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The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a final rule, 16 CFR Part 1251, for unfinished and untreated trunk wood. The CPSC has determined that natural wood of this sort does not contain heavy metals above the limits contained in ASTM F963-11. Therefore, toys containing unfinished and/or untreated wood are not required to undergo…


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Applied Technical Services, LLC recently attended Toy Fair 2010 in NYC. We were among the 1,100 exhibitors and over 25,000 attendees. We were present as an exhibitor, addressing concerns and detailing reasonable testing strategies with regards to Toy Safety Testing and CPSIA regulations for Children’s Toys & Childcare Articles. While attending Toy Fair, we also…




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CPSIA Periodic Testing On February 8, 2013, periodic testing will be required for all the children’s required safety regulations, even if there is no material change to the product. Per the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the three types of third party testing that are required include: Most manufacturers are aware of the first two…




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Toy Safety Testing to ASTM F963-11 On June 12, 2012 ASTM F963-11 “Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety” became effective as a federal requirement for toy safety testing. This is the revised edition of ASTM F963-08 and includes some changes and additions. Some of those include the following: Heavy metal testing in toy substrates…