Hong Kong amends standard lists for toys and children’s products

On 15 January 2016, the government of Hong Kong published in the Gazette the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2016. The Notice seeks to update the safety standards for toys and some children's products listed in Schedule 2 (Schedule 2 products) under the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424).
 
The Ordinance stipulates that a person must not manufacture, import or supply a toy or Schedule 2 product unless it complies with all the applicable requirements contained in any one set of the safety standards specified in Schedules 1 and 2 respectively to the Ordinance. These standards are international standards or standards adopted by major economies. The Government keeps in view updates or amendments to the safety standards made by the standards institutions concerned and, as a regular exercise, applies up-to-date and operative versions to products supplied in Hong Kong. The last update was made in 2015.

The highlights of the amendment include the following:

Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice L.N.7
Cap. 424	Children’s Product	Standard	Existing standard	New standard (date of publication and applicability)
Schedule 1 (Toy Standard)	Toys	International	----	ISO 8124-5:2015 (June 2015)
		Europe	BS EN 71-1:2011+A3:2014	BS EN 71-1:2014 (November 2014)
			BS EN 71-3:2013	BS EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014 (October 2014)
			----	BS EN 71-14:2014 (December 2014)
Schedule 2 (Product standards under Schedule 2)	pacifiers	Australia	AS 2432:2009	AS 2432:2015 (March 2015)
	Portable cribs and similar products	Europe	BS EN 1466:2004+A1:2007	BS EN 1466:2014 (November 2014)
	Household high chairs and other high chairs	United Stated	ASTM F 404-14	ASTM F 404-14a (November 2014)
	Children’s paint	Europe	BS EN 71-3:2013	BS EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014 (November 2014)
Effective date	1 October 2016

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