BS 14350:2020 pdf download.Child care articles – Drinking equipment – Safety requirements and test methods.
This document specifies safety requirements relating to the materials, construction, performance, packaging and product information for drinking equipment intended for children of 0 to 49 months (see 8.2) of age:
— Re-usable containers and re-usable drinking accessories;
— Single-use containers and drinking accessories sold with these containers;
— Single-use feeding teats;
— Ready to use feeding teats.
This document does not include requirements for the cleanliness of ready to use and single use products.
This document does not apply to products designed for specialist clinical medical applications, e.g.
those relating to cleft lip palates.
This document does not apply to drinking equipment made from ceramics.
This document does not apply to bags intended for storage only.
This document does not apply to drinking equipment which is supplied with fluids or food when purchased and to feeding accessories fixed to it.
This document is not applicable to soothers. Safety requirements and test methods for soothers are specified in EN 1400 [6].
This document is not applicable for cutlery and other feeding utensils. Safety requirements and test methods for Cutlery and other feeding equipment are specified in EN 14372 [7].
For drinking equipment excluded from the scope, consider the applicable requirements of this document whenever possible.
2 Normative references
The tollowing documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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• ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/ui
3.1 xiitched coniponents
components which are intended to be used together whilst feeding a child
Note 1 to entry: Their dimensions are matched to lit together and fulfil the relevant satety requirements. Note 2 to entry: See definitions 3.2 to 3.9.
3.2 drinking accessory
device fitted to a container which permits a child to obtain fluid from it
3.2.1 feeding teat elastic drinking accessory other than a straw
Note I to entry: there is no accepted scientific definition for the word ebstic. The Technical Committee intended to describe by “elastiCproducts made of silicone rubber, latex rubber. etc.
3.2.2 drinking spout non-elastic drinking accessory other than a straw
3.2.3 push-pull valve drinking accessory equipped with a valve designed to be manually operated by a push-pull, twist or similar action
Note 1 to entry: A push-pull valve Is also known as a sports cup spout’.
3.2.4 straw drinking accessory consisting of a cylindrical hollow tube which is in contact with the mouth and through which fluid Is sucked
3.2.5 protruding part drinking accessory when assembled for its intended use on a container
3.3 container feeding bottle, drinking cup or feeding bag
3.3.1 feeding bottle container which is capable of holding fluid incorporating a graduated scale suitable for visual measurement and is Intended for feeding a child through a suitable drinking accessory
3.3.2 drinking cup container other than a feeding bottle or feeding bag capable of holding a fluid intended for feeding a child
Note ito entry: L)nnklng cups are also known as bcakcrs’ In the English language
3.3.3 feeding bag bag capable of holding fluid and designed to be used with drinking accessories
Note Ito entry Feeding bags are also known as feed rng liners.
3.3.4 feeding bag holder support for a feeding bag
Note ito entry: see Figure 4 No 8.
3.4 locking ring component used to secure a drinking accessory to a container
3.5 sealing disc component used to create a seal between the container and the locking ring
3.6 protective cover component to cover a drinking accessory
3.6.1 detachable protective cover cover or parts of it intended to be detached when drinking or for cleaning
Note I to entry: After being detached they can be reassembled in the original state.
3.6.2 permanent protective cover cover or parts of it intended to stay attached to the product during use/drinking.BS 14350 pdf free download.