What is BS EN 14988 about?

BS EN 14988 discusses children’s highchairs. BS EN 14988 specifies safety requirements for freestanding children's highchairs that elevate children to dining table height usually for the purposes of feeding or eating. Children's highchairs are for children up to 3 years of age who can sit unaided.

Note: Apart from special highchairs for medical purposes, BS EN 14988 applies to children's highchairs for domestic and non-domestic use.

Who is BS EN 14988 for?

BS EN 14988 on children's highchairs is useful for:

Quality control laboratories
Highchair manufacturers and suppliers
Child product engineers and experts
End users

Why should you use BS EN 14988?

BS EN 14988 provides safety requirements and test methods for freestanding children's high chairs that help you to manufacture chairs with quality by considering the safety of the user.

BS EN 14988 provides the safety requirements for highchairs to prevent children’s injuries.

BS EN 14988 specifies product information and provides instructions for use of highchairs that help you to ensure children's safety.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN 14988-2017+A1-2020 supersedes BS EN 14988:2017, which is withdrawn.

BS EN 14988-2017+A1-2020 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 14988:2017 These include:

EN 14988-1:2006+A1:2012 and EN 14988-2:2006+A1:2012 have been merged into one single document
Complete review of the standard in a hazard base format
Addition of a dynamic strength test

Inclusion of specific requirements for highchair with more than two castors/wheels
Improvement of restraint system requirements to require a passive crotch restraint for products with a horizontal component in front of the baby

BS EN 14988:2017+A1:2020

Children's high chairs. Requirements and test methods

Current, Under Review

Published:

30 Apr 2020