Child Care

BSI Child Care and Safety standards cover a range of products to be used by children and by adults caring for children. Published by the British Standards Institution, many of these standards are for products such as carriers, cradles, cots, and other devices designed for holding a child. Other standards address products like cutlery or toys, where the child itself is handling the product. Looking outside of the home, playground equipment and surfacing is a key focus in child safety standards efforts, along with foodstuffs, and personal flotation devices designed for use with children.

BS EN 12586:2025

Child care articles. Soother holder. Safety requirements and test methods (British Standard)

This document specifies safety requirements relating to materials, construction, performance, packaging and labelling of soother holders. NOTE 1 See B.1. It includes test methods for the mechanical and chemical requirements specified. This document covers products for children from birth to 36 months of age, alike the soothers to which these items are connected to. This document is intended to provide safety requirements for soother holders. All products that allow the attachment of a soother intended for babies and young children to any other object are included in the scope. The soother holder has a holding device at one end for the soother, a garment fastener that attaches to any other product, e.g. the child’s garment and a connecting device linking these parts. The safety requirements of products that a soother holder attaches to are not considered in this standard. Where a soother holder is considered to have significant play value, the soother holder is expected to meet the safety requirements for toys as stated in the Toy Directive 2009/48/EC [6] in addition to those in this document. NOTE 2 See B.2.

BS EN 14372:2004

Child use and care articles. Cutlery and feeding utensils. Safety requirements and tests (British Standard)

This document specifies safety requirements relating to the materials, construction, performance, packaging and labelling of cutlery and feeding utensils. All products which are intended to be used by a child aged up to 36 months to eat by itself or with the assistance of another person are included in the scope of this document. This includes products which have a different primary function, but have a secondary function intended to allow a child to use the product to eat by itself or with the assistance of another person. It does not apply to pre-prepared food containers, or to cutlery and feeding utensils designed for specialist medical applications or for use under medical supervision. It includes test methods for the mechanical and chemical requirements specified and requirements relating to the instructions of use. There are some products designed as a toy or with features that resemble a toy. These products shall additionally meet the relevant requirements of EN 71. This document is not applicable for drinking equipment (feeding bottles, teats, spouts, and cups) which is covered by EN 14350-1 and EN 14350-2.

BS EN ISO 18778:2022

Respiratory equipment. Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance of infant cardiorespiratory monitors (British Standard)

This document applies to the basic safety and essential performance of an infant cardiorespiratory monitor, as defined in 3.10, hereafter also referred to as ME equipment, in combination with its accessories : — intended for use in the home healthcare environment ; — intended for use by a lay operator ; — intended to monitor cardiorespiratory parameters in sleeping or resting children under three years of age; and — intended for transit-operable use. NOTE An infant cardiorespiratory monitor can also be used in professional health care facilities. This document is also applicable to those accessories intended by their manufacturer to be connected to the infant cardiorespiratory monitor , where the characteristics of those accessories can affect the basic safety or essential performance of the infant cardiorespiratory monitor . EXAMPLE probes, cables distributed alarm system