The start of a new school year is always an exciting event for students, parents, and teachers. And, back to school products are manufactured in China more and more these days. InTouch understands the importance of its role in guarding back to school product users against regulated substances and other hazards.

Lunch box sets are among the popular back to school essentials. Commonly made from plastics, lunch box should be free from heavy metals and unwanted chemicals.

  • ASTM D279-02provides the methods for testing pigment bleeding for plastic products such as the lunch box.
  • EU 10/2011contains everything a supplier must comply with in selling lunch box sets in European territories.
  • ASTM D4754-98covers the standard test procedure for evaluating the migration of plastic components when exposed to liquid food.
  • BS EN 1186 is a group of standards covering the test methods for evaluating the plastic materials migration when in contact with different types of food.

Pencils, pens, crayons, chalks and finger paints are indispensable back to school products.

  • ISO 9180covers the standard classification and diameters of pencil leads.
  • ISO 12757covers the standard requirements for ball point pens.
  • ISO 14145provides the inspection requirements for roller ball pens.
  • ISO 27668covers the standard classification for gel-ink ball pens.
  • ASTM D4236-94provides the standard procedure in labeling crayons, colored pencils, chalks and other art materials regarding substances that may endanger children.
  • EN 71-7 covers the test procedures and requirements for finger paints.

The following standards from the International Organization for Standardization and ASTM International cover the International Standards and test methods for paper and paper products used for back to school.

  • ISO 534covers the two test methods for determining paper thickness; single sheet thickness test and bulking thickness test.
  • ASTM D1030-95covers the test method for analyzing the fiber composition of paper and paperboards.
  • ISO 186covers the standard method for drawing a representative sample from a load of paper and paperboards.
  • ISO 5627provides the Bekk method which is used in the evaluation of smoothness of paper and board surface.
  • ISO 22414 covers the test procedure in evaluating the cut edge quality of paper and boards.

School bags are among the most widely purchased back to school products as they are used by children and teenagers to hold all the paper products, pens, pencil cases and lunchboxes.

  • ASTM F2153-07covers the test methods in determining the capacity of enclosed bags such as backpacks, soft rucksacks, traveling bags, and duffel bags.
  • ASTM F2823-10e1 covers the test methods in determining the presence of lead in painted surfaces through X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.

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