SG 183/25
Hong Kong launches consultation on proposed amendments to several standards for toys and children’s products.
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 1, 2025, the Hong Kong Government launched a one-month consultation over its proposed updates to safety standards for toys and children’s products (with an Annex detailing the intended changes) to adopt up-to-date operative versions of the standards for toys and four categories of children’s products (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 | BS EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 | BS EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 |
| 2 | BS EN 71-4:2020 | BS EN 71-4:2020+A1:2025 | |
| 3 | BS EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 | BS EN 71-13:2021+A2:2024 | |
| 4 | Children’s highchairs and multi-purpose highchairs for domestic use² | BS EN 14988:2017+A1:2020 | BS EN 14988:2017+A2:2024 |
| 5 | ISO 9221-2:2015 | ISO 9221:2024 | |
| 6 | Children’s paints² | BS EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 | BS EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 |
| 7 | Playpens for domestic use² | ASTM F406-22 | ASTM F406-24 |
| 8 | Wheeled child conveyances² | AS 2088:2022 | AS 2088:2022 (incorporating Amendment 1:2024) |
| ¹Schedule 1 to the Ordinance ‘Toy Standards’ ²Schedule 2 to the Ordinance ‘Schedule 2 Product Standards’ | |||
Table 1
Comments will be accepted until December 31, 2025.
A previous revision to the Ordinance was announced in February 2025, with the changes becoming effective in August 2025. (SafeGuardS 35/25)
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