jewellery consists of small decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as anklets, arm cuffs, bracelets, brooches, chains, crowns, cuff links, decorated hair accessories, rings, earrings, necklaces, pins and rings. besides valuable jewellery, costume and fashion jewellery also gains great popularity among consumers by its reasonable price and exquisite design.
it is essential to confirm safety of jewellery as it always comes into direct contact with the skin. countries impose stringent requirements on toxic and hazardous substances in jewellery, especially children's jewellery. for instance, europe, the united states, canada, japan and china have established regulations and standards for jewellery on the market. c&k testing is devoted to helping enterprises to comply with different regulatory requirements across the world.
regulations
us astm f2923 standard specification for consumer product safety for children's jewellery
astm f2999 standard consumer safety specification for adult jewellery
consumer product safety improvement act (cpsia)
ban of lead-containing paint and certain consumer products bearing lead-containing paint 16 cfr 1303
eu reach regulation
china: gb 28480-2012 adornment—provision for limit of baneful elements
japan: japanese toy safety standards
canada: surface coating materials regulation (sor/2005-109)
children's jewellery regulations (sor/2011-19)
draft proposal for cadmium guidelines in children's jewellery
test items
total lead | total cadmium | soluble heavy metals |
nickel release | ||
dmf | physical tests (tensile force, torque force, sharp points/edges, small parts) |
c&k testing can provide professional testing for jewellery as per standards of different countries and regions. besides, we can render you one-stop solutions integrating consulting, testing and certification. please feel free to contact if any question.