prEN 1860-3

Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing - Part 3: Firelighters for igniting solid fuels for use in barbecues and grill applications - Requirements and test methods

This document specifies the safety, performance, consumer packaging and marking requirements including the test methods for firelighters used to light solid fuels in barbecue and grill appliances.
This document covers firelighters supplied as either solid, liquid, thickened liquid or gel formulations. However, the use of highly flammable liquids (except in stabilised formulations) is specifically excluded from the scope of this document as their use as barbecue firelighters is regarded as highly dangerous.
This document is intended to reduce the risks which may occur during and through barbecuing with solid fuels.

Geräte, feste Brennstoffe und Anzündhilfen zum Grillen - Teil 3: Anzündhilfen zum Befeuern fester Brennstoffe für den Einsatz in Grillen und bei Grillanwendungen - Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren

Dieses Dokument legt Anforderungen an die Sicherheit, Leistung, Verbraucherverpackung und Kennzeichnung sowie Prüfverfahren für Anzündhilfen fest, die zum Anzünden fester Brennstoffe in Barbecue- und Grillgeräten verwendet werden.
Dieses Dokument umfasst Anzündhilfen, die entweder als feste Substanz, Flüssigkeit, verdickte Flüssigkeit oder Gelsubstanz geliefert werden. Der Einsatz leicht entzündlicher Flüssigkeiten (ausgenommen in stabilisierten Rezepturen) ist vom Anwendungsbereich dieses Dokuments ausdrücklich ausgeschlossen, weil deren Gebrauch als Anzündhilfe zum Grillen als besonders gefährlich angesehen wird.
Das Dokument ist dafür vorgesehen, Risiken zu mindern, die während des Grillens selbst sowie infolge des Grillens mit festen Brennstoffen auftreten können.

Appareils, combustibles solides et allume-feu pour la cuisson au barbecue - Partie 3 : Allume-feu pour l’allumage des combustibles solides dans les appareils de cuisson au barbecue et au gril - Exigences et méthodes d’essai

Le présent document spécifie les exigences en matière de sécurité, de performance, d’emballage grand public et de marquage, ainsi que les méthodes d’essai, relatives aux allume-feu servant à allumer les combustibles solides utilisés pour barbecues et grils.
Le présent document traite des allume-feu solides, liquides, pâteux ou en gel. Cependant, l’utilisation de liquides très inflammables (sauf pour des formulations stabilisées) est spécifiquement exclue du domaine d’application du présent document, car leur utilisation comme allume-feu pour barbecue est considérée comme extrêmement dangereuse.
Le présent document vise à réduire les risques qui peuvent survenir tout au long de la cuisson au barbecue avec des combustibles solides.

Naprave, trdna goriva in naprave za vžiganje žara - 3. del: Vžigalniki za vžiganje trdnih goriv v žaru - Zahteve in preskusne metode

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 17-Dec-2023
• ICS: 75.160.10 - Solid fuels
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 281 - Appliances, solid fuels and firestarters for barbecuing
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 281/WG 5 - Solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing and single-use-barbecues
• Current Stage: 4599 - Dispatch of FV draft to CMC - Finalization for Vote
• Start Date: 12-Dec-2022
• Due Date: 04-Nov-2022
• Completion Date: 12-Dec-2022
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 1860-3:2022 - Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing - Part 3: Firelighters for igniting solid fuels for use in barbecues and grill applications - Requirements and test

Relations

• Revises: EN 1860-3:2003 - Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing - Part 3: Firelighters for igniting solid fuels for use in barbecues and grill applications - Requirements and test methods
• Effective Date: 03-Feb-2021

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 1860-3:2022
01-julij-2022

Naprave, trdna goriva in naprave za vžiganje žara - 3. del: Vžigalniki za vžiganje

trdnih goriv v žaru - Zahteve in preskusne metode

Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing - Part 3: Firelighters for igniting

solid fuels for use in barbecues and grill applications - Requirements and test

Geräte, feste Brennstoffe und Anzündhilfen zum Grillen - Teil 3: Anzündhilfen zum

Befeuern fester Brennstoffe für den Einsatz in Grillen und bei Grillanwendungen -

Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren

Appareils, combustibles solides et allume-feu pour la cuisson au barbecue - Partie 3 :

Allume-feu pour l’allumage des combustibles solides dans les appareils de cuisson au

barbecue et au gril - Exigences et méthodes d’essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1860-3
ICS:
75.160.10 Trda goriva Solid fuels
97.040.20 Štedilniki, delovni pulti, Cooking ranges, working
pečice in podobni aparati tables, ovens and similar
appliances
oSIST prEN 1860-3:2022 en,fr,de

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 1860-3
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
April 2022
ICS 75.160.10 Will supersede EN 1860-3:2003
English Version
Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing -
Part 3: Firelighters for igniting solid fuels for use in
barbecues and grill applications - Requirements and test
methods

