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The Government today (March 15) published in the Gazette the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2013. The Notice seeks to update the safety standards for toys and eight types of specified 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" under the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Cap 424).
The Notice will come into operation on July 1, 2013.
The Ordinance stipulates that no person shall manufacture, import or supply any toy and specified children's product unless it complies in all respects with any one set of the safety standards listed in the Ordinance. These standards are international standards or standards adopted in major economies.
The Government keeps in view updates or amendments to the safety standards made by the standards institutions concerned and, as a regular exercise, applies up-to-date and operative versions in Hong Kong. The last update was made in 2012.
The standards institutions have updated or amended the specified standards for toys and some standards for eight types of children's products.
In January and February 2013, the Government consulted stakeholders on the proposals to update the relevant safety standards set out in the Notice, and received general support.
Ends/Friday, March 15, 2013
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