Toy Testing Services
Chemir offers independent toy analysis for chemical hazards, providing third party verification to ensure toy safety.
Our experts in materials and chemical analysis go beyond standard routine testing and provide:
- Complete identification of entire product’s composition
- Toxicity risk assessments
- Extractables and leachables testing
- Formulation confirmation
Chemir has assisted toy manufacturers, distributors and importers with different non-routine product issues. These have included identifying unknown materials and contaminants, solving problems with off-colors, or off-odors, and providing failure analysis. Additionally, Chemir is the industry leader in deformulation, or reverse engineering. 
The toy industry benefits from Chemir’s diverse capabilities and instrumentation, including DSC, FTIR, HPLC, GC, GC-MS, GDMS, GPC, ICP/OES, ICP/MS, LC/MS, NMR, Raman, SEM/EDS, TGA, TMA, UV/Vis, XRF, and XRD. As part of Evans Analytical Group, Chemir’s scientists also utilize extensive capabilities in surface analysis, microscopy and materials characterization.
Examples of Chemir’s toy testing services include:
- Performed an extractable analysis on a children’s plastic “mouthable” toy to determine if chemicals would leach when exposed to saliva
- Identified all elemental components of a toy to confirm product composition matches the supplier’s provided list of ingredients and concentrations
- Performed full deformulation of a plastic toy, including base polymer, additives, and fillers
- Investigated a off-odor of a toy part to determine the chemical cause
- Identified leachable chemicals from toys exposed to synthetic perspiration, and performed toxicity risk assessment on leachates
