GB 46516-2025 Child care articles—General safety requirements English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご
This is a draft translation for reference among interesting stakeholders. The finalized translation (passing through draft translation, self-check, revision and verification) will be delivered upon being ordered.)
ICS 97.190
CCS Y 57
National Standards of the People's Republic of China
GB 46516-2025
Child care articles - General safety requirements
Issue date: 2025-02-28 Implementation date: 2025-09-01
Issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation
the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Safety requirements
5 Detection method
6 Implementation of standards
Annex A (Normative) Product Safety Compliance Verification Standards
Annex B (Informative) Size selection and application of small head probe, large head probe and trunk probe
Bibliography
Child care articles - General safety requirements
1 Scope
This document specifies the general safety requirements of child care products and describes the corresponding detection methods.
This document is applicable to products designed or obviously intended for children 48 months and under to assist them in sitting, bathing, general care, sleeping, carrying and child protection, including but not limited to the products in Table A.1 in Annex A.
This document does not apply to the following products:
——Children's medicines
——Children's cosmetics;
——Children's food;
——Children's activity toys, sports facilities and teaching tools used in public places;
——Children's riding products: children's tricycles, children's bicycles, etc.;
——Children's textiles, such as children's clothing, children's carriers, children's sleeping bags, bedding, etc.;
——Children's tableware, feeding utensils and bottles;
——Household children's amusement and sports facilities and teaching tools;
——Children's furniture products for infants and young children;
——Restraint system for child occupants of motor vehicles;
——Disposable products.
2 Normative references
The contents of the following documents constitute the essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, for the referenced document with a date, only the version corresponding to that date is applicable to this document; The latest version of the undated referenced document (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.
GB/T 2912.1 Textiles-Determination of formaldehyde - Part 1: Free and hydrolyzed formaldehyde (water extraction method)
GB 6675.2 Toy safety - Part 2: mechanical and physical properties
GB 6675.4 Toy safety - Part 4: Migration of specific elements
GB/T 7247.1 Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
GB/T 14748 Children's care products safety children's stroller
GB/T 14749 Child care products safety baby walker
GB/T 17592 Determination of banned azo dyes in textiles
GB 18401 National Basic Safety Technical Specification for Textile Products
GB 18871 Basic standards for ionizing radiation protection and radiation source safety
GB/T 19865 Safety of electric toys
GB/T 19941.1 Leather and fur-Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 1: High performance liquid chromatography
GB/T 19941.2 Leather and fur-Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 2: Spectrophotometric method
GB/T 22048 Determination of specific phthalate plasticizers in toys and children's articles
GB 28482 Safety requirements for infant pacifiers
GB 29281 Safety requirements for playpens and similar cots
GB 30004 Safety requirements for infant bassinets
GB/T 41413 Determination of migration of N-nitrosamines and their precursors in toys by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
GB/T 41524 Determination of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in toy materials by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
GB/T 46508 Children's care products safety infant safety guardrail
GB/T 46509 Determination of release of volatile organic compounds in toys
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document
3.1
child care products child care articles
products designed or intended for children 48 months and under, used or obviously used to assist them in sitting steadily, bathing, general care, sleeping, carrying and child protection
3.2
normal Use normal use
use the product according to the instructions for use of the product, or according to the traditional or customary and obvious way of use
3.3
fragile materials fragile material
under the action of (small) external forces, such as tension, torsion, squeezing or falling, it is easy to break into multiple irregular shapes, and the edges of which can scratch human skin
3.4
elastometric material
flexible crosslinked macromolecular material, which deforms significantly under the action of force, can quickly return to its original state and size after release at room temperature
4 Safety requirements
4.1 General requirements
The specific safety requirements of specific products shall be specified in their product standards, which shall not be lower than the requirements of this document. If there is no specific product standard for child care products, it shall meet the requirements of this document.
Child care articles shall comply with the requirements of Clause 4 after normal use and after testing according to Clause 5.
4.2 Materials
4.2.1 Material quality
All materials used on child care products shall be clean and free of contamination. Materials shall be examined by visual inspection of normal corrected vision rather than by magnification. If recycled materials are used, they shall be refined to make their toxic and hazardous substance contents meet the requirements of 4.5.
Wood-based materials or other plant raw materials shall be free of decay and moth-eating.
The surface of metal materials that are easily corroded shall be treated with anti-corrosion treatment.
4.2.2 Odor
The materials used in children's care products shall be free of musty smell, gasoline smell, kerosene smell, diesel smell, fishy smell, unwashed animal fiber smell, foul smell and other smells caused by pollution and deterioration.
4.2.3 Fragile materials
Glass and ceramic materials shall not be used in child care product, unless it can be ensured that the closed glass and ceramic parts shall not fall before and after normal use and foreseeable reasonable abuse as defined in GB6675.2. If other fragile materials are used, the following similar warning signs shall be affixed:
4.2.4 Liquid
The liquid used in child care products shall not leak potentially dangerous liquid before and after normal use or foreseeable reasonable abuse test as defined in GB6675.2.
4.2.5 Filling
The fillings used in children's care products shall be made of brand-new materials, and the plant seeds used shall be inactivated.
Child care products shall not contain:
a) Metal chips and other dangerous impurities such as dangerous sharp edges and dangerous sharp tips, such as: nails, needles and wood chips, broken glass or broken plastic, etc.;
b) Any excrement or other unsanitary substances from insects, birds, rodents, etc.;
c) Pronounced dust.
