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| The Food Sanitation Law of Japan prohibits manufacture, sales and import of goods that are |
| apprehended to be harmful to the human health or to violate regulations and standards. |
| Traders concerned are independently responsible for checking this matter. |
| See gSpecifications, Standards and Testing Methods for Foodstuffs, Implements, Containers |
| and Packaing, Toys, Detergentsh iJETRO page linkj |
| MGSL conducts tests gtoysh and gapparatus and container/packageh as a registered testing |
| laboratory under the Food Sanitation Law of Japan. MGSL furnishes highly reliable tests |
| results promptly to clients by means of inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission spectrometer |
| (ICP-AES), gas chromatograph and high-performance liquid chromatograph |
¡Major conformity tests and analyses
| MGSL conduct tests on g3. Apparatus, containers/packagesh and g4. Toysh in the Notification No. |
| 370,1959, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The test items are shown in the following table. |
| Test items on Toys | Material mainly composed of polyvinyl chloride |
Migration test | ||
| Decalcomania iCopy papersj |
Migration test | ‡@ Consumption of potasium permanganate |
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| ‡@ Heavy metals | ‡A Heavy metals | |||
| ‡A Arsenic | ‡B Cadmium | |||
| gOrigamih paper iFolding papersj |
Migration test | ‡C Residue on evaporation | ||
| ‡@ Heavy metals | ‡D Arsenic | |||
| ‡A Arsenic | Material mainly composed of polyvinyl chloride |
Migration test | ||
| Rubber pacifiers iRubber dummiesj |
Migration test | ‡@ Consumption of potasium permanganate |
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| ‡@ Phenol | ‡A Heavy metals | |||
| ‡A Formaldehyde | ‡B Residue on evaporation | |||
| ‡B Zinc | ‡C Arsenic | |||
| ‡C Heavy metals | Material mainly composed of polyvinyl chloride made from phthalic esters (two) |
Migration test | ||
| ‡D Residue on evaporation | ‡@ Phthalic esters | |||
| Migration test | @@@@ | |||
| ‡@ Lead | ||||
| ‡A Cadmium | ||||
| Manufacturing standard of toys | ||||
| @@@@ | Migration test | |||
| ‡@ Coloring matters | ||||
| Test items on raw materials of toys | ||||
| Vinyl chloride resin coating |
‡@ Consumption of potasium permanganate | |||
| ‡A Heavy metals | ||||
| ‡B Cadmium | ||||
| ‡C Residue on evaporation | ||||
| ‡D Arsenic | ||||
¡Conformity tests based on the Food Sanitation
Law
| The tests are conducted for gapparatus and containers/packagesh and gsynthetic |
| resins contained in toysh. |
| Test contents | ‡@General tests common to resins |
| ‡AIndividual tests applied to respective resins | |
| Resins subject to tests | Polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polypropylene,
polystyrene, nylon, polycarbonate, etc. |
¡Conformity inspection based on toy safety
standards in Europe and U.S.
| Analyses are conducted on graphic instruments, coloring matters and others based |
| on the standards gISO 8124-3 or EN 71-3h, and gASTM F963h. |
| Subjects | Coating material, plastic, paper, cloth, metal, ink and lead of pencil |
| Analysis contents | Migration of antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium,
chromium, mercury and selenium based on the standards gISO 8124-3h or gEN 71-3h |
| Lead content based on gASTM F963h |
¡Analysis on hazardous substances
| Analysises on hazardous substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury and |
| hexavalent chromium based on RoHS directive restrictions , and such. |