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Hong Kong has approved to update certain safety standards for toys and children’s products listed in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424). It is already effective from 1 October 2020. The following standards have been updated:
Schedules 1
The following five standards for toy products have been updated:
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1
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ISO 8124:3-2010 + A2:2018
Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements
(updated from ISO 8124-3:2010 + A1:2014)
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2
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ISO 8124-4:2014 + A2:2019
Safety of toys - Part 4: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use
(updated from ISO 8124-4:2014 + A1:2017)
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3
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BS EN 71-1:2014 + A1:2018
Safety of toys - Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties
(updated from BS EN 71-1:2014)
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4
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BS EN 71-3:2019
Safety of toys -Part 3: Migration of certain elements
(updated from BS EN 71-3:2013 + A3:2018)
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5
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BS EN 71-14:2018
Safety of toys - Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use
(updated from BS EN 71-14:2014 + A1:2017)
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Schedules 2
The following standards for children’s products have been updated:
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Babies' dummies
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BS EN 1400:2013 + A2:2018
Child use and care articles. Soothers for babies and young children. Safety requirements and test methods
(updated from BS EN 1400:2013 + A1:2014)
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Baby walking frames
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ASTM F977-18
Standard consumer safety specification for infant walkers
(updated from ASTM F977-12)
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Child safety barriers for domestic use
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ASTM F1004-19
Standard consumer safety specification for expansion gates and expandable enclosures
(updated from ASTM F1004-18)
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Children’s cots for domestic use
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ASTM F1169-19
Standard consumer safety specification for full-size baby cribs
(updated from ASTM F1169-13)
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ISO 7175-1:2019
Furniture - Children's cots and folding cots for domestic use - Part 1: Safety requirements
(updated from ISO 7175-1:1997)
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ISO 7175-2:2019
Furniture - Children's cots and folding cots for domestic use - Part 2: Test methods
(updated from ISO 7175-2:1997)
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Children’s high chairs and multi-purpose high chairs for domestic use
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ASTM F404-18a
Standard consumer safety specification for high chairs
(updated from ASTM F404-18)
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Children’s paint
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BS EN 71-3:2019
Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements
(updated from BS EN 71-3:2013 + A3:2018)
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ISO 8124:3-2010 + A2:2018
Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements
(updated from ISO 8124-3:2010 + A1:2014)
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Playpens for domestic use
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ASTM F406-19
Standard consumer safety specification for non-full-size baby cribs/play yards
(updated from ASTM F406-17)
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Wheeled child conveyances
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BS EN 1888-1:2018 and BS EN 1888-2:2018
Child care articles. Wheeled child conveyances. Safety requirements and test methods
(updated from BS EN 1888-1:2012)
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ASTM F833-19
Standard consumer safety performance specification for carriages and strollers
(updated from ASTM F833-15)
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