Chem-ST™ for Toys: Chemical Smart Testing for Safer Play
Go beyond compliance and champion toy safety with Chem-STTM for Toys. Toy chemical testing that simplifies global compliance with toy chemical regulations, detect emerging toxic chemicals in toys, and mitigate product recall.
Go beyond compliance and champion toy safety with Chem-STTM for Toys. Toy chemical testing that simplifies global compliance with toy chemical regulations, detect emerging toxic chemicals in toys, and mitigate product recall.
Evolving toy chemical regulations makes compliance complex
The toy industry faces a patchwork of toy chemical regulations and standards, such as EN 71, REACH, ASTM F963, California Proposition 65, ISO 8124, each with different toy chemical testing requirements and frequent updates. Multi‑market launches amplify the complexity of complying with toy chemical regulations, increase toy chemical testing costs, and introduce delays.
Despite strict toy chemical regulations, product recalls due to toxic chemicals in toys still occur. These issues often stem from inaccurate toy chemical testing results or unintentional chemical contamination within the supply chain. Beyond toy chemical regulations, brand reputation is of increasing importance and consumers are demonstrating loyalty to brands who have commitments to sustainability and ensuring the avoidance of toxic chemicals in toys.
A robust, science-based toy chemical testing solution is necessary to ensure compliance with global toy chemical regulations, prevent costly recalls, and most importantly, protect children and brand reputations.
Struggling to understand sustainability requirements in toys?
The toy industry is under increasing pressure to adopt more sustainable practices but where should you start? Our latest white paper, Preparing for sustainability: Essential insights for the toy industry, explores practical strategies (for toy chemical testing and more) and regulatory insights (including toy chemical regulations) to help the toy industry take steps towards achieving sustainability goals, easier and compliantly.
Introducing Chem-ST™ for Toys: Toy chemical testing that goes beyond compliance
Chem-ST™ for Toys is an advanced chemical smart testing programme developed by Eurofins Sustainability Services that is designed to help toy manufacturers, brands, and retailers navigate complex global toy chemical regulations, reduce recall risks, and accelerate product launches with smart toy chemical testing.
It is a toy chemical testing programme that covers both raw materials and finished products, enabling earlier risk detection and stronger downstream assurance. With broader detection of toxic chemicals in toys, including substances not yet regulated, it ensures toy brands and manufacturers meet all toy chemical regulations across different markets all in one toy chemical testing programme using cutting-edge chemical analytical techniques.
With reliable and sophisticated toy chemical testing methods, Chem-ST™ for Toys promotes comprehensive chemical safety for toys.
Key benefits of Chem-ST™ for Toys
- Global market coverage: One toy chemical testing programme for major toy markets and toy chemical regulations to facilitate global market access, including the European Union, United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
- Safety beyond compliance: Toy chemical testing that detects hundreds of chemicals, including substances not yet regulated in toys chemical regulations, to reduce overall chemical risk.
- Early risk mitigation: Screens raw materials upstream to identify problems with compliance to toy chemical regulations before they enter the manufacturing process, mitigating toxic chemicals in toys and minimising the risk of recall.
- Applicable across toy types: This toy chemical testing programme covers plastic, fabric, wooden, metal, and paper/cardboard toys across categories and supply chain tiers.
- Faster time-to-market: Reduces the number of separate tests and decisions, lowering toy chemical testing costs and accelerating turnaround times.
Ready to simplify compliance with toy chemical regulations? Speak to our experts today.
One programme for global market access
Chem-ST™ for Toys is a smart toy chemical testing programme that is mapped to the chemical requirements that support access to key toy chemical regulations and standards, including:
- European Union: EN 71, REACH, POPs Regulation
- United States: ASTM F963, CPSIA, California Proposition 65
Chem-ST™ for Toys can be customised to your specific needs to align with your market access strategy.
The EU is moving from the Toy Safety Directive to a new Toy Safety Regulation with measures including a Digital Product Passport and broader controls on hazardous substances (e.g., endocrine disruptors). Chem‑ST™ for Toys is toy chemical testing that is designed to keep you ahead of these toy chemical regulations changes.
About Chem-ST™ Chemical Smart Testing
In 2023, Eurofins Sustainability Services revolutionised chemical testing for consumer products by introducing Chem-ST™, with the first iteration designed to support apparel and textiles. Our sustainable chemistry experts saw that the global landscape of restricted substances was expanding rapidly and, in response, began innovating a new way for businesses to ensure comprehensive chemical compliance without incurring unsustainable costs or delays to market. Since then, Chem-ST™ has been a value driven testing solution used by global brands to streamline and future-proof the chemical compliance of their products, and can now be used to simplify compliance with global toy chemical regulations.
Toy Safety Resources
Eurofins Sustainability Services is passionate about providing you with accurate, up-to-date, and reliable information on toy chemical testing and toy chemical regulations. Please see below for valuable resources.
- On-demand Webinar | Safe to Play: Going Beyond Compliance in Toy Chemical Testing. Watch the recording now >
- White Paper | Preparing for sustainability: Essential insights for the toy industry. Download now >
FAQs About Chem-ST™ for Toys
Are Chem-ST™ for Toys results compliant with toy harmonised standards in the EU?
Does the Chem-ST™ for Toys programme also cover chemical restrictions of US single States?
If Chem-ST™ for Toys is suggested as an alternative to traditional chemical testing, is it recognised by authorities and regulatory bodies as an equivalent or acceptable method?
Is PFAS for toys now mandatory?
Does performing Chem-ST™ for Toys allow us to bypass testing against each country’s specific standards?
We are often challenged on time as well as cost for testing - will Chem-ST™ for Toys be a quicker process?
How does Chem-ST™ for Toys cover both raw materials and finished products? Does this require separate testing of the raw materials and the finished product, and how would that impact the overall cost?
Does Chem-ST™ for Toys testing require the same sample quantity as traditional RSL testing?
Why top brands rely on Eurofins Sustainability Services?
Eurofins Sustainability Services connects businesses with the Eurofins network of global testing labs and compliance expertise. Our goal is to help retailers, brands, and manufacturers understand their supply chains, meet regulatory obligations, and reduce environmental impact.
- Global Reach: 950+ labs in 60 countries.
- Scale: 63,000 experts, 450M+ tests annually.
- Expertise: 200,000+ analytical methods.
- Innovation: Continuous investment in compliance technologies.
- Reliability: Trusted by leading global brands.
Move swiftly toward safer, more dependable chemical risk management unlike traditional toy chemical testing. Schedule a meeting with our chemical risk experts today and streamline your compliance with toy chemical regulations!
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