EN 71-4:2020 Safety of Toys on Experimental Sets for Chemistry and Related Activities Published

New version published by CEN in December 2020

In December 2020, a new version of the EN 71-4:2020 Safety of Toys – Part 4: Experimental Sets for Chemistry and Related Activities has been published by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN).

The main points in this new version include:

• Specification of requirements of the maximum amount and the maximum concentration of certain substances and mixtures used in experimental sets for chemistry and related activities.
• It applies to experimental sets for chemistry and related activities including crystal growing sets, carbon dioxide generating experimental sets and supplementary sets.
• It includes requirements for marking, a contents list, instructions for use, eye protection and for the equipment intended for carrying out the experiments.
• Food additives and their mixtures (Food Additives Regulation [EC] 1333/2008) can be supplied in chemistry sets.
• Test method for the closure of containers (EN ISO 8317:2015) has been updated.
• The new version does not apply to combined sets (combination of a chemistry set and a crystal growing set.) or cosmetic sets.

This new version is expected to be accepted and added to the toy harmonised standard list under Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC by the European Commission in summer 2021.