SGS Summarizes Update to European Children’s Drinking Equipment Standard

SGS publishes SafeGuardS looking at CEN’s amended version of its children’s drinking equipment standard – EN 14350:2020+A1:2023. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) September 05, 2023 - SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published a SafeGuardS detailing changes to the European standard for children’s drinking equipment.

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) published EN 14350:2020+A1:2023 on August 9, 2023. This standard amends EN 14350:2020 and covers safety requirements relating to materials, construction, performance, packaging and product information for drinking equipment intended for children 0 to 48 months of age.

SGS has published SafeGuardS 104.23 to help stakeholders understand the major changes brought in by the latest iteration of the standard. These include a clarification of the testing standards to be used and the addition of a new annex. The article also details specific requirements mandated by Denmark’s Ministry of Environment and the proposed dates for implementation as a national standard.

Stakeholders are advised to review SGS’s original SafeGuardS 104.23 for more information.

SGS Toy & Juvenile Product Services
SGS offers a wide range of services to ensure that products comply with relevant standards for childcare articles and children’s equipment. They provide consulting, training, product development, testing, audit and inspection services to ensure that products comply with strict regulations worldwide, demonstrating the safety and quality of juvenile products being brought to the market. After all, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS’s Toy & Juvenile Product Services. [www.sgs.com/en/consumer-goods-retail/toys-and-juvenile-products]

SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full CEN Issues Amendment 1 to EN 14350:2020 ‘Children’s Drinking Equipment’ SafeGuardS. [www.sgs.com/en/news/2023/08/safeguards-10423-cen-issues-amendment-1-to-en-14350-2020-childrens-drinking-equipment]

Subscribe here, www.sgs.com/subscribesg, to receive SGS SafeGuardS direct to your inbox.

For further information contact:

Dr. HingWo Tsang
Global Information and Innovation Manager
Tel: (+852) 2774 7420

Catherine Follin-Arbelet
Juvenile Products International Expert
Tel: +33 (0)6 28 50 25 88

Email: cp.media ( @ ) sgs dot com
Website: www.sgs.com/hardlines
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