INDIA – BIS CERTIFICATION FOR SAFETY OF TOYS
Safety of Toys has been brought under compulsory BIS Certification as per Toys ((Quality Control) Order from 1 September 2020. The order was notified to the WTO in February this year. For BIS Certification, toys have classified into two categories: (1) Non-Electric Toys and (2) Electric Toys.
The chemicals and the standards with which they must conform are:
- Acrylonitrile – used in the production of plastics (IS 12540:1988);
- Maleic anhydride – used in the production of plastics (IS 5149: 2020);
- Methyl acrylate – used to manufacture carpet fibres (IS 14707: 1999);
- Ethyl acrylate – a precursor to polymers and other monomers (IS 14709:1999);
- N-butyl acrylate – used in paints, coatings, adhesives, textiles and plastics (IS 14709:1999); and
- Styrene (vinyl benzene) – used as a precursor in the manufacture of polystyrene (IS 4105:2020).
Products containing any of these chemicals will require certification to prove conformity, and companies will need to display the BIS mark (Bureau of Indian Standards) on all packaging
