Toy suppliers – manufacturers, retailers and importers – must ensure that toy products meet regulatory and client-specific requirements for safety and quality. Our global network of testing facilities, staffed by knowledgeable and experienced personnel, can smooth a product’s route to market.
Our cost-effective testing services enable you to:
- Reduce risk
- Shorten time to market
- Demonstrate product quality and safety
Our toy labs are strategically located in key manufacturing zones and transit points. They are internationally recognized by major industry associations, accreditation bodies and authorities including:
- IAS (US)
- NABL (India)
- CNAS (China)
- COFRAC (France)
- DAkkS (Germany)
- HOKLAS (Hong Kong)
- UKAS (United Kingdom)
Chemical testing
Applicable to all toys made of plastics, wood, textiles, our chemical test services can verify that toys do not contain any banned or restricted chemicals, or dangerous materials. We test for chemicals, which could be dangerous if a toy is swallowed or chewed, including:
- Heavy metals – lead content, cadmium
- Phthalates on plastic toys – softeners
- Azo dyes on textiles
- Formaldehyde emission from wooden toys
- Nickel release during prolonged contact with skin
- Organic chemical compounds
- Carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) chemicals
- Endocrine disruptors
This list is not exhaustive. Contact us for the full range of our capabilities.
Electrical safety testing
Ensuring the safety of electrical, radio-controlled and battery-powered toys and devices we offer range of tests to assess electrical safety:
- Resistance to heat and fire
- Short-circuit
- Labeling
Contact us for the full range of our electrical safety tests.
Flammability testing
Conducted on all toys made from textile fabrics, soft toys and plush toys, our flammability testing for toys ensures that if a toy does catch fire the user can drop it or climb out of it before serious injury occurs.
Certain flammable materials, that pose the greatest risk, are prohibited from all toys.
Mechanical/physical testing
We can test all toys to ensure there are no hazardous sharp edges, sharp points and small parts, or other potential hazards, as well as tests for:
- Strength
- Fatigue
- Durability
- Tensile
- Torque
- Static
- Impact
- Noise tests
This list is not exhaustive. Contact us for the full range of our capabilities.
Added value testing for toys
Covering every aspect of toy design, development and safety, we offer a range of support services during the product design, development, production, distribution, store and use phases:
Safety assessments
Chemical safety assessments
Failure analysis
Labeling reviews
Documentation review/validation
Product line reviews
Technical assistance
Age grading evaluations
Consultancy
Training
Design evaluation
Complaints evaluation
Packaging testing
Sustainability and the SGS Green Mark
The toy industry must also consider legislation that is not specific to toys, such as:
REACH
Food contact materials (FCM)
Classification, labeling and packaging (CLP)
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
Radio equipment directive (RED)
Restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS)
Consumer product safety improvement act (CPSIA)
Persistent organic pollutants (POP)
As well as requirements for:
Batteries
Cosmetics
Microbiological testing
Packaging