Test reportSpecimen
EN 71-1
Safety of toys, part 1: mechanical and physical properties
- Small parts cylinder
- Pass
- Torque, eyes and nose
- Pass
- Tension, seams and limbs
- Pass
- Drop test
- Pass
- Sharp points and edges
- Pass
CE marking and soft toy safety for real alpaca fur toys
All our alpacas are compliant and safe. They have been through many tests at an independent accredited laboratory, and they have passed every one. Every code, every scope and every status is printed here.
Test reportSpecimen
EN 71-2
Safety of toys, part 2: flammability
- Surface flash, pile fabric
- Pass
- Rate of spread of flame
- Pass
- Soft-filled toy body
- Pass
- Trimmed fur
- Pass
- Untrimmed fur
- Pass
Test reportSpecimen
ASTM F963-23
Consumer safety specification for toy safety, United States
- Small parts, under threes
- Pass
- Use and abuse, drop
- Pass
- Torque and tension
- Pass
- Flammability of solids
- Pass
- Heavy elements, coating
- Pass
###DOCUMENTS###
The compliance documents that come with every order
Listed here so your customs broker can check them before you order.
In the pack, every order
Seven documents, sent as one PDF pack the day the goods are sealed.
ALL INCLUDED
Proforma invoice
i
Laboratory reports, on request
i
EU Declaration of Conformity
i
Availability for inspection report against the approved order
i
Packing list, carton marks and weights
i
Certificate of origin
i
HS 9503.00 classification
i
If a document is missing from your pack, the balance invoice waits.
Build your orderOnly when your forwarder collects
Two documents you do not need if we ship to you.
Bill of lading
i
Air waybill
i
Neither is needed when we ship to your door, which is how most orders leave. When you collect ex works Lima, your forwarder issues them, and your agent collects from the workshop with every document needed from our side.
### The guarantee ###
We are the professionals in Peru.
Our alpacas are compliant in Europe, Asia, the US and the Middle East, and other regions on request. Every piece is built to EN 71-1, EN 71-2, EN 71-3, ASTM F963-23, CPSIA and REACH, which is what selling a children's toy in those markets needs.
It is written into the order confirmation you sign, and no batch that fails it leaves the workshop.
### The standards ###
What each one actually tests
Where the status says the result is on request, name the standard your market needs and it comes with the quotation.
Mechanical and physical
Seams, small parts, and the pull tests on eyes and nose. It is the main safety test for a soft toy.
Result on requestFlammability
Rate of spread across the surface. Critical for long pile, so Monsterfluff is tested as its own construction rather than covered by the short-pile result.
Result on requestMigration of certain elements
Lead, cadmium, chromium VI and the rest of the list, measured as what can leave the material. This is the one that matters for dyed fibre.
Result on requestCE marking and the file behind it
The technical file, the safety assessment and the EU Declaration of Conformity. Built for your order and handed over with it.
Prepared per orderThe US toy safety standard
The American equivalent of EN 71, run by a third-party laboratory accepted by the CPSC. US buyers ask for it by name.
Result on requestChildren's Product Certificate
The US paperwork that sits on top of the F963 result, with the tracking label that has to be on the piece itself.
On requestRestricted substances
What is allowed in the dyes and finishes that touch the fibre.
Result on requestEvery alpaca we make is already compliant
Our production has been through these tests at an independent laboratory, and the results are here. Name the standard your market needs and the report comes with your quotation.
### For toy and baby stores ###
Are alpaca fur toys safe for babies?
A soft toy is safe for a baby when the finished piece passes the tests written for children under three. That depends on how the toy is made more than on what it is made of. Real alpaca fur can pass them, and the test report for the piece is what shows it.
What the under three tests look at
EN 71-1 in Europe and ASTM F963 in the United States test a toy for young children the same way in principle. The eyes, the nose and every seam are pulled and twisted with a set force. Anything that comes off is put in a small parts cylinder the size of a small child's throat, and if it fits, the toy fails. A toy for this age group also may not have sharp points or edges.
What the fur adds
Long fur burns differently from short fur, which is why EN 71-2 tests the pile and why Monsterfluff, with its coat left long, is tested as its own construction. Alpaca fibre also has no lanolin, the grease in sheep's wool that many people react to.
What goes on your label
The age on the label comes from the test report for that piece, so it is the report you check, not the name of the collection. Baby Alpaca is a grade of fibre, around 22 microns, and says nothing about the age of the child. Tell us the market and the age group you sell to, and the report comes with your quotation.
### Where the fur comes from ###
What does ethical alpaca fur mean?
The fur is a by-product of Andean herding. The herds of the Andes are kept for their coats and for meat, and they have been for centuries. Animals die of cold, of age and of natural causes at 4,000 metres. Those are the animals whose fur reaches the workshop. No animal is raised or killed for toy production, and there is no fur farming anywhere in the chain. That does not change with the size of your order: we buy what the season gives. The whole answer, on its own page.
- Source
- By-product of herding
- Raised for toy production
- None
- Fur farming in the chain
- None
- Herds
- Named, in the Andes
- Sorting
- By hand, in the workshop
- Sourcing statement
- Travels with every order
Questions about safety
Yes. All our alpacas are compliant and safe. They have been through many tests at an independent accredited laboratory, against the European and the American toy safety standards, EN 71 and ASTM F963, and they have passed every one. Name the standard your market needs and the report comes with your quotation.
A soft toy is safe for a baby when the finished piece passes the tests written for children under three. The age on your label comes from the test report for that piece, so tell us the age group you sell to and the report comes with the quotation.
### MOQ $500 · quotation within 24 hours · shipped to your door ###
Name your standards. We'll quote against them.