Toy Safety Compliance Update

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1 Toy Safety Compliance Update American International Toy Fair February 18, 2014 TIA thanks the sponsors of the 2014 Annual Toy Safety Compliance Update

2 ASTM F Alan P. Kaufman Senior Vice-President, Technical Affairs TIA Toy Safety Seminar New York - February 18, 2014

3 ASTM F Status Published by ASTM December 2011 Endorsed by CPSC by unanimous vote March 2012 Became mandatory rule June 2012 Third-party testing and certification required for products within scope of the standard 3

4 Changes to F Heavy elements-addition of substrate requirements and compositing procedure Addition of design guidelines for bath toy projections Toys with spherical/nearly spherical ends-clarifies requirement by adding additional examples and illustrations Plastic film-clarifies that this requirement applies to all film, not just packaging Rattles/Teethers/Squeeze toys-adds exemption for soft-filled items Jaw Entrapment-gauge modified to add third dimension Stability/overload of ride-on toys and seats-clarifies test method Yo-Yo balls-clarifies test method Acoustics-simplifies and clarifies test method 4

5 F Heavy Elements Updated to add CPSIA lead limits-90ppm for surface coatings/100ppm for substrates Extends soluble element limitations to substrates (previously applied only to surface coatings) Adds option of total screen to demonstrate compliance with soluble limits Adds test methods for substrate testing Adds 24-hour cadmium migration test for metallic small parts; 200ug maximum extraction limit Adds compositing procedure-compositing up to three samples explicitly allowed for total element testing With the above changes, F now contains the most comprehensive toy heavy element standard worldwide Standard is now essentially aligned with both EN71 and ISO 8124, except that F contains the additional CPSIA total lead and 24- hour cadmium requirements 5

6 F Heavy Elements (cont) Maximum Soluble Migrated Element in ppm (mg/kg) for Surface Coatings and Substrates Other Than Modeling Clay Included as Part of a Toy Antimony Arsenic Barium Cadmium Chromium Lead Mercury Selenium (Sb) (As) (Ba) (Cd) (Cr) (Pb) (Hg) (Se) Maximum Soluble Migrated Element in ppm (mg/kg) for Modeling Clays Included as Part of a Toy Antimony Arsenic Barium Cadmium Chromium Lead Mercury Selenium (Sb) (As) (Ba) (Cd) (Cr) (Pb) (Hg) (Se)

7 F Heavy Elements (cont) Paper and paperboard not tested; fabrics and other material exempted by 16CFR and 16CFR also exempt from F963 total and soluble lead in substrate requirements Compositing not allowed for soluble element testing Surface coating limitations generally apply up to age 14 years; substrate requirements generally apply to accessible components of items for six years of age and under unless they cannot be mouthed, licked, or sucked; also to accessible components of products for ages up to 14 years intended to be mouthed (e.g. toy saxophone), contact or store food or drink, toy writing instruments, play cosmetics, or products otherwise likely to be mouthed 7

8 Future F963 Revisions Here are some of the items the F15.22 subcommittee is working on for the next revision of F963: Magnets: Additional labeling; other misc changes to be reballoted Projectiles: add KED, other misc changes - to be balloted Microbiological safety: Requirements clarified; alternative methods (CTFA) allowed ready for publication Stuffing cleanliness test method simplified ready for publication Coin/button cell batteries: possible additional labeling in WG Heavy Elements add HD-XRF for total screen in polymers, several clarifying changes in WG Expanding Toys-requirements under consideration by WG Miscellaneous changes: Strap exemption for ride-ons; curb impact for ride-ons; push-pull toy definition; non-powered scooter exclusion (ASTM F2264) all ready for publication 8

9 European Union Requirements Alan P. Kaufman Senior Vice-President, Technical Affairs TIA Toy Safety Seminar New York - February 18, 2014

10 Changes to EN71 EN71-1:2011+A2:2013 (revision) - Changes to acoustics requirements; impulse and continuous sound, addition of exposure categories EN71-3:2013 (revision)- Heavy elements: 19 elements now restricted; limits changed; addition of three material categories; Germany applying different limits for Pb, As, Sb, Hg, and Ba EN71-5: 2013 Chemical Toys Other Than Experimental Sets (revision) Labeling to align with EU CLP regulations, age label change to align with TSD EN71-12:2013 (new standard) n-nitrosamine and n- nitrosatable substances adds limits for these substances 10

11 Future Requirements Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) limits to be added to EN71-9 Bisphenol-A - already in EN71-9; likely to be added to TSD revision Other organic compounds/cmrs may be proposed for addition to EN

12 Thank You Thank you for your attention Alan P. Kaufman Senior Vice President for Technical Affairs Toy Industry Association, Inc Broadway, Suite 400, New York, NY Office: (646) Fax (212) Our Website: 12

13 Toy Safety Compliance Update American International Toy Fair February 18, 2014 TIA thanks the sponsors of the 2014 Annual Toy Safety Compliance Update