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The Government proposes to adopt up-to-date 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).
The Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance stipulates that no person shall manufacture, import or supply any toy or 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 up-to-date and operative versions to products supplied in Hong Kong.
The safety standards stipulated for toys and for eight types of children's products, namely "babies' dummies", "baby walking frames", "bunk beds for domestic use", "child safety barriers for domestic use", "children's cots for domestic use", "children's paints", "playpens for domestic use" and "wheeled child conveyances", have been updated. The Government proposes to adopt up-to-date versions of those safety standards and is consulting the public. 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/citbĄ@.
Interested members of the public are welcome to send 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_standards_updates@cedb.gov.hk, on or before February 28.
Ends/Monday, January 21, 2013
Issued at HKT 16:00
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