Toy Safety Standards Around the World

Listed Below Are International Standards for Toys & Children's Products.
Contact Information to Obtain Safety Standards is Indicated, Where Available.
As of March 2010

Country

Title

Language

Contact to Obtain Standard

International Standards

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

ISO 8124-1:2009
Safety of Toys - Part 1: Safety Aspects of Mechanical and Physical Properties

ISO 8124-2:2007
Flammability

ISO 8124-3:1997
Migration of Certain Elements

ISO 8098:1989 Cycles - Safety Requirements for Bicycles for Young Children

English

ISO Central Secretariat
International Standardization Organization (ISO)
E-mail: central@iso.ch
Website: www.iso.ch

Argentina

MERCOSUR Resolution N 23/04 - Technical Standard on Toy Safety

NM 300-1:2002 Safety of toys Part 1: General, mechanical and physical properties

NM 300-1:2002 Amendment  1. Amendment concerning toys containing magnets, protective tip-projectile toys w/o stored energy.

NM 300-2:2002 Safety of toys Part 2: Flammability

NM 300-3:2002 Safety of toys Part 3: Migration of certain elements

NM 300-4:2002 Safety of toys Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities

NM 300-5:2002 Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets

NM 300-6:2002 Safety of toys Part 6: Security of eletric toys

Spanish

Camara Argentina de la Industria del Juguete
Cochabamba 4067
1252 Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
Tel: 54 11 4922 0169/1537
Fax: 54 11 4923 6658

Website: www.caijuguete.com.ar  
E-mail: caij@nosis.com.ar

 

 Australia

AS/NZS ISO 8124.1-2002 Safety of toys -Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties (ISO 8124.1:2000. MOD)

AS/NZS ISO 8124.1:2002/Amdt 2:2009 Safety of toys - Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties (ISO 8124-1:2000, MOD)

AS/NZS ISO 8124 2-2009 Safety of Toys - Flammability

AS/NZS ISO 8124.2-2003 Safety of Toys - Flammability (ISO 8124.2: 1994, MOD)

AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003 Safety of toys - Migration of certain elements

AS ISO 8124.4 - 2003 Safety of toys - Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities

AS ISO 8124.5 - 2003 Safety of toys - Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets

AS 8124.7 - 2003 Safety of toys - finger paints - requirements and test methods

English

Standards Australia
GPO Box 5420
Sydney NSW 2001
AUSTRALIA
Fax: (612) 9237 6010

Website: www.standards.com.au                Email: mail@standards.org.au

 

Brazil

MERCOSUR Resolution N 23/04 - Technical Standard on Toy Safety:

NM 300.1:2002 Safety of toys Part 1: General, mechanical and physical properties

NM 300-1: 2002 Amendment 1. Amendment concerning toys containing magnets, protective tip-projectile toys w/o stored energy

NM 300-2:2002 Safety of toys Part 2: Flammability

NM 300-3:2002 Safety of toys Part 3: migration of certain elements

NM 300-4:2002 Safety of toys Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities

NM 300-5:2002 Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets

NM-300-6:2002 Safety of toys Part 6: Security of electric toys

Portuguese

Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas
Av. Treze de Maio, 13 28o Andar,
CEP 20003-900
Caixa Postal 1680
Rio de Janeiro
RJ BRAZIL
20003-900
Tel: (5521) 210-3122
Fax: (5521) 240-8249/532-2145

Website: www.abnt.org.br

Canada

Upholstered Stuffed Articles - Technical Safety Standards Authortiy: http://www.tssa.org

Hazardous Products Act - Administered by Health Canada: http://laws.justice.gc.ca 

Hazardous Products (Toys) Regulations C.R.C., c. 931

Hazardous Products (Pacifiers) Regulations: "Knob-Like" Pacifiers Policy

Regulations Respecting the Advertising, Sale and Importation of Hazardous Products (Pacifiers) under Hazardous Products Act

A Guide to Safety Requirements for Toys

Toys: Age Classificiation Guidelines

Consumer Packaging & Labeling Act - Industry Canada: http://www.strategic.ic.ga.ca 

English & French

Health Canada
Regional Product Safety Office: 2301 Midland Avenue,Toronto, Ontario, M1P 4R7
CANADA
E-mail: Tor_ProdSafe@hc-sc.gc.ca
Tel: 1-866-662-0666

China

ISO 8124.1:2002
Safety of Toys - Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties

GB 9832-93
Safety and Quality of Sewn, Plush and Cloth Toys

GB 5296.5-96
Labeling and Instructions for Toys

GB 6675-2003 National Safety Technical Code for Toys

Chinese

China Toys Association

Tel:+86 10 66035278; Fax:+86 10 66033964

Email: cta@toy-cta.org

General Administration of Quality Supervision; Inspection and Quarantine of P.R.C No. 9, Madian East Road, Haidian District Beijing 100088, People's Republic of China

