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