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The revised safety standards for toys and children's products in Hong Kong, China will come into effect on August 1, 2024!


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2024-08-02

The revised safety standards for toys and children's products in Hong Kong, China will come into effect on August 1, 2024!

The Hong Kong government of China officially published the "2024 Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 1 and 2) Notice" (the "Notice") in the Gazette on February 16, 2024, to update the safety standards for toys and six categories of children's products (Schedule 2 products) listed in Table 2 of the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (the "Ordinance") (Chapter 424).

The products listed in Appendix 2 of Class 6 are:

(1) Baby walker;

(2) Household bunk bed;

(3) Household child safety fence;

(4) Children's painting pigments;

(5) Home children's game fence;

(6) Child stroller.

The Announcement will come into effect on August 1, 2024.

The Regulation stipulates that no person shall manufacture, import or supply any toy or Schedule 2 product unless the toy or product complies with all applicable provisions of one of the sets of safety standards specified in Schedule 1 (applicable to toys) or Schedule 2 (applicable to Schedule 2 products), which are international standards or standards adopted by major economies. The government has always been paying attention to the updates or revisions of various safety standards, in order to apply the latest and feasible versions of safety standards to toys and Annex 2 products supplied in Hong Kong.

Product

Current international standards and European standards

New International Standards and European Standards

Toys

ISO 8124-1:2018(Including revisions 1:2020 and 2:2020)

ISO 8124-1:2022

ISO 8124-2:2014

ISO 8124-2:2023

ISO 8124-3:2020

ISO 8124-3:2020 (纳入修订1:2023) 

BS EN 71-13:2021

BS EN 71-13:2021 + A1:2022

Baby walker

ASTM F977-18

ASTM F977-22e1

Home bunk bed

ISO 9098-1:1994

ISO 9098-1:2023

ISO 9098-2:1994

ISO 9098-2:2023

Household child safety fence

ASTM F1004-21

ASTM F1004-23

Children's painting pigments

ISO 8124-3:2020

ISO 8124-3:2020(included in revision 1:2023)

Home children's game fence

ASTM F406-19

ASTM F406-22

Children carts

BS EN 1888-1:2018

BS EN 1888-1:2018 + A1:2022

AS/NZS 2088:2013

AS 2088:2022

 

Source:

https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr2024/chinese/brief/cedbcr08183_20240215-c.pdf

 

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