The Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre Ltd.
10 Dai Wang Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, NT, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2666 1888 Fax: (852) 2663 9612 Email: hktcd@stc.group Website: www.stc.group

Flammability Test Parameters for Major Toy Safety Standards
SampleGeneralFinished
Products

Australia/New
Zealand
AS/NZS 8124
Part 2 : 2016

China
GB6675.3-2014

EuropeEN71 Part 2 :2011+ A1 :2014

JapanST2016 Part 2- no celluloid- no cellulose nitrate except when used in varnish or paint- no flammable gas, liquid and gels
1) Beards, moustaches, wigs, etc. made from pile, hair or material with similarfeatures  50 mm: duration of flame  2 s and max burnt length < 50% (of initiallength  150 mm) or < 25% (of initial length < 150 mm); Beards, moustaches, wigs,etc. made from pile or hair < 50 mm: duration of flame  2 s and max burnt
dimension  70 mm.
2) Full or partial moulded head masks: duration of flame  2 s and max burnt
dimension  70 mm.
3) Flowing elements of toys to be worn on the head, hoods, head-dresses, etc. andfabric masks which partially or fully cover the head: fabric’s burn rate  10 mm/s.
4) Disguise costumes: fabric’s burn rate  30 mm/s. “Warning! Keep away from openfire.” required on both toy and packaging if burn rate is 10-30 mm/s.
5) Product child can enter: fabric’s burn rate  30 mm/s. No flaming debris if rate > 20mm/s; “Warning! Keep away from fire.” required on both toy and packaging if burnrate is 10-30 mm/s.
6) Filled soft toy: burn rate  30 mm/s.
(Excluded soft toy with max dimension  150 mm)

Updated Aug 2020

CanadaSOR/2011-17

A toy, other than a pingpong ball, must not be madeof or impregnated withcelluloid or cellulose nitrate.
-USA
ASTM F963-17-16 CFR 1500.44
Burn rate  0.1 in/s, or Not ignited.
For ASTM F963:
Major axis of sample is placed horizontally andone end will be ignited by candle flame.
If burn rate of 4 samples > 0.1 but < 0.15 in/s,accept;
If 1 of 4 samples  0.15 in/s, retest;
If more than 1 samples  0.15 in/s, fail.

Excluding: strings, paper, sleeping bags,packaging, ping-pong balls, and accessible
components of major dimension  1 in.

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The Hong Kong Standards and Testing Centre Ltd.
10 Dai Wang Street, Tai Po Industrial Estate, NT, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2666 1888 Fax: (852) 2663 9612 Email: hktcd@stc.group Website: www.stc.group

Flammability Test Parameters for Major Toy Safety Standards
SampleTextileMaterials

Australia/ChinaEurope
New
GB6675.3EN71 PartZealand2014
2 :2011 +AS/NZS 8124
A1 :2014
Part 2 : 2016
Pile surface: no surface flash occurs.

JapanST2016 Part 2CanadaSOR/2011-17

Burning time:
Flat or raised fibre textile
material or natural fur: > 7 sec
Yarn of spun staple of bulked
continuous filament form: > 7sec.
Hair, mane or similar hair ormane: should be no flame or
self-extinguishing within 2 sec
after removal of the flame.

Testconditions

Conditioning: at least 7 hrs at 20  5 C and RH 65  5%.
0
Test chamber: air movement < 0.2 m/s; 10-30 C, RH 15-80%.

Updated Aug 2020

0Precondition of fabric: 30 min
at 105°C or 120 min at 75°C.
0Test condition: 20-30 C, RH
20-70%.

USA
ASTM F963-17

16 CFR 1610
Sample size: 5 samples for each location
Acceptable fabrics for clothing use:1) Raised surface fabric: All DNI, IBE, or average burn time  4sec; or average burn time < 4 sec and all with surface flash
insufficient to ignite, char or melt the base fabric; or only
1/5 sample ignited and burnt in < 4 sec and the base fabric
did not ignite or fuse; if only 1/5 sample ignited and burntin < 4 sec and the base fabric ignited or fused, test another5 samples, average results of all 10 samples; if ≥2/10samples ignited, average results from those; if only 1/10
sample ignited, accept; or only 1/5 sample ignited andburnt in > 4 sec.
2) Plain surface fabric: All DNI, IBE, or average burn time  3.5sec; or 1/5 sample ignited and burnt with time  3.5 sec,accept; if 1/5 sample ignited and burnt with time < 3.5 sec,
test another 5 samples, average all results from 10 samples;if ≥2/10 samples ignited, average results from those; if only
1/10 sample ignited, accept.
Excluding: fabric where a 2x6 in piece cannot be extracted.
0Precondition of fabric: 30 min at 221 10 F.
0
Test condition: 20-30 C, RH 20-70%.

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