Safety and quality are fundamental concerns for consumers, particularly for parents, who buy toys and other products related to children. Local and international toy standards & regulations – aiming at ensuring greater safety for children – become more and more demanding.

Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services Division provides a full range of safety, quality assurance, benchmark and compliance testing services for a wide variety of toys. Our services are designed to assist Toy Manufacturers, Brands, Retailers and Importers in minimising the risk of liability, costly product returns and brand-damaging recalls.

Why choose Bureau Veritas?

Outstanding Customer Service
First Class Toy Technical Experts
UKAS Accredited Laboratory
Global Network
Fast-test turnaround
Trusted by the biggest Toy Manufacturers and Retailers

Our UK services for toys include:

• Toys safety/ quality assurance - more >>
  We assess if your products and supply chain meet the required local and international regulations and standards including The Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC and the American Society for Testing and Materials.
• Age grade evaluation
• EU Toy Safety Directive Consultancy - more >>
  
• Risk Assessment
• Design Evaluation
• Letters of Opinion
• Production audit
• Recall advice
• Manual development
• Bespoke training sessions
  Sessions can be delivered directly to your premises or at our Warrington laboratory. Click here to view our seminar and training page here.

Our global network can also offer:

• Juvenile and Nursery products testing
  We can test a wide range of nursery products such as Strollers, Full-sized cribs, Toddler beds, Bunk beds, Infant walkers, Safety gates, Hook-on chair, Reclined cradles, Carriages...
• CSR Audit/Inspection services - more >>
  
• Eco-design/Life-cycle-assessment services - more >>
  
• REACH consultancy - more >>
  

A global solution if you need it...

Thanks to our global network of labs and technical experts in areas including testing, inspection and ethical auditing/social compliance, we can help to put a comprehensive programme of product design and supply chain improvement in place for you. This means that wherever you are manufacturing, sourcing or selling, you have the necessary accreditations and approvals to sell your products for the best price and in confidence that your goods are competitive and your brand well protected.