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The Government has proposed the adoption of the latest safety standards promulgated by the relevant standards institutions for toys and eight types of children's products designated under the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424) and is seeking views from the trade and the public.
The Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance stipulates that no person shall manufacture, import or supply any toy and designated children's product unless it complies in all respects with the safety standards listed in the Ordinance. The standards stipulated are mostly international standards or standards adopted in major economies. The Government keeps in view updates to the standards so as to apply the most up-to-date and operative versions to products supplied in Hong Kong.
Two sets of safety standards stipulated for toys and various standards stipulated for eight types of children's products, namely "baby walking frames", "bunk beds for domestic use", "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", "playpens for domestic use" and "wheeled child conveyances", have been updated. The Government proposes to adopt the latest versions of those safety standards and is consulting the trade. Details of the proposal are stated in an information note available on the website of the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB) at www.cedb.gov.hk/citb .
Interested members of the public are welcome to give their views on the proposal in writing to the CEDB at 23/F, West Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong, or by email to tcpso_2011@cedb.gov.hk, on or before October 31, 2011.
Ends/Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Issued at HKT 18:01
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