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The Californian Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has issued a Safe Use Determination (SUD) for bisphenol A (BPA) in certain polycarbonate eyewear products. The SUD covers exposure relating to BPA from a variety of eyewear products by companies who are members of The Vision Council (TVC).

The US state of Maryland has revised its flame-retardant law with a new definition for ‘childcare product’ and additional restrictions on the use of flame retardants in four categories of consumer good. Under Health-General § 24-306, the definition of ‘childcare product’ now means a consumer product intended for use by a child under the age

The European Union has published a new version of its toy safety standard for finger paints. The new standard is the third amendment to EN 71-7:2014. It was published as EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 in April 2020 by the European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation, CEN) and contains several important changes. These include: References to

China updated the toy categories in its ‘Catalogue of Compulsory Product Certification’ at the end of April 2020. The changes affect three categories of children’s product:

On May 18, 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO) circulated a notification by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) signalling its intention to update the four mandatory safety standards for toys containing magnets. Released under WTO document number 20-3634, the proposal requires children’s toys containing magnets to comply with any of the following standards: