In order to ensure toy safety, prohibited substances should be acceptable at trace levels, including in recycled materials, only if their presence at such levels is technically unavoidable with good manufacturing practices and if the toy is safe. The non-intended presence level should be in line with the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) principle. Generic concentration limits triggering classification of mixtures are set in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 at 1000 mg/kg for carcinogenic or mutagenic category 1A or 1B substances, at 3000 mg/kg for reprotoxic category 1A or 1B substances or at 100000 mg/kg for specific target organ toxicant category 1. Those limits are not sufficiently protective for children and should not be used as a basis for enforcement of the generic prohibitions.
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