SGS SA 
SAFEGUARDS |Toys & Juvenile Products NO. 087/17
Hong Kong has recently amended its list of standards for demonstrating up-to-date safety requirements for certain toys and children's products. The new standards will become effective on April 1, 2018.
In December 2016 [1], the Hong Kong government launched a one-month public consultation on a proposal [2] to update the list of safety standards for certain toys and children's products.
On May 19, 2017, Hong Kong published a press release announcing [3] an updated list of safety standards for four categories of toys and five categories of children's products falling under the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Chapter 424 [4]). According to the announcement, these standards are international standards or standards adopted by major economies (for presumption of conformity or demonstration of compliance).
On the same day of the press release announcement, Hong King published the list of new standards in 'The Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2017 under Number 102 [5] of legal supplement No. 2 in the Hong Kong Gazette. It is interesting to note that two completely new toy safety standards have been published for acceptance. These are:
- BS EN 71-13:2014 for olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games
- ISO 8124-7:2015 for finger paints
The new standards will become effective on April 1, 2018.
Highlights of the amendment are summarized in Table 1.
| Chapter 424 | Children's product | Standard | Current Standard | New Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Schedule 1 (Toy Standards [6]) | Finger paints | International | ---- | ISO 8124-7:2015 |
| Chemical toy (sets) other than experimental sets |
British/ European | BS EN 71-5:2013 | BS EN 71-5:2015 | |
| Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games | --- | BS EN 71-13:2014 | ||
| Electric toys |
BS EN 62115:2005 +A1:2012 |
BS EN 62115:2005 +A12:2015 | ||
|
Schedule 2 (Product Standards [7]) | Children's high chairs and multi-purpose high chairs for domestic use | International | ISO 9221-1:1992 | ISO 9221-1:2015 |
| ISO 9221-2:1992 | ISO 9221-2:2015 | |||
| American | ASTM F404-14a | ASTM F404-16a | ||
| Playpens for domestic use | American | ASTM F406:2013 | ASTM F406:2015 | |
| Wheeled child conveyances | ASTM F833-13b | ASTM F833-15 | ||
| Child safety barriers for domestic use | ASTM F1004-13 | ASTM F1004-16b | ||
| Bunk beds for domestic use |
British/ European | BS EN 747-1:2012 | BS EN 747-1:2012 +A1:2015 | |
| BS EN 747-2:2012 | BS EN 747-2:2012 +A1:2015 | |||
|
Effective Date (New Standards) | April 1, 2018 | |||
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