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.

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