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 |
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| 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
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| 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 |
