1 Scope
1.1 This part of GB 6675 specifies maximum acceptable levels and methods of sampling and extraction prior to analysis for the migration of the elements antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium from toy materials and from parts of toys.
1.2 Maximum acceptable levels are specified for the migration of the elements listed in 1.1 from the following toy materials:
— coatings of paints, varnishes, lacquers, printing inks, polymers and similar coatings (see 8.1);
— polymeric and similar materials, including laminates, whether textile-reinforced or not, but excluding other textiles and non-woven textiles (see 8.2);
— paper and paperboard, up to a maximum mass per unit area of 400 g/m2 (see 8.3);
— natural, artificial or synthetic textiles (see 8.4);
— glass/ceramic/metallic materials, excepting lead solder when used for electrical connections (see 8.5);
— other materials, whether mass-coloured or not (e.g. wood, fibreboard, hardboard, bone and leather) (see 8.6);
— materials intended to leave a trace (e.g. the graphite materials in pencils and liquid ink in pens) (see 8.7);
— pliable modelling materials, including modelling clays and gels (see 8.8);
— paints to be used as such in the toy, including finger paints, varnishes, lacquers, glazing powders and similar materials in solid or liquid form (see 8.9).
1.3 The requirements in this part apply to the following toys and toy components of toys and toy materials (see C.2.1):
— 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 up to 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.
1.4 Packaging materials are not included, unless they are intended to be kept, e.g. boxes, containers, or unless they form part of the toy or have intended play value (see C.2.2).
Note: No requirements are given for toys and parts of toys which, due to their accessibility, function, mass, size or other characteristics, are obviously unlikely to be sucked, licked or swallowed, bearing in mind the normal and foreseeable behaviour of children (e.g. the coating on the crossbeam of a swing set, the tyres of a toy bicycle).
2 Normative References
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
GB 6675.2 Safety of toys — Part 2: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties (ISO 8124-1:2000, MOD)
GB/T 6682 Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods (ISO 3696:1987, MOD)
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
Base material
Material upon which coatings may be formed or deposited.
3.2
Coating
All layers of material formed or deposited on the base material of a toy, including paints, varnishes, lacquers, inks, polymers or other substances of a similar nature, whether they contain metallic particles or not, no matter how they have been applied to the toy, and which can be removed by scraping with a sharp blade.
3.3
Detection limit of a method
Three times the standard deviation of the result obtained in the blank test using that method by the laboratory carrying out the analysis
