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Hong Kong has revised the city’s list of standards for toys and children’s products. These new standards will become effective on August 1, 2024.
In Hong Kong, toys and children’s products are obliged to comply with all applicable requirements in any one of the safety standards specified in Schedule 1 (Toy Standards) and Schedule 2 (Schedule 2 Product Standards) to the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (the Ordinance, Cap.424). These safety standards are international standards or standards adopted by major economies.
On February 16, 2024, Hong Kong issued the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2024 to revise four standards for toys and eight standards for children’s products under the Ordinance. The major changes in these standards can be found in Annex B to the February 2024 Legislative Council briefing document.
Highlights of the amendment are summarized in Table 1
Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2024, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Gazette No. L.N. 17 of 2024, Legal Supplement No. 2, February 16, 2024
| Item | Children’s Product | New Standard | Current Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toys - ‘Mechanical and physical properties’¹ | ISO 8124-1:2022 | ISO 8124-1:2018/Amd 1:2020/Amd 2:2020 |
| 2 | Toys - ‘Flammability’¹ | ISO 8124-2:2023 | ISO 8124-2:2014 |
| 3 | Toys - ‘Migration of certain elements’¹ | ISO 8124-3:2020/Amd 1:2023 | ISO 8124-3:2020 |
| 4 | Toys - ‘Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games’¹ | BS EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 | BS EN 71-13:2021 |
| 5 | Baby walking frames² | ASTM F977-22e1 | ASTM F977-18 |
| 6 | Bunk beds for domestic use² | ISO 9098-1:2023 | ISO 9098-1:1994 |
| ISO 9098-2:2023 | ISO 9098-2:1994 | ||
| 7 | Child safety barriers for domestic use² | ASTM F1004-23 | ASTM F1004-21 |
| 8 | Children’s paints² | ISO 8124-3:2020 (incorporating Amendment 1:2023) | ISO 8124-3:2020 |
| 9 | Playpens for domestic use² | ASTM F406-22 | ASTM F406-19 |
| 10 | Wheeled child conveyances² | AS 2088:2022 | AS/NZS 2088:2013 |
| BS EN 1888-1:2018+A1:2022 | BS EN 1888-1:2018 | ||
| Effective date | August 1, 2024 | In force | |
| ¹Schedule 1 to the Ordinance ‘Toy Standards’ ²Schedule 2 to the Ordinance ‘Schedule 2 Product Standards’ | |||
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