Email: webmaster@aqsiq.gov.cn

Chinese Taipei

Chinese National Standard CNS 4797, 4798 Toy Safety Standard

CNS 15138 Phthalates of plastic toys under 14 years

Chinese National Standard CNS 12940 for Strollers and Carriages

Toy Goods Labeling Criteria

 English Bureau of Standard, Metrology and Inspection: http://www.bsmi.gov.tw 
European Union

EN71-1: 2005+A9:2009
Specification for Mechanical and Physical Properties

EN71-2: 2006+A1:2007 Flammability AC: 1995

EN71-3: 1995, BS 5665-3:1995 Specification for Migration of Certain Elements
A1: 2000

EN71- 4: 2009
Experimental Sets for Chemistry and Related Activities

EN71- 5: 1993, A2:2009, BS 5665-5:1993
Chemical Toys (Sets) Other Than Experimental Sets

EN71- 6: 1995, BS 5665-6:1995
Graphical Symbols for Age Warning Labeling

EN71:2002 Safety of Toys for Finger Paintings

EN71-8: 2003 Swings, Slides and Outdoor Family Domestic Use

EN71- 9: 2005 + A1:2007
Organic Chemical Compounds

EN71-10: 2005 Organic Chemical Compounds

EN71-11: 2005 Organic Chemical Compounds

European Standard
BS EN 62115:2005 on the Safety of Electric Toys

Council Directive (88/378/EEC)
Approximation of the Laws of the Member States Concerning the Safety of Toys

Council Directive (87/357/EEC)
Dangerous Imitations Directive

Council Directive (93/68/EEC)
Rules for the Affixing and Use of the CE Conformity Marking

Council Directive (2009/48/EC) Toy Safety Directive http://www.toyassociation.org/AM/PDFs/Safety/2009-48-EC.pdf

English

BSI Customer Services
British Standards Institution (BSI)
389 Chiswick High Road
London W4 4AL
United Kingdom
E-mail: orders@bsi-global.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8996 9001
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8996 7001
Website: www.bsi-global.com

Hong Kong Toys and Children's Products Safety Regulation (in compliance with ASTM F963, ICTI or EN-71) English & Chinese

Hon Kong Government: http://www.gov.hk

 

Jamaica

JS 90:1983
Jamaican Standard Specification for Safety of toys and playthings

JS 1: Part 9: 1993 The labeling of commodities. Part 9: The labeling of toys and playthings

 

English Jamaica Bureau of Standards
6 Winchester Road
P. O. Box 113
Kingston 10
JAMAICA W.I.
Tel: (876) 926-3140/5
Fax: (876) 929-4736
E-mail: info@jbs.org.jm
Website: www.jbs.org.jm
Japan

Japan Food Sanitation law (JFSL) – Section 4

Japan Toy Safety Standard, ST2002

Part 1 - Mechanical and Physical Properties
Part 2 - Flammability
Part 3 - Chemical Properties

English The Japan Toy Association
4-22-4 Higashi-Komagata Sumida-ku
Tokyo 130-8611
JAPAN
Tel: (813) 3829-2513
Fax: (813) 3829-2510
Malaysia

MS ISO 8124-1 - 2001 Safety of Toys - Part 1: Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties

MS ISO 8124-2: 1999 Safety of Toys - Part 2: Flammability

MS ISO 8124-3 - 2002 Safety of Toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements

MS 1774 Part 4 1998 Safety of Toys - Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities

MS 1774 Part 5 1998 Safety of Toys - Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experminetal sets

MS 1774 Part 6 1998 Safety of Toys - Part 6: Graphical symbol for age warning labeling

MS 1725 - 2004 Safety of electric toys

English

Department of Standards Malaysia (STANDARDS MALAYSIA)
Century Square, Level 1 & 2, Block 2300 Jalan Usahawan, 63000 Cyberjaya, MALAYSIA

Tel: + 603 8318 0002
Fax: + 603 8319 3131

E-mail: central@standardsmalaysia.gov.my
Website: www.standardsmalaysia.gov.my

Mexico

NOM 015/10-SCFI/SSA-1994
Toy Safety and Commercial Information - Toy and School Material Safety. Limits on the Bioavailability of Metals used on Articles with Paints and Dyes. Chemical Specifications and Test Methods.

