ASTM F963

Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety (ASTM F963) was published by American Society for Testing and Materials as the most important toy safety standard in the United States. Initially, it is a voluntary standard formulated by United States Department of Commerce in 1976 for the first time. Voluntary standard as it is, it also includes federal mandatory safety requirements. Mandatory standards Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) and Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) introduce requirements of ASTM F963. In business practice, toys failing to fulfil ASTM F963 cannot enter the US market.

The scope of ASTM F963 Testing

This specification covers requirements and contains test methods for toys intended for use by children under 14 years of age. Articles not covered by this specification are as follows: bicycles, tricycles, non-powered scooters, recreational powered scooters and pocket bikes, sling shots and sharp-pointed darts, playground equipment, non-powder guns, kites, hobby and craft items in which the finished item is not primarily of play value, model kits in which the finished item is not primarily of play value; Crayons, paints, chalks, and other similar art materials, toy chests, sporting goods, camping goods, athletic equipment, musical instruments, juvenile products, and furniture, powered models of aircraft, rockets, boats, and land vehicles, constant air inflatables.

Major Test Items

Scope	Test Items	Test Standards/Methods
Toys intended for use by children under 14 years of age	Physical and mechanical properties	ASTM F963
	Flammability	ASTM F963 4.2 US 16 CFR 1500.44和16 CFR 1610
	Migration of heavy metals (8)	ASTM F963 4.3.5
	Ceramicware, lead, and cadmium contamination	ASTM F963 4.3.3.2
	Cosmetics	ASTM F963 4.3.4 21 CFR 700~740 21 CFR 73,74,81,82
	Lead content in paint and similar surface-coating materials	ASTM F963 4.3.5.1 16 CFR 1303
	DEHP（DOP）	ASTMF963 4.3.8 ASTM D3421

Maximum Soluble Migrated Element in ppm (mg/kg)
Element	Antimony (Sb)	Arsenic (As)	Barium (Ba)	Cadmium (Cd)	Chromium (Cr)	Lead (Pb)	Mercury (Hg)	Selenium (Se)
Surface coatings and substrates other than modeling clay included as part of a toy	60	25	1000	75	60	90	60	500
Modeling clays included as part of a toy	60	25	250	50	25	90	25	500

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