Standard No.:	GB 46516-2025
English Name:	Child care articles—General safety requirements
Chinese Name:	儿童呵护用品 通用安全要求
Chinese Classification:	Y57    Toys
Professional Classification:	GB    National Standard
Source Content Issued by:	SAMR; SAC
Issued on:	2025-10-05
Implemented on:	2026-11-1
Status:	to be valid
Target Language:	English
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Child care articles - General safety requirements 1 Scope This document specifies the general safety requirements for child care articles, and describes the corresponding test methods. This document is applicable to products designed or obviously intended for children aged 48 months and below to assist them in sitting, bathing, general care, sleeping, carrying and infant protection, including but not limited to the products listed in Table A.1. This document is not applicable to the following products: ——Medicines for children; ——Cosmetic products for children; ——Food for children; ——Children's activity toys, sports facilities and teaching appliances used in public places; ——Children's cycling products, such as children's tricycles, and children's bicycles. ——Children's textile products, such as children's clothing, children's shoulder straps, children's sleeping bags, and bedding. ——Children's tableware and feeding utensils, and baby bottles; ——Household children's playground, sports facilities and teaching appliance; ——Children's furniture products for babies and young children; ——Child restraint systems for power-driven vehicles; ——Disposable product. 2 Normative references The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. GB/T 2912.1 Textiles - Determination of formaldehyde - Part 1: Free and hydrolyzed formaldehyde (water extraction method) GB 6675.2 Safety of toys - Part 2: Mechanical and physical properties GB 6675.4 Safety of toys - Part 4: Migration of certain elements GB/T 7247.1 Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements GB/T 14748 Safety of child care articles - Wheeled child conveyances GB/T 14749 Safety of child care articles - Baby walking frames GB/T 17592 Textiles - Determination of the banned azo colourants GB 18401 National general safety technical code for textile products GB 18871 Basic standards for protection against ionizing radiation and for the safety of radiation sources GB/T 19865 Safety of electric toys GB/T 19941.1 Leather and fur - Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 1: High performance liquid chromatography method GB/T 19941.2 Leather and fur - Determination of formaldehyde content - Part 2: Colorimetric method GB/T 22048 Determination of certain phthalate esters in toys and children’s products GB 28482 Safety requirements of soothers for babies and young children GB 29281 Safety requirements for playpens and similar cribs GB 30004 Safety requirements of cradles GB/T 41413 Determination of migration of N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances in toys - High performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry GB/T 41524 Determination of short chain chlorinated paraffins in toy materials - Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry GB/T 46508 Safety of child care articles - Safety barriers GB/T 46509 Determination of the emission of volatile organic compounds in toys 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 child care articles products designed or intended for children aged 48 months and below, used or obviously used to assist them in sitting, bathing, general care, sleeping, carrying and infant protection Note: Child care articles include but are not limited to: wheeled child conveyance, baby walking frames, soothers for babies and young children, playpens and similar cribs, cradles, safety barriers, etc. 3.2 normal use use of products according to the instructions for use or in a traditional, customary and obvious way 3.3 fragile material hard materials that can easily break into multiple irregular shapes under the action of (minor) external forces, such as tension, torsion, crushing or drop, and whose edges can scratch human skin 3.4 elastometric material flexible cross-linked macromolecular material that undergoes significant deformation under force at room temperature and can quickly return to a state and dimension close to its original one after release of the force 4 Safety requirements 4.1 General requirements The specific safety requirements for particular products shall be stipulated in corresponding product standards and shall not be inferior to the requirements of this document. If no specific product standards are stipulated for child care articles, the requirements of this document shall be met. Child care articles shall meet the requirements of Clause 4 after testing in accordance with Clause 5 and normal use. 4.2 Materials 4.2.1 Material quality All materials used in child care articles shall be clean and free from contamination. The material shall be inspected through visual examination with normal corrected vision rather than magnification. If recycled materials are used, they shall be refined to ensure that the content of toxic and harmful substances meets the requirement of 4.5. Wooden materials or other plant raw materials shall be free from decay and worm damage. The surface of the metal material that are prone to corrosion shall be subjected to anti-corrosion treatment. 4.2.2 Odor The materials of child care articles shall be free from musty odors, gasoline odors, kerosene odors, diesel odors, fishy odors, unwashed animal fiber muttony odors, urine odors and other odors caused by contamination and deterioration.

Foreword i Introduction ii 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 Safety requirements 4.1 General requirements 4.2 Materials 4.3 Mechanical and physical properties 4.4 Thermal hazards and flammability 4.5 Chemical safety 4.6 Electrical safety 4.7 Radiation safety 4.8 Product identification 5 Test methods 5.1 General 5.2 Evaluation of graspability of parts 5.3 Torque test 5.4 Tension test 5.5 Shearing hazard test 5.6 Crushing hazard test 5.7 Durability test and strength test of locking mechanisms 5.8 Evaluation of graspability of film stickers 5.9 Adhesion test of film stickers 5.10 Tension test of film stickers 5.11 Strength of the restraint system 5.12 Strength of the restraint system buckle 5.13 Slippage of the adjustment mechanism 5.14 Test of migratable elements 5.15 Test of plasticizers 5.16 Test of formaldehyde 5.17 Test of harmful aromatic amine 5.18 Test of migratable N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances 5.19 Test of short chain chlorinated paraffins 5.20 Test of the emission of formaldehyde, benzene, toluene, xylene, and total volatile organic compounds (TVOC) 5.21 Evaluation of electrical safety 5.22 Evaluation of radiation safety 6 Implementation of this standard Annex A (Normative) Compliance verification standard for product safety Annex B (Informative) Selection and application of small head probe, large head probe, and torso probe dimensions Bibliography