NOM-015-SCFI-2007 Labeling for Toys

Spanish

Asociacion Mexicana de la Industria del Juguete A.C.
Av. San Antonio No. 256-8o.
Piso Col. Ampl.
Nápoles Deleg.
Benito Juárez 03849
MEXICO
Tel: (525) 563-3400 ext. 317
Fax: (525) 611-3899

Website: http://mexicanlaws.com  

New Zealand

AS/NZS ISO 8124.1:2002
Safety of Toys - Safety aspects related to mechanical and physical properties (Incorporates Amdt 1,2 & 3)

AS/NZS ISO 8124.2:2009
Safety of Toys - Flammability

AS/NZS ISO 8124.3:2003
Safety of Toys - Migration of certin elements

AS/NZS 8124.9:2008 Safety of Toys - Organic chemical compounds - Requirements

AS/NZS 8124.10:2008 Safety of Toys - Organic chemical compounds - Sample preparation and extraction

AS/NZS 8124.11:2008 Safety of Toys - Organic Checmical compounds - Methods of analysis

AS/NZS ISO 8124 Safety of toys set

English Standards New Zealand
155 The Terrace
Private Bag 2439
Wellington, New Zealand
Telephone:
Main Line: (04) 498 5990
Sales: (04) 498 5991
Information: 0900 50 550
Fax: (04) 498 5994
E-mail: enquiries@standards.co.nz
Website: www.standards.co.nz
Saudi Arabia SSA 765-1994
Playground Equipment Part I: General Safety Requirements

SSA 1063-1994
Toys and General Safety Requirements

SSA 1064-1995
Method of Testing Part 1: Mechanical and Chemical Tests

SSA 1065-1995
Method of Testing Toys Part 2: Flammability

SSA 1322-1997
Low Power Radio Frequency Devices
English

The Export Process for Saudi Arabia; Intertek Group plc Liscensing Manager: contact Maya Raduka

2307 East Aurora Rd., Unit B-7 Twinsburg, Ohio 44087, U.S.A.  Tel: +1 800 441 7276/ +1 330 9630 4990; Fax: +1 330 405 6017

Email: rlcl@intertek.com Website: www.iccp.com 

Saudi Arabian Standards Organization
Imam Saud Ibn Abdul-Aziz Ibn Mohammad Street
Mohammadia Quarter
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
or
P.O. Box 3437
Riyadh, Saudia Arabia 11471
Tel: +966-1-452-2000
Fax: +966-1-452-0000

Singapore

 
For Toy Safety Standards, please refer directly to the ISO 8124 and EN 71 series of standards or any other relevant overseas standards. English

The Singapore Standarisation Programme

E-mail: stn@spring.gov.sg
Website: www.standards.org.sg 

South Africa SANS 8124-1:2009/ISO 8124-1:2009
Safety of Toys - Part 1: Safety Aspects Related to Mechanical and Physical Properties

SANS 8124-2:2008/ISO 8124-2:(SABS ISO 8124-2)
Flammability

SANS 8124-3:1997/ISO 8124-3:1997 (SABS ISO 8124-3)
Migration of Certain Elements
English South African Bureau of Standards (SABS)
E-mail: webstore@sabs.co.za 
Website: http://www.standards.org.sg 
Thailand Thai Industrial Standard for Toys TIS 685-2540

Part 1: General Requirements (1997)
Compulsory Stnd. (effective date 5 January 1999)

Part 2: Packages and Labeling (1997)

Part 3: Methods of Test & Analysis (1997)
Thai & English Thai Industrial Standards Institute
Ministry of Industry
E-mail: thaistan@tisi.go.th
Website: www.tisi.go.th
United States

Code of Federal Regulations, Commercial Practices 16, Part 1000 to End (16CFR)

Title 15 -Commerce and Foreign Trade Chapter XI - Technology Administration, Department of Commerce Part 1150 - Marking of Toy, Look-alike and Imitation Firearms

English

U.S. Government Printing Office
Superintendent of Documents
PO Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954
Tel: 1-866-512-1800 or (202) 512-1800; Fax: (202) 512-2250
Web Site: www.gpo.gov
E-mail: orders@gpo.gov

 

 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Engineering Test Manual for Rattles

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Engineering Test Manual for Pacifiers

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Labeling Requirements for Art Materials Presenting Chronic Hazards (LHAMA)

U.S. Child Safety Protection Act, Small Parts Hazard Warning Rule and Rules for Reporting Choking Incidents

Age Determination Guidelines: Relating Children's Ages to Toy Characteristics and Play Behavior (September 2002)

English U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Division of Regulatory Management Office of Compliance and Enforcement
Washington DC, 20207
U.S.A.
Tel: (301) 504-0400
Fax: (301) 504-0359
Website: www.cpsc.gov
E-mail: info@cpsc.gov

ASTM F963-08 Standard Consumer Safety Specification on Toy Safety

ASTM F734-84 (89/94) Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Chests

ASTM F1148-09 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Home Playground Equipment

ASTM F1313-90 (2005) Standard Specification for Volatile N-Nitrosamine Levels in Rubber Nipples on Pacifiers

English

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Customer Service Department
100 Barr Harbor Drive
West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959
U.S.A.
Tel: (610) 832-9585
Website: www.astm.org

ANSI Z315.1-2006 American National Standard for Tricycles - Safety Requirements

ANSI/UL 696, Ninth Edition Standard for Safety Electric Toys

English American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
25 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Tel: (212) 642-4900; Fax: (212) 398-0023
Web Site: www.ansi.org
  Please note some specific standards are addressed separately.
See the Toy Industry Association website for more details.



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