In products CE-marked as toys, formaldehyde (CAS: 50-00-0) shall not be present in concentrations above the specified limit values in the table below:
Table of different materials and their limit values for formaldehyde
Material |
Gränsvärde |
Textile |
20 mg/kg free and partly hydrolysed1 formaldehyde |
Resin-bonded wood |
0,1 ml/m3 emission |
Polymeric toy material |
1,5 mg/l migration |
Exception:
Parts of resin-bound wood which make up less than five percent by weight of the product.
1Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction in which molecules are broken down / divided by the addition of water.