Hong Kong Announces Measures to Ensure Safe Products for Children

Hong Kong has recently amended its list of safety standards for toys and certain children’s products. The new standards will be effective on October 1, 2016.

Toy Safety Regulations Amended

On January 15, 2016, Hong Kong published a press release announcing an update of applicable and acceptable safety standards for toys and four categories of children’s products falling under the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Chapter 242). These new standards are being used by major international economies for presumption of conformity.

The amended list of new standards will take effect on October 1, 2016

Highlights of the amendment are summarized in Table 1 in the latest Safeguards bulletin.

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Contact details:

SGS Consumer Goods and Retail
Hing Wo Tsang
Global Hardlines Information and Innovation Manager
SGS Hong Kong Limited
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Fanling, N.T., Hong Kong, China

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