SG 172/24
Hong Kong has initiated a consultation on the city’s proposal to amend several standards for toys and children’s products. Comments are being accepted until January 2, 2025.
Hong Kong’s Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (the Ordinance, Cap 424) stipulates that toys and children’s products must comply with all applicable requirements in any one of the safety standards specified in Schedule 1 (Toy Standards) or Schedule 2 (Schedule 2 Product Standards) to the Ordinance.
On December 2, 2024, Hong Kong launched a one-month consultation over its proposed updates to safety standards for toys and children’s products (with an Annex detailing the suggested changes) to adopt up-to-date and operative versions of the standards for toys and seven categories of Schedule 2 products.
Highlights of the proposed amendment to Schedules 1 and 2 of the Ordinance are summarized in Table 1.
| Entry | Children’s Product | Current Standard | Proposed Standard |
| 1 | Toys1 | ASTM F963-17 | ASTM F963-23 |
| 2 | Babies’ dummies2 | ASTM F963-17 | ASTM F963-23 |
| 3 | Baby walking frames2 | BS EN 1273:2020 | BS EN 1273:2020+A1:2023 |
| 4 | Bottle teats2 | BS EN 14350:2020 | BS EN 14350:2020+A1:2023 |
| 5 | Bunk beds for domestic use2 | BS EN 747-1:2012+A1:2015 | BS EN 747-1:2024 |
| 6 | Bunk beds for domestic use2 | BS EN 747-2:2012+A1:2015 | BS EN 747-2:2024 |
| 7 | Carry cots and similar handled products and stands2 | BS EN 1466:2014 | BS EN 1466:2023 |
| 8 | Children’s paints2 | ASTM F963-17 | ASTM F963-23 |
| 9 | Children’s paints2 | AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2021 | AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2021 (incorporating Amendment 1:2023) |
| 10 | Wheeled child conveyances2 | BS EN 1888-2:2018 | BS EN 1888-2:2018+A1:2022 |
Table 1
1Scheule 1 to the Ordinance ‘Toy Standards’
2Schedule 2 to the Ordinance ‘Schedule 2 Product Standards’
A previous revision to the Ordinance was announced in February 2024, with the changes becoming effective in August 2024. (SafeGuardS 38/24)
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