On November 2018, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a new version of the standard ISO8124-6: 2018 Safety of toys -- Part 6: Certain phthalate esters in toys and children's products to supersede the previous ISO8124-6: 2014. This document specifies a method for the determination of di-iso-butyl phthalate (DIBP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), benzylbutyl phthalate (BBP), bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP), di-iso-nonylphthalate (DINP) and di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP) in toys and children’s products. This document does not set out limits for phthalate esters. The user of this document is therefore advised to be aware of relevant national requirements.

The main changes to the previous edition are as follows:

• Addition of di-iso-butyl phthalate (DIBP) in Clause 1 and Annex A;

• Addition of liquid material in Clause 1, Clause 7 and Annex A;

• Addition of a new Clause 2, Normative references, and renumbering of subsequent clauses;

• Addition of a new method C, “ultrasonic bath method”;

• Update and reorganization of the inter-laboratory collaborative trial test data in Annex B;

• Addition of a new Annex E, Ultrasonic bath performance check, and renumbering of all annexes.

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