Toys and Consumer Product Testing (TOYTEST)
"Toy safety proficiency testing to support the toy industry and related sectors"
The Toy Safety Proficiency Testing Scheme is designed to support laboratories working to ensure that toys – and a wide range of other consumer products – are safe to use. The scheme is based on European EN71 and US ASTM F963 standards, since most toys made and sold around the world are designed to comply with one or other of those standards. However, TOYTEST also reaches beyond the toy industry by offering testing in areas that are appropriate to a broad range of other sectors – such as physical, chemical, acoustic, electric, and flammability tests, as well as paper exercises. The broad range of analytes provided include phthalates, bisphenols, tin, and mercury, meaning that TOYTEST is suitable for many different types of laboratories – from manufacturers’ in-house units to compliance bodies such as trading standards departments.
