The tiny love quality & safety assurance program
At Tiny Love we care about your baby. That means that our team is committed to quality and safety throughout the whole development and production process, and to make sure that your baby plays with safe toys.
The tiny love quality & Assurance Program
At Tiny Love we care about your baby. That means that our team is committed to quality and safety throughout the whole development and production process, and that we make sure that your baby plays with safe toys.
Our quality & safety assurance team
Our Quality & Safety Assurance Team is involved in every stage of a toy's development, and throughout the manufacturing process as well. Our toys meet the most stringent international safety standards, and are constantly and continually tested to make sure they always comply with those standards.
Spot checks
Our quality assurance and safety program also includes spot-check testing on a regular basis to make sure that our products are always Tiny Love-safe –not just at standard certification time.
International safety standards
Our toys are tested and meet the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the European EN-71 (CE) standard, among others.
Although complying with the ASTM standard is not mandatory in the United States (it's voluntary), we will not allow any of our toys to be sold without ASTM testing and certification. If you live in the United States, we recommend that you look for the ASTM mark on any toy you purchase. In Europe, CE certification is mandatory.
What do these safety standards mean?
Each toy is submitted to a specially certified lab where it is put through a rigorous series of tests to make sure it complies to the tested standard for that particular type of toy. Most standards include at least the following tests:
Mechanical hazards test - Tests the safety and sturdiness of a toy including making sure that there are no sharp edges, small parts, sharp points, pinching or puncture hazards etc. which may harm a child.
Flammability tests - Test the burn rate of certain materials and make sure they are within the standard's requirements.
Lead content tests - Make sure the product meets the lead content requirement of the CPSC "ban of lead-containing paint and certain consumer products bearing lead-containing paint."
Heavy metals analysis tests - Make sure that there are no toxic levels of certain elements present in the toy.
Labeling and age grading requirements - Products are evaluated to make sure that packaging and products are appropriately labeled with respect to minimum age for intended use and any special warnings, which may apply to that particular type of toy.
These are but a few of the tests our products are put through before they reach the store shelf.
Most of us who work at Tiny Love are parents ourselves, and whenever we develop a new toy, the first question we all inevitably ask is, "would I give this toy to my child?" Needless to say, only an unequivocal "yes" gets to move on to the next phase.