Trinidad and Tobago Holds Consultation Over Updated Draft of Mandatory Toy Safety Standard
Following an initial consultation that ended in September 2019, Trinidad and Tobago has begun consulting over a revised draft of its mandatory toy safety standard.
- (1888PressRelease) December 20, 2019 - Trinidad and Tobago is holding a new public consultation over the revised draft of its mandatory toy safety standard.
The Caribbean nation originally held a consultation on the draft mandatory standard on the migration of heavy metals from toy materials between July and September 2019. Since then, a revised draft has been published and a new consultation is being held. The new standard is designated PCTTCS 3:20XX (Replaces TTS/ISO 8124-3:2010) ‘Safety of Toys – Compulsory Chemical Requirements’.
This revised draft contains several important provisions and requirements, of which stakeholders should be aware. These include:
• Defining the scope of toys
• One set of migration limits for eight elements for each category of ‘toy materials other than modeling clay and finger paints’, ‘modeling clay’ and ‘finger paints’:
1. Antimony
2. Arsenic
3. Barium
4. Cadmium
5. Chromium
6. Lead
7. Mercury
8. Selenium
• Migration limit for boron in each of the three categories of toy material
• ≤ 0.1% for seven phthalates (individually and in combination):
1. Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)
2. Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
3. Bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
4. Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
5. Di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP)
6. Di-isononyl phthalate (DINP)
7. Di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP)
• Labeling
Be aware the migration limits are based on ISO 8124.3 and the boron migration limit is based on BS EN 71-3:2019.
To see the proposed limits for antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium, view our original SafeGuard 175/19.
Comments will be accepted until January 31, 2020, and it is proposed the new mandatory standard will come into force on March 31, 2020.
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