New publication standard for Safety of Toys AUS/NZ

On 12 February 2021, the standard AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2021 Safety of Toys, Part 3: Migration of certain elements was published by Standard Australian and Standard New Zealand. It identically adopts ISO 8124-3:2020, which specifies maximum acceptable levels and methods of sampling, extraction and determination for the migration of antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium from toy materials and from parts of toys. It does not apply to packaging materials, unless they are intended to be kept, for example boxes and containers, or unless they form part of the toy or have intended play value.