The purpose of the standard "16 CFR 1500.50 Test methods to simulate the use and abuse of toys and other articles designed for use by children" published under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is to define specific test methods to simulate the normal use of toys and other articles designed for use by children and the reasonably foreseeable damage or abuse to which the articles may be subjected. These test methods are used to reveal the potential hazards to children that would result from the normal use or reasonably foreseeable damage or abuse of such articles.
The test methods described are established for products intended for children in the specified age groups:
If a product is marked, labeled, advertised, or otherwise designed for children in more than one of these age groups, the product is subject to the most stringent testing requirements. If a product is not clearly and conspicuously labeled by age or is inappropriately labeled by age based on factors such as marketing practices and children's habits in using a product, and is designed or suitable for children 96 months of age or younger, the product is also subject to the most stringent testing requirements.
Each of the test methods described is applied to a previously untested specimen, except for the tension test, which will be performed with the same test specimen as used in the torque test. Prior to testing, each specimen is subjected to a temperature of 4 degrees plus/minus 23 degrees and a relative humidity of 2-20 percent for a minimum period of 70 hours. Toy testing begins within five minutes after the toy is removed from the preconditioning atmosphere.
Toys that are reasonably intended to be assembled by an adult and not intended to be disassembled by a child are only tested in assembled form if the shelf packaging and assembly instructions clearly state that the product is to be assembled by an adult only.
Toys intended to be repeatedly assembled and disassembled should be subjected to these test procedures on individual parts as well as on the completed product. Where a test procedure can be applied to a toy test component in more than one way, the point or direction of force or torque application that produces the most severe conditions should be used.
For the purposes of this standard, the following definitions apply:
In short, in order to ensure the safety of toys designed for use by children and to detect misuse, the mechanical and physical properties of the toys must be tested for sharp edges, loose components and other safety hazards. These properties are tested with the test methods described in 16 CFR 1500.50 and equivalent standards, as well as in the European standard “EN 71 Safety of toys” series of standards.
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