ISO/TC 310 - Child care articles

This document establishes good practices for drafting product information requirements in standards related to child care articles. Annex A provides rationales for these requirements.

This document establishes principles for the classification of child care articles based on chemical hazards, behavioural habits, physiological characteristics, exposure routes and chemical risk assessment methods related to classification. It specifies general and fundamental chemical requirements applicable to all child care articles. It also describes the relationship between this document and specific product standards. NOTE 1 Chemical hazards that are unique to specific product categories of child care articles are addressed in corresponding product standards. NOTE 2 There are many child care articles, and many materials and chemical substances are used. This document cannot cover all child care articles and all chemical hazardous substances, which is why this document also gives principles for dealing with unknown products and chemical substances.

This document specifies requirements and gives guidance on thermal hazards for developing safety standards for child care articles.

This document specifies requirements and gives guidance on mechanical hazards for developing safety standards for child care articles which are intended for children from birth to 48 months.

This document specifies safety requirements and test methods for baby walking frames into which a child is placed, and which are intended to be used from when the child is able to sit up unaided (around six months), until the child is able to walk independently or weighs more than 12 kg. This document does not apply to: — baby walking frames: — for therapeutic and curative purposes; — that rely on inflatable parts to support the child; — toys (e.g. ride on toys and push-along toys usually intended for children able to walk unaided). If a baby walking frame has several functions or can be converted into another function, then the relevant International Standards apply to it. For example, if a baby walking frame is equipped with toys, the requirements of the ISO 8124 series apply to the toys.

This document specifies the safety requirements and test methods for pushchairs and prams, intended for the transportation of one or more children up to three years of age. This document does not apply to toys, pushchairs intended for sport use, pushchairs and prams propelled by a motor, and pushchairs and prams designed for children with special needs. Other relevant standard(s) can apply if any when a pushchair or pram or any part of the pushchair or pram has several functions or can be converted into another function. NOTE The average weight of a three-year-old child corresponds to 15 kg.