In the production process of rubber, plastic and other products, in order to prolong the service life of the product and have good anti-oxidation, smoothness, flexibility and other properties, antioxidants, anti-blocking agents, plasticizers and other additives are often mixed. In addition to this, it is difficult to completely react the individual monomers used to prepare the product. Experiments have shown that these additives and residual monomers will slowly migrate outward in rubber, plastic and other products. When rubber and plastic products are in direct contact with food and medicine in packaging or other forms, these substances are likely to migrate. In food and medicine, food safety incidents such as "liquor plasticizer incident" and "toxic plastic wrap incident" are all related to the migration of harmful substances in packaging. Monitoring of Migratory Substances in Articles. Pacifiers are mostly used by infants and are in direct contact with the milk powder and oral cavity. The functional development of various organs of infants is not perfect. There are more migratory substances in the pacifier, which is more harmful to the baby. The total amount of control to ensure the safety of infant food intake. Each country has national standards, such as Thailand Thailand mandates TIS 1025-2562 (2019) as a new standard for pacifiers. This will take effect on December 13, 2021. On June 16, 2021, the Ministry of Industry of Thailand published a regulation in the Government Gazette requiring TIS 1025-2562 (2019) as a standard for pacifiers (the regulation). This industry standard is mainly based on EN 1400:2013+A1:2014 and contains requirements related to the materials, construction, performance, packaging and product information of such products. It is built with reference to information from the manufacturer, the user and the following documents: EN 1400:2013+A1:2014 "Children's use and care articles - Pacifiers for infants and young children - Safety requirements and test methods" EN 71-3:2013+A2:2017 'Safety of toys - Part 3 "Migration of certain elements" EN 12868:2017 'Children's use and care articles - Method for determination of the release of N-nitrosamines and N-nitroso substances from elastomer or rubber teats and pacifiers DIN 53160-1:2010 "Determination of colour fastness of commonly used articles - Part 1: Artificial saliva test" ISO 105-A03:1993 'Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part A03: Grey scales for assessing dyeing' Ministry of Health Circular (No. 369) BE 2558 (2015) Re: Bottles and Containers for Infants and Young Children. TIS 1025-2562 (2019) also requires certain nipple materials/components to comply with certain chemicals/tests involving: Migration of 17 elements Release of N-nitrosamines and N-nitroso species 2-mercaptobenzothiazole release Antioxidant release formaldehyde release Bisphenol A (BPA) release Color fastness Volatile compound content Test methods and instruments The AUTO ZF3600 total migration and ...
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