Standard
GB 46516-2025 Child care articles—General safety requirements (English Version)
GB 46516-2025 Child care articles—General safety requirements English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご
This is a draft translation for reference among interesting stakeholders. The finalized translation (passing through draft translation, self-check, revision and verification) will be delivered upon being ordered.)
ICS 97.190
CCS Y 57
National Standards of the People's Republic of China
GB 46516-2025
Child care articles - General safety requirements
Issue date: 2025-02-28 Implementation date: 2025-09-01
Issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation
the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Safety requirements
5 Detection method
6 Implementation of standards
Annex A (Normative) Product Safety Compliance Verification Standards
Annex B (Informative) Size selection and application of small head probe, large head probe and trunk probe
Bibliography
Child care articles - General safety requirements
1 Scope
This document specifies the general safety requirements of child care products and describes the corresponding detection methods.
This document is applicable to products designed or obviously intended for children 48 months and under to assist them in sitting, bathing, general care, sleeping, carrying and child protection, including but not limited to the products in Table A.1 in Annex A.
This document does not apply to the following products:
——Children's medicines
——Children's cosmetics;
——Children's food;
——Children's activity toys, sports facilities and teaching tools used in public places;
——Children's riding products: children's tricycles, children's bicycles, etc.;
——Children's textiles, such as children's clothing, children's carriers, children's sleeping bags, bedding, etc.;
——Children's tableware, feeding utensils and bottles;
——Household children's amusement and sports facilities and teaching tools;
——Children's furniture products for infants and young children;
——Restraint system for child occupants of motor vehicles;
——Disposable products.
2 Normative references
The contents of the following documents constitute the essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, for the referenced document with a date, only the version corresponding to that date is applicable to this document; The latest version of the undated referenced document (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.
GB/T 2912.1 Textiles-Determination of formaldehyde - Part 1: Free and hydrolyzed formaldehyde (water extraction method)
GB 6675.2 Toy safety - Part 2: mechanical and physical properties
GB 6675.4 Toy safety - Part 4: Migration of specific elements
GB/T 7247.1 Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
GB/T 14748 Children's care products safety children's stroller
GB/T 14749 Child care products safety baby walker
GB/T 17592 Determination of banned azo dyes in textiles
GB 18401 National Basic Safety Technical Specification for Textile Products
GB 18871 Basic standards for ionizing radiation protection and radiation source safety
GB/T 19865 Safety of electric toys
GB/T 19941.1 Leather and fur-Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 1: High performance liquid chromatography
GB/T 19941.2 Leather and fur-Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 2: Spectrophotometric method
GB/T 22048 Determination of specific phthalate plasticizers in toys and children's articles
GB 28482 Safety requirements for infant pacifiers
GB 29281 Safety requirements for playpens and similar cots
GB 30004 Safety requirements for infant bassinets
GB/T 41413 Determination of migration of N-nitrosamines and their precursors in toys by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
GB/T 41524 Determination of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in toy materials by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
GB/T 46508 Children's care products safety infant safety guardrail
GB/T 46509 Determination of release of volatile organic compounds in toys
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document
3.1
child care products child care articles
products designed or intended for children 48 months and under, used or obviously used to assist them in sitting steadily, bathing, general care, sleeping, carrying and child protection
3.2
normal Use normal use
use the product according to the instructions for use of the product, or according to the traditional or customary and obvious way of use
3.3
fragile materials fragile material
under the action of (small) external forces, such as tension, torsion, squeezing or falling, it is easy to break into multiple irregular shapes, and the edges of which can scratch human skin
3.4
elastometric material
flexible crosslinked macromolecular material, which deforms significantly under the action of force, can quickly return to its original state and size after release at room temperature
4 Safety requirements
4.1 General requirements
The specific safety requirements of specific products shall be specified in their product standards, which shall not be lower than the requirements of this document. If there is no specific product standard for child care products, it shall meet the requirements of this document.
Child care articles shall comply with the requirements of Clause 4 after normal use and after testing according to Clause 5.
4.2 Materials
4.2.1 Material quality
All materials used on child care products shall be clean and free of contamination. Materials shall be examined by visual inspection of normal corrected vision rather than by magnification. If recycled materials are used, they shall be refined to make their toxic and hazardous substance contents meet the requirements of 4.5.
Wood-based materials or other plant raw materials shall be free of decay and moth-eating.
The surface of metal materials that are easily corroded shall be treated with anti-corrosion treatment.
4.2.2 Odor
The materials used in children's care products shall be free of musty smell, gasoline smell, kerosene smell, diesel smell, fishy smell, unwashed animal fiber smell, foul smell and other smells caused by pollution and deterioration.
4.2.3 Fragile materials
Glass and ceramic materials shall not be used in child care product, unless it can be ensured that the closed glass and ceramic parts shall not fall before and after normal use and foreseeable reasonable abuse as defined in GB6675.2. If other fragile materials are used, the following similar warning signs shall be affixed:
4.2.4 Liquid
The liquid used in child care products shall not leak potentially dangerous liquid before and after normal use or foreseeable reasonable abuse test as defined in GB6675.2.
4.2.5 Filling
The fillings used in children's care products shall be made of brand-new materials, and the plant seeds used shall be inactivated.
Child care products shall not contain:
a) Metal chips and other dangerous impurities such as dangerous sharp edges and dangerous sharp tips, such as: nails, needles and wood chips, broken glass or broken plastic, etc.;
b) Any excrement or other unsanitary substances from insects, birds, rodents, etc.;
c) Pronounced dust.
