Israel Revises Standards on Changing Units and Soothers for Children

March 10, 2016

The government of Israel has made two changes to its Mandatory Standards for children - SI 1157. Draft changes are open for comments until April 23, 2016.

STANDARD	REVISION
SI 5115 – part 1 – Changing units: Changing units for domestic use – Safety requirements	Draft adopts the European Standard EN 12221-1: 2008 + A1: August 2013. Major changes: Divides the changing units into two types according to the maximum child age and weight allowed using it Adds marking according to the maximum child age and weight allowed Updates the product warnings
SI 1157 – Child use and care articles – Soothers for babies and young children – Safety requirements and test methods	Draft adopts the European Standard EN 1400: 2013 + A1: April 2014. The major differences between the original version and new revised draft standard include: Updates the product warnings Unites the 3 different standards into one Makes a few changes in the testing equipment, including in the blocking rectangle, in the ventilation holes test indicators and in the finger traps Adopts a few joint migration rules to determine the migration limits only as part of the TDI's Sets new requirements for the flanges Adds new information relating to the chain supply in the case of products containing vulcanized rubber Adds new tests for formaldehyde Adds new tests for bisphenol A Adds new tests for color stability

STANDARD

REVISION

SI 5115 – part 1 – Changing units: Changing units for domestic use – Safety requirements

Draft adopts the European Standard EN 12221-1: 2008 + A1: August 2013. Major changes:

Divides the changing units into two types according to the maximum child age and weight allowed using it
Adds marking according to the maximum child age and weight allowed
Updates the product warnings

SI 1157 – Child use and care articles – Soothers for babies and young children – Safety requirements and test methods

Draft adopts the European Standard EN 1400: 2013 + A1: April 2014. The major differences between the original version and new revised draft standard include:

Updates the product warnings
Unites the 3 different standards into one
Makes a few changes in the testing equipment, including in the blocking rectangle, in the ventilation holes test indicators and in the finger traps
Adopts a few joint migration rules to determine the migration limits only as part of the TDI's
Sets new requirements for the flanges
Adds new information relating to the chain supply in the case of products containing vulcanized rubber
Adds new tests for formaldehyde
Adds new tests for bisphenol A

Adds new tests for color stability