Denmark’s Ministry of the Environment and Food has published an order restricting phthalates to no more than 0.05% in toys and childcare articles, as used by children aged 0-3 years. Order No. 947 of 20/06/2020 covers toys and childcare articles that fall under the following definitions: Toys – designed and intended exclusively or in part

European Union (EU) introduces a new standard for young children’s drinking equipment that combines and supersedes two previous standards. The European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation, CEN) published EN 14350:2020 ‘Childcare articles – Drinking Equipment – Safety requirements and test methods’ in June 2020. In addition to combining two previous standards, the new

On June 11, 2020, Australia registered instruments that update the mandatory safety standards for two specific toy groups – projectile toys and aquatic toys. They are: Consumer Goods (Projectile Toys) Safety Standard 2020 dated June 3, 2020 Consumer Goods (Aquatic Toys) Safety Standard 2020 dated June 3, 2020 The standard for projectile toys mandates compliance

Serbia has issued a Rule Book on Toy Safety that is based upon European Union (EU) Directive 2009/48/EC, the so-called Toy Safety Directive (TSD). Published in November 2019, the Rule Book sets out the rules for toy safety and their free movement within the market. Toys are defined as being designed or intended, but not

On May 29, 2020, South Korea put into effect its revised standards and specifications for food contact materials and articles. This included, for the first time, a requirement relating to volatile organic matter (VOM) in rubber nipples for young children. Under the terms of Chapter 3 of South Korea’s Food Sanitation Act, the Ministry of