Appareils, combustibles solides et allume-feu pour la Geräte, feste Brennstoffe und Anzündhilfen zum Grillen

cuisson au barbecue - Partie 3 : Allume-feu pour - Teil 3: Anzündhilfen zum Befeuern fester Brennstoffe

l'allumage des combustibles solides dans les appareils für den Einsatz in Grillen und bei Grillanwendungen -

de cuisson au barbecue et au gril - Exigences et Anforderungen und Prüfverfahren
méthodes d'essai

This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee

CEN/TC 281.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations

which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other

language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC

Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,

Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and

United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are

aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without

notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
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CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels

© 2022 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 1860-3:2022 E

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Contents Page

European foreword ............................................................................................................................................ 4

1 Scope .......................................................................................................................................................... 5

2 Normative references .......................................................................................................................... 5

3 Terms and definitions ......................................................................................................................... 6

4 Requirements ......................................................................................................................................... 7

4.1 Safety ......................................................................................................................................................... 7

4.1.1 General...................................................................................................................................................... 7

4.1.2 Firelighter composition ...................................................................................................................... 7

4.1.3 Flashpoint of liquid, thickened liquid and gel firelighters .................................................... 7

4.1.4 Viscosity of thickened liquid or gel firelighters ......................................................................... 7

4.1.5 Stability of the mixture of thickened liquid or gel firelighters ............................................ 7

4.2 Performance ........................................................................................................................................... 7

4.2.1 Burning characteristics ...................................................................................................................... 7

4.2.2 Safety in use ............................................................................................................................................ 8

4.3 Consumer packaging ........................................................................................................................... 8

4.3.1 General...................................................................................................................................................... 8

4.3.2 Solid firelighters .................................................................................................................................... 8

4.3.3 Liquid, thickened liquid or gel firelighters.................................................................................. 8

5 Marking and instructions for use .................................................................................................... 8

6 Test report ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Annex A (normative) Test method for safety in use of firelighters ................................................. 10

A.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................... 10

A.2 Test apparatus ..................................................................................................................................... 10

A.3 Test barbecue charcoal ..................................................................................................................... 10

A.4 Test procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 10

A.4.1 Test procedure to assess the ignition behaviour of the firelighter .................................. 10

A.4.2 Test procedure to assess the combustion behaviour of the firelighter .......................... 11

A.4.3 Test procedure to assess the behaviour of the firelighter when applied to a naked

flame ........................................................................................................................................................ 11

Annex B (normative) Test method for the determination of the burning characteristics of a

firelighter ............................................................................................................................................... 12

B.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................... 12

B.2 Test apparatus ..................................................................................................................................... 12

B.3 Test procedure ..................................................................................................................................... 12

B.3.1 Test procedure for solid firelighters ........................................................................................... 12

B.3.2 Test procedure for liquid, thickened liquid or gel firelighters .......................................... 12

B.4 Results ..................................................................................................................................................... 13

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Annex C (normative) Test method for the evaluation of the consumer package for solid

firelighters ............................................................................................................................................ 14

C.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................. 14

C.2 Procedure .............................................................................................................................................. 14

C.3 Results .................................................................................................................................................... 14

Annex D (normative) Test methods for the evaluation of the consumer package for liquid,

thickened liquid and gel firelighters ........................................................................................... 15

D.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................. 15

D.2 Procedures ............................................................................................................................................ 15

D.2.1 Test sample ........................................................................................................................................... 15

D.2.2 Drop test ................................................................................................................................................ 15

D.2.3 Child resistant closure ...................................................................................................................... 15

D.2.4 Dosing device test ............................................................................................................................... 15

D.2.5 Leakage test .......................................................................................................................................... 16

D.2.6 Number of tests ................................................................................................................................... 16

D.3 Results .................................................................................................................................................... 16

Bibliography ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

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European foreword

This document (prEN 1860-3:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 281

“Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing”, the secretariat of which is held by UNE.

This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document will supersede EN 1860-3:2003 and EN 1860-3:2003/A1:2006.

In comparison with the previous edition EN 1860-3:2003 and EN 1860-3:2003/A1:2006, the following

technical modifications have been made:
a) the Introduction has been removed;

b) Clause 1, Scope, has been updated – the second and the third paragraphs have been added;

c) Clause 2, Normative references, has been updated;
d) Clause 3, Terms and definitions, has been revised and new terms were added;

e) Clause 4, Safety, has been revised and the performance requirement on ignition time has been

removed;
f) Clause 5, Marking and instructions for use, has been revised;

g) Annex C, Method of test for ignition performance of a firelighter, has been removed;

h) the Bibliography has been updated.

