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Under the Toys and Children's Products Safety
Ordinance, toys manufactured, imported or
supplied for local consumption must comply
with each and every applicable requirement
of at least one of the three sets of safety
standards whereas the 13 children's products
listed in the Schedule to the Ordinance must
comply in all respects with at least one of
the corresponding specifications listed in
Column 2 of the Schedule.
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The three sets of safety standards for toys are:-
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International Voluntary
Toy Safety Standard; |
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European Standard EN 71; and
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ASTM F963. |
The 13 listed children's products are babies'
dummies; baby nests; baby walking frames; bottle
teats; bunk beds for domestic use; carry cots
and similar handled products and stands; child
safety barriers for domestic use; children's cots
for domestic use; children's high chairs and multi-purpose
high chairs for domestic use; children's paints;
children's safety harnesses; playpens for domestic
use; and wheeled child conveyances.
The Toys and Children's Products Safety Regulation
has come into operation since April 1998. The
Regulation requires that
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the identification marking
including the full name, trade or identification
mark and the address of the manufacturer,
the importer or the supplier of a toy or
children's product must be legibly marked
in either Chinese or English language or
in both languages; and |
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any warning or caution with
respect to the safe keeping, use, consumption
or disposal of a toy or children's product
must be given in both Chinese and English
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in a conspicuous position on the toy or children's
product, any package thereof, or a label fixed
to or a document enclosed in the package.
For enquiries regarding safety standards and
specifications stipulated in the above Ordinance
and the list of approved laboratories for safety
testing, please write to or call in person at
Product Standards Information Bureau of Innovation
and Technology Commission at Immigration Tower,
36/F, 7 Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.
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