The Government today (March 13) published in the Gazette the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2026. The Notice seeks to update the safety standards for toys and four classes of children's products listed in Schedule 2 (Schedule 2 products) under the Toys and Children's Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424).
 
     The four classes of Schedule 2 products are (i) children's high chairs and multipurpose high chairs for domestic use, (ii) children's paints, (iii) playpens for domestic use, and (iv) wheeled child conveyances. The Notice will take effect on August 1, 2026.
 
     The Ordinance stipulates that a person must not manufacture, import or supply a toy or a Schedule 2 product unless it complies with all the applicable requirements contained in any one of the safety standards (international standards or standards adopted by major economies) specified in Schedule 1 (applicable to toys) or Schedule 2 (applicable to Schedule 2 products). The Government keeps in view any updates or amendments to the safety standards to apply up-to-date and operative versions of the standards to toys and Schedule 2 products supplied in Hong Kong. The last updates to Schedules 1 and 2 came into operation in August 2025.

Ends/Friday, March 13, 2026
Issued at HKT 11:10

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