EN 14350-2 Child Use and Care Articles - Drinking Equipment - Part 2: Chemical Requirements and Tests

EUROLAB, with its state-of-the-art accredited laboratories and expert team, provides precise and fast testing services within the scope of EN 14350-2 testing. This part of this standard specifies the limits for the release of certain chemicals from materials to be used in the manufacture of the following drinking equipment:

• Reusable feeding pacifiers and drinking accessories;
• Reusable bottles and cups;
• Disposable bottles, teats, feeding bags, and beverage accessories that do not contain liquid at purchase.

It contains test methods for specified chemical safety requirements. It does not apply to medical applications or drinking equipment designed for use under medical supervision.

This standard sets minimum safety requirements and gives appropriate test methods for drinking water equipment for children.

The entire document harmonizes, for the first time, minimum safety requirements and testing methods for water drinking equipment for children. Some of the provisions are taken from other existing national and European standards and for these provisions the technical committee relied on previous verifications.

Use of this standard may involve hazardous materials, operations or equipment. This standard does not purport to address all safety issues associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this document to establish appropriate health and safety practices prior to use and to determine the applicability of regulatory restrictions.

The analytical method specified in EN 71-3 has been applied to drinking equipment in this document. Soluble elements (antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium) are extracted from individual components of drinking equipment within reach of the child. Conditions that simulate contact with stomach acid should be used. Concentrations of soluble elements have been described quantitatively.

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