Toy and Children’s Product Standards Amended in Hong Kong
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AGILITYPR.NEWS / March 14, 2025 / SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 035.25, detailing updates to several of Hong Kong’s toy and children’s product standards.
In Hong Kong, toys and children’s products must comply with all applicable requirements in any one of the safety standards specified in Schedule 1 (Toy Standards) or Schedule 2 (Schedule 2 Product Standards) of the Toys and Children’s Product Safety Ordinance.
The updates came in the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 2) Notice 2025, which was issued on February 14, 2025. This revises safety standards for toys and seven categories of children’s products:
- Babies’ dummies
- Baby walking frames
- Bottle teats
- Bunk beds for domestic use
- Carry cots and similar handled products and stands
- Children’s paints
- Wheeled child conveyances
The updated standards will be effective from August 1, 2025, and follow on from previous revisions to Schedules 1 and 2 of the Ordinance that came into effect in August 2024.
SGS experts publish SafeGuardS to keep stakeholders informed about regulatory changes that could impact their business. SafeGuardS 035.25 includes a helpful table of amendment highlights.
Stakeholders are encouraged to refer to the original SafeGuardS 035.25 for more details.
SGS toy and juvenile product services
SGS offers a wide range of services to ensure that products comply with relevant standards for childcare articles and children’s equipment. They provide consulting, training, product development, testing, audit and inspection services to ensure that products comply with strict regulations worldwide, demonstrating the safety and quality of juvenile products being brought to the market. After all, it’s only trusted because it’s tested. Learn more about SGS’s toy and juvenile product services.
SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full Hong Kong Amends Standards for Toys and Children’s Products SafeGuardS.
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