Consumer Products
Through testing, inspection, certification and R&D on the safety of products, KCL contributes to the improvement
of quality of life by preventing harms from people’s wellbeing, health and properties.
Based on long history of technology and experience, KCL creates a safe society by verifying the safety of consumer products,
children’s products, leisure and sports goods, etc.
Overview
Safety Inspection of Children’s Products
- Testing and inspection of children’s products with safety concerns in accordance with the Special Act on the Safety of Children’s Products
- Children’s products subjected to safety certification: Four items, including an in-vehicle children restraint systems
- Children’s products subjected to safety verification: Sixteen items, including toys and children’s products containing synthetic resin
- Children’s products subjected to supplier conformity confirmation: Children’s leather goods and textile products intended for children aged 13 years and under
Analysis of Hazardous Chemicals and Testing for Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity(SDOC) on Children’s Products
- Testing for supplier’s declaration of conformity on children’s products and consumer products: Children’s textile products, children’s leather products, household textile products, children’s glasses frames and sunglasses, children’s umbrellas/parasols, children’s accessories, children’s furniture, etc.
- Testing of hazardous substances in toys and children’s products and their materials
- Analysis of hazardous heavy metals and organic compounds: Pb, Cd, the 8 major heavy metals, the 19 major heavy metals, AZO dyes, disperse dyes, DMFu, PCP PAHs, NP, NPEO, phthalates, organictin, etc.
Safety Inspection of Leisure and Sports Goods
- Testing and inspection pursuant to the Special Act on the Safety of Children’s Products and the Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act
- Safety certification: Aquatic equipment
- Safety verification: Skateboards, electric scooters, bicycles, sports life jackets, vehicle safety helmets, sports safety helmets, gym equipment, baby tricycles
- Supplier conformity confirmation: Swimming goggles, kickboards, inline skates, roller skates, wheeled sneakers
Consumer Products Safety Inspection
- Testing and inspection of consumer products with safety concerns in accordance with the Electrical Appliances and Consumer Products Safety Control Act
- Consumer products subjected to safety certification: Three items, including aquatic equipment
- Consumer products subjected to safety verification: Seventeen items, including bicycles and vehicle safety helmets
- Consumer products subjected to supplier conformity confirmation: Wheeled sneakers, portable ladders, etc.
Inspection of Children Activity Space
- Article 23 of the Environmental Health Act and Article 16 of the its Enforcement Decree: Compliance with the prescribed safety standards for children activity space
- Verification inspection subjects: New construction of children activity space, expansion of the total area of children activity space by 33 m2 or greater, remodeling of 70 m2 or greater of children activity space
- Verification inspection timing: Within 30 days after new construction, expansion, or remodeling of children activity space
- <Inspection authority > Daycare centers: mayor or provincial governor
- Superintendent of education: Classrooms and libraries in preschools and elementary schools(special education schools included)
Testing & Inspection related to the Environmentally Hazardous Process Testing Standards
- Articles 23 and 24 of the Environmental Health Act: Protection of children’s health
- Control of hazards in children activity space
- Environmental safety standards
- Paints and finishes: Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr6+
- Testing of release of pollutants: HCHO, TVOC
- Timber: Creosote oil, CCA preservatives
- Synthetic rubber flooring: Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr6+, formaldehyde
- Soil and sand: Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr6+, As, parasites(incl. eggs)
- Control of hazardous substances in children’s products:
- Indication of environmental hazards(DNOP, DINP, TBT, nonylphenol) by manufacturer/importer of children’s products
Analysis of Microplastics in Consumer Products and Children’s Products
- Analytical services for hazard control of microplastics in consumer products and children’s products
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of microplastics in environmental matrices such as water, soil, and air
- Equipment used for analysis: TGA-GC/MS, TED-GC/MS, Py-GC/MS, FT-IR, etc.
Timber
- Testing in the field of timber, and testing and research of processed products
- Testing and research of processed timber products
- R&D and performance testing of timber products and quality testing of eco-friendly materials
- Quality certification of timber related products
