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Reported on in Toys From Easter Eggs

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Every year, the season of Easter, chocolate eggs are the joy of children, and every year, the gifts offered in most of these eggs have become the difference in the time of purchase. These gifts are for the most part, focused the public playground, but are not always toys. There are cases where the premium is, for example, a clock or a makeup, articles that are not considered toys and therefore not part of the scope of the Regulation of Inmetro established by Ordinance No. 108, June 13, 2005 dealing with the safety of toys. Thus, these products are exempt from compulsoriedade certification.  

But when the gift is a toy, should be carried out all tests required to demonstrate that it is safe to the public child and the whole process of certification should be conducted as if the toy is for sale separately. The fact of being a premium can not be reason to neglect when it comes to the safety of children.  

Since the product has been certified, the manufacturer has the right and the obligation to affix the Seal of Compliance Identification of the product in a visible license as Regulation above. This serves to highlight that the consumer may, at the time of purchase that the product passed the certification process and for that review to identify more easily if there is irregular products on the market and can offer risks to the safety of children during their use.  

In the case of Easter eggs is a peculiarity. Normally, the toy is inside the egg, which affect the display of the seal. This fact has led some manufacturers to use the external packaging of the egg, the seal for identification of compliance with the required information set by the Regulation on Safety of Toys. This practice, however, led to a problem of understanding by a portion of consumers who, in some cases, the label mistakenly linked to a possible certification of the egg. 


On March 29, 2006, published the Inmetro Ordinance No. 73, which regulates the use of Trademarks, Symbols and Labels for Accreditation ID Inmetro. Among the requirements, there is one that requires that the seal should not be used "in any situation that may lead to an incorrect interpretation of the activity performed by Inmetro, inducing the consumer to error" (Article 10, V). Thus, a mechanism to avoid errors of interpretation in this and other similar cases, since the use of the seal under these conditions, eg in the packaging of Easter eggs, set it as unfair and subject to provider sanctions provided in that Order. But that did not solve the problem of information on the certification of the toy, since the seal would be applied to the toy or its packaging, inaccessible to the consumer at the time of purchase.  

It was then allowed that manufacturers state on the package that had the egg, inside the product, a toy license agreement with the regulations in order to guide the consumer. The audit then went to collect samples of eggs from Easter to see if the toy was actually offered as a gift certificate. Some manufacturers, however, kept the seal on the packaging of the eggs and, as such eggs are found in the market, its suppliers are notified to correct the problem.  

Currently, is drafting a new regulation that standardizes and makes mandatory some information on the packaging of articles containing gifts or parties that are characterized as products regulated by Inmetro.  

The Brazilian Network of Legal Metrology and Quality, composed of delegates of Inmetro bodies in all states of the federation, is aimed to prevent them from being marketed toys not certified, even as gifts, suppliers and reported seizing products falling outside the requirements of Inmetro regulation.



Source: Inmetro

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