EN71 Part 12 Safety of toys - Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances

Regulated Chemical:
Nitrosamines and Nitrosatable Substances
Counties:
Europe
Effective Date:
20 July 2013
Scope:
Elastomers in toys and parts of toys intended for use by children under 36 months (e.g. teethers)

Elastomers in toys and parts of toys intended to be placed in the mouth (e.g. balloons)

Finger paints

Limit:

 Tab1. The limits of  N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances(mg/kg)

Substances	Scope
	elastomeric toys and parts of toys intended for use by children under 36 months	elastomeric toys and parts of toys intended to be placed in the mouth(e.g. balloons and teethers)	finger paints intended for use by children under 36 months
N-nitrosamines	0.05		0.02
N-nitrosatable substances	1.0		1.0