Product and Environmental Analyses
Industrial production without the use of chemicals is unthinkable. Starting with toys via domestic appliances, textiles, leather products, furniture up to construction materials, nothing is possible without chemical raw materials, chemical catalysts or chemical aggregates. No doubt about it, chemicals are indispensable and can be controlled to ensure they are beneficial.
But the way we handle and use chemicals also entails risks and dangers. Various chemicals have been used in the manufacture of most products. Many of these chemicals are toxic. They can enter the human body and adversely affect a person's health via such pathways as permeation of the skin, inhalation or ingestion.
For the sake of protecting consumers, authorities all over the world require manufacturers as well as distributors to obey relevant laws and regulations if they would like to import products into their local markets. This applies especially to products that come into direct contact with human bodies or food, such as clothes, shoes and food-containers. Official reports or related certificates / safety marks (e.g. TOXPROOF or SG) issued by accredited chemical laboratories are required for products imported into Europe.
Our chemical laboratory is accredited by DAP / DAR, Registration No. DAP-PL-3477.00.
Our service scope includes:
Playing safe - Toy approval
- EU Toys Safety Directive / Safety Standard (EN 71, EN 14372 etc.)
- US consumer safety specification on toy safety (ASTM F963)
- Phthalates in toys
- Volatile organic compounds (VOC) in wood
Eating safe - Safety materials and articles in contact with foodstuffs
- EU regulations on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (EC No. 1935/2004)
- German Food and Commodities Act, LFGB § 30 & 31
- Recommendation from German BfR (Bundesinstitut fur Risikobewertung - the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)
Dressing safe – Testing for hazardous substances in textiles and leather
Using safe - Chemical testing for consumer products
- Hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
- EU Directive on End-of-Life Vehicles (2000/53/EC)
- EU Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste(94/62/EC)
- EU Directive on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators (2006/66/EC)
Chemical testing for environmental concern
Please contact our Chemical Laboratory for more details.
Other topics
Green product solutions
ISO 14000
OHSAS 18001
IECQ HSPM QC 080000
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