What a week it's been here at Sewing by Annie's. It was brought to my attention that to sell toys they have to be safety tested and must all carry a CE safety logo etc. As you can imagine this threw me into a panic even though, as you can imagine, I am always vigilant when making toys with having 6 little grandchildren of my own.
We did an on line search for information and paid £30 to download a conformity pack. We ploughed through all the information and apparently you should even do safety tests if you knit toys and dolls to sell for charity. It all seemed a little daunting at first but with the help and support of my wonderful family and my amazing assistant [hubby] we gathered all the necessary equipment together and pulled, dropped, bashed and burnt the materials and toys to within an inch of their lives and I can proudly say each and every one passed all the required tests. We have had to keep photographs to prove it's all been done and keep records for each model of toy I make so today I'm sharing a little of what's been going on here....
I have had to type up method of production sheets for each toy I make and tick all the pages [there's lots!!] of tests performed and results for each toy too to keep as record.....but now it's done and I'm so chuffed.
If anyone else makes and sells toys then it's well worth checking out what has to be done to cover your backs........ although it's taken time it was nowhere near as daunting as it first appeared.
Hope you've all had a great week.
Hugs,
Annie x