A list of all parts in the EN 1860 series, published under the general title Appliances, solid fuels and

firelighters for barbecuing, can be found on the CEN website.
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1 Scope

This document specifies the safety, performance, consumer packaging and marking requirements

including the test methods for firelighters used to light solid fuels in barbecue and grill appliances.

This document covers firelighters supplied as either solid, liquid, thickened liquid or gel formulations.

However, the use of highly flammable liquids (except in stabilized formulations) is specifically excluded

from the scope of this document as their use as barbecue firelighters is regarded as highly dangerous.

This document is intended to reduce the risks which may occur during and through barbecuing with solid

fuels.
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

prEN 1860-2:2022, Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing — Part 2: Barbecue charcoal and

barbecue charcoal briquettes — Requirements and test methods

EN 15408, Solid recovered fuels — Methods for the determination of sulphur (S), chlorine (Cl), fluorine (F)

and bromine (Br) content

EN 16181, Soil, treated biowaste and sludge — Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

by gas chromatography (GC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

EN ISO 1516, Determination of flash/no flash — Closed cup equilibrium method (ISO 1516)

EN ISO 1523, Determination of flash point — Closed cup equilibrium method (ISO 1523)

EN ISO 2555, Plastics — Resins in the liquid state or as emulsions or dispersions — Determination of

apparent viscosity using a single cylinder type rotational viscometer method (ISO 2555)

EN ISO 2719, Determination of flash point — Pensky-Martens closed cup method (ISO 2719)

EN ISO 3104, Petroleum products — Transparent and opaque liquids — Determination of kinematic

viscosity and calculation of dynamic viscosity (ISO 3104)

EN ISO 3219-2, Rheology — Part 2: General principles of rotational and oscillatory rheometry (ISO 3219-2)

EN ISO 3679, Determination of flash no-flash and flash point — Rapid equilibrium closed cup method (ISO

3679)

EN ISO 3680, Determination of flash/no flash — Rapid equilibrium closed cup method

EN ISO 8317, Child-resistant packaging — Requirements and testing procedures for reclosable packages

(ISO 8317)

EN ISO 12058-1, Plastics — Determination of viscosity using a falling-ball viscometer — Part 1: Inclined-

tube method (ISO 12058-1)

EN ISO 16994, Solid biofuels — Determination of total content of sulfur and chlorine (ISO 16994)

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EN ISO 14596, Petroleum products — Determination of sulfur content — Wavelength-dispersive X-ray

fluorescence spectrometry (ISO 14596)
EN ISO 13736, Determination of flash point — Abel closed-cup method (ISO 13736)

ISO 3105, Glass capillary kinematic viscometers — Specifications and operating instructions

3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
solid firelighter

solid substance or preparation to be used to ignite solid barbecue fuels in barbecue and grill appliances,

which is readily ignitable by the application of a naked flame
3.2
liquid, thickened liquid or gel firelighter

liquid, thickened liquid or gel substance or preparation to be used to ignite solid barbecue fuel used in

barbecue and grill appliances when supported on a solid substrate, which is readily ignitable by the

application of a naked flame
3.3
barbecue fuel
barbecue charcoal, barbecue charcoal briquettes and other briquetted solid fuels
3.4
barbecue charcoal

solid remainder of carbonization of wood or other vegetable matter that does not spit or spark

abnormally when burning and has not been artificially chemically treated or artificially chemically

prepared whereby the main constituent is carbon and the ash content is minimal
[SOURCE: prEN 1860-2:2022, 3.1]
3.5
barbecue charcoal briquette

barbecue charcoal particles compressed together with a food-compatible binder or without a binder

[SOURCE: prEN 1860-2:2022, 3.4]
3.6
other briquetted solid fuels

other forms of wood and vegetable matter that can be burnt to release energy and that have not been

artificially chemically treated or artificially chemically prepared, providing heat and light through the

process of combustion
3.7
consumer package
consumer packaging

individual unit, as purchased by the consumer at a retail store containing the firelighter product

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4 Requirements
4.1 Safety
4.1.1 General

Application of this subclause presupposes awareness of applicable legal requirements.

4.1.2 Firelighter composition

Firelighters shall not contain any substance or preparation classified as persistent, bioaccumulative or

toxic (PBT-substances). Firelighters shall not contain any substance or preparation classified very

persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB-substances).

NOTE Relevant legislation can be found for example in Regulation (EU) No. 253/2011 and Regulation (EC)

No. 1907/2006 (REACH).
Firelighters (solid, liquid, thickened liquid or gel) shall have a:

a) PAH (poly aromatic hydrocarbons) content ≤ 1,0 % (w/w) when determined in accordance with the

test method of EN 16181.

b) sulfur content ≤ 0,5 % (w/w) when determined in accordance with the test methods of either

EN 15408, EN ISO 14596 or EN ISO 16994.
4.1.3 Flashpoint of liquid, thickened liquid and gel firelighters
The flash
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