[Office Partner Information Center] The EU "Toy Safety Directive", which is known as the most stringent toy regulation in the world, has set up safety, environmental protection and hygiene due to various requirements such as technical requirements, inspection methods, corporate social responsibility, and inspection agency obligations. The health, energy consumption levels, involving 66 kinds of sensitizing fragrances, more than 3,000 kinds of CMR substances, triggered a high degree of market attention.
Recently, the "Toy Safety Directive" has new actions for many types of chemical substances. The game companies must pay attention to the changes of the four concentration limits: First, the concentration limit of methyl chloroisothiazolinone (CMI) is 0.75 mg / kg. The concentration limit of methyl isothiazolinone (MI) is 0.25 mg/kg, and the concentration limit of 3:1 ratio of CMI/MI in water toys is 1 mg/kg; the second is benzisothiazoline The concentration limit of ketone (BIT) in water toy materials is 5 mg/kg; the third is foaming toy material with a carboxamide content of more than 200 mg/kg by weight. After the longest 28-day emission test, The amide emission limit is 20 μg/m3; the fourth is the migration limit of phenol in the polymer is 5 mg/l, and the concentration limit for preservatives is 10 mg/kg. CMI, MI and BIT are widely used as preservatives in water toys such as finger paints, window/glass pigments, glues and soap bubbles. Formamide is widely used in various types of styrofoam toys and plastic toys such as puzzle mats. The substance is considered to be a very strong human contact allergen and has a huge chemical hazard.
The concentration limit of chemical substances is the key word for the regulation of toy regulations in various countries, and has become a difficult problem encountered in export. In addition to the new toy safety directive, the EU REACH regulations, the US and European PFOS ban, the latest chemical limit requirements and test standards for phthalate limits in various countries have also risen. The continuous update of the new regulations has caused a significant impact on the toy industry. . On the one hand, cost control is more difficult. Due to the higher requirements for chemical testing standards and inspection and quarantine items for toys, the export certification process is more complicated, involving not only product production, but also transportation packaging, recycling and other aspects. Previously, companies have only reported the "Toy Safety Directive". The implementation of the company's product testing costs increased by three times the original, does not include the cost of upgrading the raw materials to meet the requirements. On the other hand, it is reported that the return shipments are frequent. Taking the EU RAPEX notification system as an example, from January to August this year, Chinese products were notified by the European Union a total of 721 cases, of which up to 28% of toys were banned in the EU, showing a persistent high incidence, due to chemical risk factors caused by toy notifications. There are 89 cases in the case. The specific reasons include excessive heavy metal elements such as lead, cadmium and chromium in paints and surface coatings, and the limit of sensitive elements such as phthalates, toxic aromatic amines and azo dyes exceeding the standard, which greatly exceeds Risk warning level.
Ningbo Toys has maintained a double growth trend of batch and export for many years. The annual export earned more than 1 billion US dollars, and the proportion of exports to Europe exceeded 40%. From January to July this year, Ningbo's toy exports reached 609 million US dollars, up 6.8% year-on-year. . In the face of the continuous increase in regulatory control measures, companies must actively recruit and find ways. On the one hand, technological innovation is imminent. Enterprises must strengthen risk assessment and judgment, increase the level of research and development of technology, assist in the upgrading of technical level, do product design review and functional safety assessment, and extend the product life cycle. On the other hand, quality control needs to be improved. Enterprises should strive to improve internal control and self-inspection and self-control capabilities, strengthen foreign contract review, take the initiative to obtain standard texts under the regulatory framework, understand the EU banned substances regulations and a very small number of exempted substances, especially the exemption of various chemical banned substances. Alternative research.
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