WHY IS TOY AND CHILDCARE PRODUCT TESTING IMPORTANT?

Toy and childcare product testing helps your business meet the market’s increasing demands for safety and quality. In order to avoid risks to children and babies, such as choking or harmful substance migration, manufacturers and distributors must ensure that the raw materials used in products and the product design concepts are safe.

Requirements for toys and childcare products

Toys and childcare products must comply with several national, EU and other countries' legal requirements, such as:

  • Directive 2009/48/EC
  • 38/2011. (X.5.) NGM (Ministry for National Economy) Decree
  • EN 71 series of standards 

In addition, according to various international regulations such as REACH (EC) 1907/2006, toys may not contain certain chemical substances (eg heavy metals, allergenic and carcinogenic dyes, azo dyes, formaldehyde, etc) or may contain them only to a limited extent. The manufacturer, importer and distributor are all responsible for the quality and safety of toys, so all actors in the supply chain must ensure the conformity of products.

OUR TOY AND CHILDCARE PRODUCT TESTING AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES

We offer a comprehensive service portfolio for the toy industry such as tests, certification and expert services. We subject toys and childcare products to rigorous chemical and physical testing in our accredited laboratories. In Hungary, TÜV SÜD is the only notified body according to the Toy Directive (NoBo 1417) and the only approved testing laboratory by the CPSC (US Consumer Product Safety Commission).

We provide a full range of services including products such as:

Toys

  • Building sets, dolls, soft toys, puzzles, plastic and wooden toys, development toys, books, toy bicycles, sensory chews, rattles, balloons
  • Face and finger paints, cosmetic toys, temporary tattoos
  • Markers, pencils, pens, paints, clays, crayons
  • Outdoor and indoor play equipment for home use - swings, baby swings, sandboxes, climbing frames, plastic slides, etc

Childcare products

Our laboratories are accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 and perform complex physical and chemical tests on toys and childcare products according to MSZ, EN, ISO, ASTM and other international standards.

  • Physical tests for toys and childcare products
    • Testing of size, strength, stability, sharpness, pointiness, etc
    • Radioactivity
    • Combustibility
  • Chemical tests for toys and childcare products
    • Migrated elements (lead, cadmium, mercury, etc)
    • Aromatic amines derived from azo dyes
    • Allergic and carcinogenic dyes
    • Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances
    • Primary aromatic amines (PAA)
    • Migrated monomers: phenol, bisphenol-A (BPA), acrylamide, formaldehyde, styrene
    • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
    • MBT and antioxidants
    • Phthalates
    • Formamide
    • Flame retardants (TCEP, TCPP, TDCP, TEPA, TRIS)
    • Metal content (lead, cadmium, etc)
    • Migrated and inhalation solvents (dichloromethane, benzene, toluene, etc)
    • Wood preservatives
    • Preservatives (BIT, MIT, CMIT)
    • Migrated plasticisers, phosphates

    Contact our experts today to discuss how we can help you ensure your toy and childcare products are safe

  • Expert services for toys and childcare products
    • Issuing test reports
    • CE marking checks: documentation checks, label conformity, label and leaflet checks
    • Type examination and product certification in accordance with the requirements of the relevant directive and regulation (EN 71 series and EN IEC 62115), conformity assessment

Your benefits

Pictogram in .SVG for Minimise Risk Minimising risks - Full product testing to ensure compliance with quality and safety requirements helps prevent fines, product recalls and reputational risks.
Pictogram in .SVG for Target Competitive advantage - By using our complex testing and expert services, you can assure your customers of the quality and safety compliance of your product, thereby increasing your company's marketability and competitiveness.
Pictogram in .SVG for Certified Document Strengthening your brand reputation - Our test reports and expert opinions are a symbol of reliability at national and international level, which can increase customer engagement and strengthen your brand reputation.

WHY CHOOSE OUR HUB IN HUNGARY?

  • Decades of professional experience
  • A client-oriented approach
  • Innovative laboratories, modernised equipment
  • Extensive test coverage
  • Continuous reduction of detectability limits
  • Test reports in various major languages
  • Customer contact in several languages (English, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, French and more)

TÜV SÜD is one of the world's leading certification companies, providing its customers with high-quality technical, quality and safety solutions for inspection, verification, auditing and certification.

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