Oeko-Tex

All BabyBjörn textiles that come into close contact with your child are approved in accordance with Oeko-Tex Standard 100, class 1. Oeko-Tex guarantees that any textile that has passed the tests and been certified contains no substances hazardous to health at a concentration that could pose a health risk for human beings.

The certificates issued to approved products are updated annually by Oeko-Tex. If a product is changed in any way, it undergoes testing for new certification. 

The textiles that come into contact with your child’s skin have been tested and approved in accordance with Oeko-Tex Standard 100, class 1. This category comprises baby products that comply with the strictest human ecology requirements.

The greater the contact between textile and skin (and the more sensitive the skin), the stricter the requirements. Here’s how the Oeko-Tex product classification system works:

Class 1 
Textiles and textile toys for infants and small children up to the age of three, e.g. underwear, romper suits, bedding and soft toys.  

Class 2
Textiles where a majority of the surface is in direct contact with the skin, e.g. underwear, bedding, terry cloth (towels etc.), shirts and blouses.  

Class 3 
Textiles that do not come into direct contact with the skin, or where only a small amount comes into contact with the skin, e.g. jackets, coats and linings.  

Class 4 
Interior/decorative textiles, such as tablecloths, curtains, textile wall-coverings and carpets.

Oeko-Tex has the following parameters on its list of requirements and threshold limit values:

- Specifically prohibited AZO colourants 
- Carcinogenic and allergenic colourants 
- Formaldehydes
- Pesticides - Chlorinated phenols  - Chlorobenzenes and chlorotoluenes   
- Extractable heavy metals - Colour-fastness  
- pH value  
- Phthalates in baby articles 
- Organic tin compounds, organotins (TBT och DBT)  
- Emission of volatiles 
- Odours  
- Biologically active agents and flame retardant products are regulated separately.

For more information about Oeko-Tex, go to www.oeko-tex.com