In order to reduce the chemical substances in toys for children by injury, in May 4, 2017, the official journal of the European Union issued a European Commission Directive (EU) 2017/774, the revised Toy Safety Directive (Directive 2009/48/EC), the designed for use with children under the age of 3 and the other will be placed in the mouth to play out the implementation of restrictions on the use of phenol. The revised contents are as follows: in the 2009/48 / EC directive annex two in Appendix C, add the following items: Material: phenol; CAS: 108-95-2; limit: according to the method of EN 71-10:2005 and EN 71-11:2005 stated in the 5 mg / L polymeric materials (migration limit); according to the method of EN 71-10:2005 and EN 71-11:2005 stated in the 10 mg / kg as a preservative (content restrictions). Members should be before November 4, 2018 and published by the instructions required to comply with laws, regulations and administrative provisions. The text of these provisions should be immediately communicated to the committee. It should be implemented from November 4, 2018.

Phenol (CAS: 108-95-2), often used as a phenolic resin, for the manufacture of toy plywood. Sources of phenol in toys also include the degradation of phenolic antioxidants in polymers. Game consoles, children's tents or game tunnels, packaging films, bath toys and other inflatable toys, PVC (PVC) may contain phenol. In addition, phenol can also be used as a preservative for aqueous liquid toys, such as blowing bubbles toys and water-based liquid ink.

There are many toy export enterprises in the Shaoxing area, and the EU toy safety directive has affected many export children tent enterprises in the area. For the Shaoxing inspection and Quarantine Bureau reminded the jurisdiction of toy export enterprises, timely attention to the new changes in the EU Directive on toy safety requirements, production strictly according to the import of Chinese product quality, ensure the quality of products to meet the requirements of laws and regulations of the importing country, to avoid unnecessary economic losses.