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The U.S. mandatory toy standard ASTM F963-16 takes into force on 30 April 2017. All children’s toys manufactured on or after 30 April 2017 must be tested to ASTM F963-16....

On 2 February 2017, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) publishes a direct rule 82 FR 8989 in the Federal Register that it has recently allowed the update to ASTM F963, ASTM F963–16, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety (ASTM F963–16), to become the mandatory toy standard. The rule is effective on 30 April 2017, unless it receive significant adverse comment by 6 March 2017. According to the CPSC, the rule will become effective on April 30 and w...

US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) releases Toy-Related Death and Injuries (Calendar Year 2015), which presents the latest available statistics on deaths and emergency department-treated injuries associated with toys for the 2015 calendar year. Some children’s products are listed of high concern and it is of high likelihood of the highlights for CPSC supervision. In this report, the quality of toys on the market has overall improved especially after the applicabi...

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) publishes Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety ASTM F963-16 in October 2016. It will become mandatory if no major objections in the second quarter of 2017. It is noted that Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) mandates ASTM F963 all toys sold in the US comply with ASTM F963. The Commission have a 90-day period to review the amendments to decide whether to adopt the updated version when ASTM notifie...

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