GOST 25779-90 PDF

Full title and description

GOST 25779-90 — "Toys. General safety requirements and control methods" (ГОСТ 25779-90 «Игрушки. Общие требования безопасности и методы контроля»). The standard specifies general safety requirements for toys intended for children (age classes up to 14 years) and establishes methods of testing and control to verify conformity with those requirements, including material restrictions, mechanical safety, flammability tests, labeling and user instructions.

Abstract

This national standard (originally developed and approved in 1990/1992 under the Soviet/early Russian system) defines mandatory safety characteristics and test methods for a broad range of toys: restrictions on hazardous materials and components, mechanical strength and sharp-edge requirements, small-part hazards for children under 3 years, flammability and textile tests for costumes and soft toys, and required information in user instructions. It also details specific test apparatus, sample conditioning and procedural steps for conformity assessment.

General information

• Status: Withdrawn / superseded in national practice; historically in force with later amendments but effectively replaced by later toy-safety documents and technical regulations (see FAQ).
• Publication date: Designation year 1990 (GOST 25779-90). Official effective/publication references list 01 January 1992 as the published/effective date; amendments published 1992 and 2002; reprints/editions issued (e.g., October 2002).
• Publisher: Approved and introduced by the State Committee for Product Quality Management and Standards of the USSR (Gosstandart); developed/entered by the Ministry of Local Industry of the RSFSR (text originally issued under the Soviet standards system).
• ICS / categories: ICS 97.200.50 — Toys (classification for toy safety and testing).
• Edition / version: Designation GOST 25779-90 with Amendment No.1 (1992) and Amendment No.2 (2002); printed reissues include an October 2002 edition (with amendments incorporated).
• Number of pages: Approximately 35 pages in common commercial copies / transcriptions (published reprints list ca. 35–37 pages depending on edition).

Scope

Applies to toys intended for use by children up to 14 years of age (with specified exceptions). The standard covers requirements for materials (for example, prohibited or restricted films, glass, certain fillers and chemical hazards), mechanical and structural safety (sharp edges, small parts, fastenings), electrical drive and moving parts for ride-on toys, flammability of textiles and costumes, and the content and placement of safety and assembly instructions. It also prescribes methods for sampling, conditioning and the test procedures and apparatus used to assess conformity.

Key topics and requirements

• Material requirements and prohibitions (flammable materials, unsafe films, defective wood, inappropriate glass use for small children).
• Mechanical safety: limits on sharp edges, accessible moving parts, strength of attachments, maximum allowable forces, and bite/chew resistance for components intended for young children.
• Small-part and choking hazard criteria, with age-group specific probes and dimensional limits (special test probes and zond measurement methods described).
• Flammability tests and methods for textiles, costumes and plush toys including burner/flame exposure procedures, test atmospheres and pass/fail criteria (spread rate thresholds and burning fragments checks).
• Electrical safety and moving-vehicle requirements for electrically driven ride-on toys (automatic cut-off switches, stability, maximum speeds and seat geometry constraints).
• Instructions for use: mandatory content for user manuals including safety warnings, assembly instructions, maintenance intervals and recommended protective equipment where appropriate.
• Detailed test methods: sample conditioning (temperature/humidity), measuring instruments, probes, fixtures and procedural tolerances for reproducible testing.

Typical use and users

Used by national conformity assessment bodies, toy manufacturers, product designers, testing laboratories and quality assurance teams to design, test and document toy safety in jurisdictions that referenced GOST documents. It is also used by regulators and certification authorities as a reference when assessing legacy products or harmonizing with newer national/regional toy-safety regulations.

Related standards

Related and successor documents include earlier national editions (GOST 25779-83), later national/regional adoptions of the ISO/IEC and EN toy-safety series (for example GOST R / GOST ИСО 8124 series), and the Eurasian / Technical Regulations on toy safety (TR CU 008/2011 and associated harmonized standards). The standard text itself references multiple GOSTs and international test methods used for measurement and conditioning.

Keywords

toy safety, GOST 25779-90, toys, flammability, small parts, mechanical safety, test methods, user instructions, Gosstandart, ISO 8124, EN 71.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: GOST 25779-90 is a national standard titled "Toys. General safety requirements and control methods" that set out safety requirements and prescribed test procedures for toys intended for children (up to 14 years). It was developed under the Soviet/Russian standards system and contains material, mechanical, flammability and instructional requirements.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers permissible materials, prohibited substances and constructions, mechanical strength, small-part and choking hazard rules, flammability and textile tests (costumes, plush toys), electrical and ride-on toy requirements, required user instructions and specific laboratory test methods, conditioning and measurement procedures.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Toy designers and manufacturers, testing laboratories, certification bodies, regulators and quality managers — particularly in countries and regions that historically applied GOST standards or when assessing legacy products specified to GOST 25779-90.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: GOST 25779-90 has been amended and later its role in national regulation has been superseded by more recent national adoptions of international toy-safety standards (for example the GOST R / GOST ИСО 8124 series and regional technical regulations). Commercial records list the standard as withdrawn/with limited validity and note formal terms of validity and amendments; users should consult current national/regional regulations (TRs, GOST R or ISO/IEC adoptions) for the applicable legal requirements today.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — it belongs to the wider family of toy-safety standards and references other GOSTs for measurement and testing norms; its subject matter overlaps with the multi-part ISO/EN toy-safety standards (ISO 8124 / EN 71) and later national GOST R / GOST ИСО 8124 parts that address flammability, mechanical/physical properties and chemical safety in more detail.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Toys, toy safety, test methods, flammability, small-parts, mechanical strength, GOST 25779-90, Gosstandart, ISO 8124, EN 71.