Children’s furniture – Mattresses for cots and cribs – Safety requirements and test methods
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Children’s safety is always a priority for manufacturers, importers and retailers, and authorities and regulators.
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The European Standard EN 16890: 2017 specifies the safety requirements that crib mattresses and bassinet must comply with, these standards are established in the European Directive of General Product Safety (Directive 2001/95 / EC).
The risks that are evaluated in this standard include, among others, suffocation and drowning, entrapment, the presence of toxic substances, flammability, etc.
Our competence centre in Elche, as well as our centres in Asia, offer laboratory analysis services for childrens’ mattresses to confirm that they comply with required standards.
Related services:
- Mechanical testing
- Thermal risk evaluation (flammability)
- Chemical testing
- Labelling and marking
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- Legal compliance
- Technical support
- Competitive service
- Customised solutions