all intended food and oral contact toys, cosmetic toys and writing instruments categorized as toys, irrespective of any age grading or recommended age labelling;

— all toys intended for or suitable for children under 72 months of age;

— accessible coatings, irrespective of any age grading or recommended age labelling;

— accessible liquids, pastes, gels (e.g. liquid paints, modelling compounds), irrespective of any age grading or recommended age labelling.

Packaging materials are not included, unless they are intended to be kept, e.g. boxes, containers, or unless they are part of the toy or designed to have play value.