Hong Kong – Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424) Updated
Vol. 1071 | 08 Apr 2019
The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) of Hong Kong has updated the versions of some of the safety standards for toys and children’s products listed in Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424). It will be effective from 1 October 2019.
The following table shows those standards that have been updated for toys, listed in Schedule 1 of the Ordinance:
Updated Standards | Standard Title |
ISO 8124-1:2018 | Safety of toys – Part 1: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties |
ISO 8124-4:2014 (incorporating Amendment 1:2017) | Safety of toys – Part 4: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use |
BS EN 71-3:2013 + A3:2018 | Safety of toys – Part 3: Migration of certain elements |
BS EN 71-7:2014 + A2:2018 | Safety of toys – Part 7: Finger paints – Requirements and test methods |
BS EN 71-8:2018 | Safety of toys – Part 8: Activity toys for domestic use |
BS EN 71-14:2014 + A1:2017 | Safety of toys – Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use |
The following table shows those standards which have been updated for Children’s Products, listed in Schedule 2 of the Ordinance:
Updated Standards | Standard Title |
ASTM F1004-18 | Standard consumer safety specification for expansion gates and expandable enclosures |
BS EN 716-1:2017 | Furniture – Children’s cots and folding cots for domestic use – Part 1: Safety requirements |
BS EN 716-2:2017 | Furniture – Children’s cots and folding cots for domestic use – Part 2: Test methods |
BS EN 14988:2017 | Children's high chairs. Requirements and test methods |
ASTM F404-18 | Standard consumer safety specification for high chairs |
BS EN 71-3:2013 + A3:2018 | Safety of toys – Part 3: Migration of certain elements |
ASTM F406-17 | Standard consumer safety specification for non-full-size baby cribs/play yards |
If the importer or distributor intends to use these standards to demonstrate compliance with the Hong Kong Ordinance, then the products must comply with these latest updated versions of the standards if they are placed on the market after 1 October 2019.
For a full list of the standards that are accepted under this Ordinance, please visit: https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap424!en@2018-08-01T00:00:00
For more information, please contact:
Carl Tso
carl.tso@intertek.com
852 3760 6364
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