SG 137/22
Hong Kong has launched a one-month consultation on its proposal to amend several standards for children’s products. Comments are accepted until December 31, 2022
Hong Kong’s Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (the Ordinance, Cap 424) stipulates that toys and children’s products are obliged to comply with all applicable requirements in any one of the safety standards specified in Schedules 1 (Toy Standards) and 2 (Schedule 2 Product Standards).
On December 1, 2022, Hong Kong announced a one-month consultation on its proposal (with an Annex detailing the proposed changes) to adopt up-to-date standards for four categories of Schedule 2 Products.
Per the announcement, comments for the proposal will be accepted until December 31, 2022.
Highlights of the proposed amendments in Schedule 2 – ‘Schedule 2 Product Standards’ – to the Hong Kong Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance are summarized in Table 1
| Proposed New Standard | Current Standard |
|---|---|
| ASTM F1427-21e1 ‘Bunk beds for domestic use’ | ASTM F1427-21 |
| ASTM F1004-21 ‘Child safety barriers for domestic use’ | ASTM F1004-19 |
| ASTM F404-21 ‘Children’s highchairs and multi-purpose highchairs for domestic use’ | ASTM F404-20 |
| ASTM F833-21 ‘Wheeled child conveyances’ | ASTM F833-19 |
Table 1
A previous revision to Hong Kong’s Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance was announced in February 2022, with the changes becoming effective in September 2022 (SafeGuardS 33/22)
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