
Toys are indispensable educational, learning and entertainment tools for all children. Toys help children learn, develop and recognize their environment. But they need to be reliable and not harm children. Damage to children may be caused by a defect in the product design, or by using the toy against the instructions. But everyone needs to know the basic facts about the chemical safety of toys and how toys are regulated. Thanks to the legal regulations issued in recent years and the standards published by international organizations, the toys on the market today are generally safer than those produced ten years ago.

The EN 71 standard, a European standard, describes the safety requirements for toys. This standard has been published in our country by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) with the main title “TS EN 71 Toy safety”. This standard contains 14 parts:
In the test, analysis, measurement and evaluation studies carried out in our organization, national and international standards and applicable legal regulations are complied with and reliable and impartial results are obtained. There are also toy analysis services among the numerous tests carried out in this context.
