Standards authorities in Australia and New
Zealand have published a new joint standard that specifies the maximum
acceptable limits for the migration of eight elements from toy materials and
components. The standard – AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2021 – also includes methods for
sampling, extraction and determination.
Published in February 2021, the new
standard supersedes both previous standards – AS/NZS 8124.3:2012 and AS/NZS ISO
8124.3:2012 Amd 1:2016. Its migration values for the eight elements – antimony
(Sb), arsenic (As), barium (Ba), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), mercury
(Hg) and selenium (Se) – differ depending upon the type of toy material:
- Toy
materials other than modeling clay and finger paints - Modeling
clay - Finger
paints
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To see a full breakdown of the migration
values, see SafeGuard 032/21.
The new standard contains several changes
from the previous standards. These include:
- Separating the definitions
for paper and paperboard:- Paper: sheet formed by irregular intervened
cellulose fibers with a mass per unit area of 400 g/m² or less. Laminated paper
or paper with other treatments that may be resistant to wetting are not treated
as paper - Paperboard: includes card or cardboard materials,
means sheet formed by irregular intervened cellulose fibers with a mass per
unit area of more than 400 g/m², excluding pressed fiberboards such as medium
density fiberboard (MDF), chipboard and materials with similar properties
- Paper: sheet formed by irregular intervened
- Completely
new definition for method blank, calibration blank, instrument detection limit
and calibration check solution - Allowing dewaxing
to be carried out using either soxhlet extractor or solvent extractor – both procedures
according to ISO 824-6:2018 - Completely
new Annex C (informative) on methods for analysis of elements (former Annex C
has been re-designated as Annex D with modifications in the new standard)
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Stakeholders should be aware the new
standard is identical to ISO 8124-3:2020.
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