IQS can help companies by:
- Anticipating their obligations under the new toy safety directive
- Identifying the legislative compliance and labelling requirements for each toy or toy type
- Identifying risks and hazards relating to the toy
- Ensuring assembly and use instructions are acceptable
- Establishing the best method to demonstrate compliance and to manage additional risks
- Checking that evidence of compliance supplied by your vendors is acceptable
- Putting you in contact with specialist companies supplying specific compliance schemes where appropriate
- Highlighting free sources of technical guidance
- Ensuring your manufacturing sites meet the most appropriate audit requirements for your customers
- Providing bespoke training for your staff to enable in-house compliance management
We are not a testing laboratory and can often save you money by establishing cost effective compliance options some of which may already be within your supply chain.
Toy Safety Standards
Jerry Burnie of IQS is one of the Toys Safety Advisors used by the British Toy and Hobby Association and is the Chairman of their Toy Safety and Technical Matters Committee. As such we are ideally placed to be aware of the latest standards and industry developments linked to toys.
Toys are one of the most regulated product categories in the EU. They are used by some of the most vulnerable comsumers who rely on others for their protection. On top of the many legislative requirements are the environmental restrictions and obligations that must be met by importers and manufacturers
The Toy Safety Directive is being revised for the first time in more than 20 years. They new directive comes into force in 2011, however standards are not yet developed to demonstrate compliance and companies need to anticipate many of the changes to ensure stock remains legal.
Our team monitors US and EU recall data weekly and subscribeas to the most appropriate technical newsletters to ensure we are aware of product issues.