EN 71-7:2025 for Finger Paints Published

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has published the latest version of the standard for finger paints, EN 71-7:2025.

Requirement Summary and Effective Dates:

On October 29th, 2025, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) published the 2025 version of EN 71-7, part 7 of the standard for the Safety of Toys, regarding the Requirements and Test Methods for Finger Paints. It supersedes the previous EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 version.

Revisions include:

• In Section 3, new terms and definitions have been added for pigment (3.3), dyestuff (3.4), and booster substance (3.11) and the definition of colourant (3.2) has been revised.
• In Section 4.6 (formerly 4.7): The test method for pH value has been changed from EN ISO 787-9 to EN ISO 19396-1:2025.
• In Section 4.9, requirements for booster substances have been added.
• In Annex A, the informative “non-exhaustive list of colourants which are used in finger paints, and need to be in compliance with both the general and specified purity requirements” has been revised.
• In Annex B, the normative “list of preservatives allowed for use in finger paints” has been revised.
• In Annex C, the examples of “ingredients used in the manufacture of finger paints” have been revised, in particular by adding booster substances, with 3 examples.

Removals include:

• In the former Section 4.4, the requirements on migration of certain elements (normative reference to EN 71-3) have been deleted because EN 71-3 always applies to finger paints.
• In the former Section 4.9, the requirements on N-nitrosamines (normative reference to EN 71-12) have been deleted because EN 71-12 always applies to finger paints.

For more information, see 
https://standards.cencenelec.eu/ords/f?p=CEN:110:::::FSP_PROJECT,FSP_ORG_ID:79235,6036&cs=1E961368B6345AE16CF43A4FFEB5AE40F

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