Hong Kong has launched a one-month consultation on a proposal to revise its safety standards for toys and children’s products. Comments are accepted until December 31, 2021.
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, 2021, Hong Kong announced a one-month consultation on its proposal (with an Annex detailing the major changes) to adopt up-to-date standards for toys, and six categories of Schedule 2 Products. This stems from revisions to international standards or standards adopted by major economies so that they are applied to products supplied in Hong Kong.
According to the announcement, comments for the proposal will be accepted until December 31, 2021.
Highlights of the proposal are summarized in Table 1.
Item | Scope | Current Standard | Proposed New Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Toys1 | ISO 8124-1:2018 | ISO 8124-1:2018 incorporating Amendments 1:2020 and 2:2020 |
2 | Toys1 | ISO 8124-4:2014 incorporating Amendment 2:2019 | ISO 8124-4:2014 incorporating Amendments 1:2017 and 2:2019 |
3 | Toys1 | ISO 8124-7:2015 | ISO 8124-7:2015 incorporating Amendment 1:2020 |
4 | Toys1 | BS EN 71-2:2011+A1:2014 | BS EN 71-2:2020 |
5 | Toys1 | BS EN 71-3:2019 | BS EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 |
6 | Toys1 | BS EN 71-4:2013 | BS EN 71-4:2020 |
7 | Toys1 | BS EN 71-13:2014 | BS EN 71-13:2021 |
8 | Toys1 | BS EN 62115:2005+A12:2015 | BS EN IEC 62115:2020+A11:2020 |
9 | Baby walking frames2 | BS EN 1273:2005 | BS EN 1273:2020 |
10 | Bottle teats2 | BS EN 14350-1:2004 and | BS EN 14350:2020 |
11 | Bunk beds for domestic use2 | ASTM F1427-19 | ASTM F1427-21 |
12 | Children’s highchairs and multi-purpose highchairs for domestic use2 | ASTM F404-18a | ASTM F404-20 |
13 | Children’s paints2 | BS EN 71-3:2019 | BS EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 |
14 | Children’s paints2 | AS/NZS 8124.3:2012 incorporating Amendment 1:2016 | AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2021 |
15 | Children’s safety harnesses2 | BS EN 13210:2004 | BS EN 13210-1:2020 |
1Schedule 1 ‘Toy Standards’ | |||
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