Description
The exquisite jewelry embellishes the beauty of life. In this era of personality, all kinds of accessories continue to emerge. The close contact between the jewelry and the skin adds luster to you. However, if the jewelry contains toxic and harmful substances or other potential dangers, it will bring hidden dangers to your health and safety, and even threats! According to the current jewelry related laws and regulations or standards in many countries or regions in the world, there are many control factors, mainly including various toxic chemicals and mechanical and physical safety. Although these regulations or standards have the same control purpose, the specific control objects, requirements and limits vary from place to place.
The definition of jewelry in the new ASTM F2923-20 standard for Children’s jewelry is similar to the scope set by the California jewelry Code, that is, products designed and intended to be used as decorative items for personal wear; Includes:
1. Anklets, armbands, bracelets, brooches, chains, crowns, cuff links, hair accessories with decorative elements, earrings or earmuffs, necklaces, brooches, rings, body piercing jewelry, or jewelry placed on the mouth
2. Parts of the jewelry listed in (1) above,
3. Trinkets, beads, chains, rings, pendants or other accessories that can be worn alone or in conjunction with the items listed in (i) above may be removed from shoes or clothing
4. Timepieces belonging to jewelry components, if they are removable, do not include the timepiece itself
5. Jewelry components in a handmade set, which are ultimately assembled into jewelry and designed to be worn by people
In March 2020, the American Society for Materials and Testing (ASTM) published Standard ASTM F2923-20, a consumer safety specification for children’s jewelry prepared by its Consumer Product Commission (F15) Jewelry Subcommittee (F15.24).
Service content
Scope of application
Children’s accessories for export to the US market
2. Technical standards
The American market.
3. Technical requirements
Total lead, total cadmium, total mercury, total arsenic, phthalates, nickel release, heavy metals, etc.
4. Applicable objects
Manufacturers, brands, exporters.
5. Test requirements
item |
Control project | demand |
| PB | Base material: 100 mg/kg; Coating: 90 mg/kg | |
| cadmium | 75 mg/kg | |
| Extractable cadmium | Plastic parts: 75 mg/kg; Metal small parts: 200 μg | |
| Cadmium salt extract | 18 μg | |
| Nickel release | Puncture capacity: 0.2μg /cm2/week
Long-term skin contact: 0.5μg /cm2/week |
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| 7 kinds of soluble heavy metals
(coating) |
Cadmium: 75 mg/kg, mercury: 60 mg/kg
Chromium: 60 mg/kg, arsenic: 25 mg/kg Selenium: 500 mg/kg, antimony: 60 mg/kg Barium: 1000 mg/kg |
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| Phthalates | 8P： DEHP/ DBP/ BBP/ DINP/ DIBP/ DCHP/ DPENP/ DHEXPEach type shall not exceed 1000 mg/kg. | |
Physical itemA sharp point with a sharp edge |
Jewelry for children under 8 years old shall not contain dangerous points or dangerous edges that can be touched. | |
| widget | Accessories for children under 3 years old must not contain small parts. | |
| Hazard magnet
(Magnetic flux ≥50KG2mm² and belongs to small parts) |
(1) Under 8 years of age: after normal use and reasonably foreseeable abuse testing, it must not contain hazardous magnets or hazardous magnetic parts;
(2)8 years old and above: if hazardous magnets or hazardous magnetic parts are contained, a warning statement is required. |
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| Release force at break | After a 15-pound tensile test, it can be disconnected without releasing any physical hazards.
Exemption: Children’s jewelry with a circumference of less than 9.4 inches |
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| Battery requirements | (1) Before and after the abuse test, batteries belonging to small parts should not be touched without the use of any tools;
(2) For replaceable batteries should be marked: old and new batteries can not be mixed; Alkaline batteries, standard (carbon-zinc) batteries, or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries cannot be mixed and similar information; (3) For accessible non-replaceable batteries, relevant instructions or labels should be added; (4) battery-driven children’s jewelry should be designed to make it impossible to charge non-rechargeable batteries (except button batteries); (5) The battery polarity should be permanently marked in the product labeling or description. |
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| Suction tongue nail | Shall not contain | |
Label requirement |
Age label | Add an age label |
| Other recommended warning slogans | Warning signs for piercing parts embedded in earpieces | |
Jewelry containing filled liquid |
Filling liquid requirement | (1) shall not contain substances in 16CFR 1500.231 and 16CFR 1500.14 (materials requiring special labeling);
(2) If the jewelry contains cosmetics, the cosmetics need to meet USP51&61&62; (3) If the jewelry contains other liquids, pastes, putty, gels, powders (except cosmetics), it needs to meet USP6&62. |
Service advantage
Timeliness: RTS has a set of independently developed LIMS system, which monitors and manages the entire test process, greatly improving work efficiency and shortening the inspection cycle entrusted by enterprises.
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Price: RTS in the consulting stage can be based on the product information and material situation of the enterprise comprehensive evaluation, to provide the most appropriate and the most economical quotation scheme for the enterprise, greatly reducing the test cost.
Quality: As a national high-tech enterprise, RTS has dozens of patented inventions and supporting instruments and equipment and professionals to meet the needs of different customers and different products.
