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New and Updated Toy and Children’s Products Standards Introduced in China

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Geneva (November 6, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 157.25, highlighting new and amended standards for toys and children’s products. This includes revisions to the GB 6675 toy safety standards series and other standards for children’s products and childcare articles. The standards are in place to ensure […]

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Final Rule Issued by US CPSC for Stationary Activity Centers

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Geneva (April 17, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 052.25, detailing the US Consumer Products Safety Commission’s (CPSC) publication of a direct final rule, 16 CFR 1238, which adopts ASTM F2012-24 without modifications as the mandatory safety standard for stationery activity centers. ASTM F2012-24 establishes updated performance

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Toy and Children’s Product Standards Amended in Hong Kong

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Geneva (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

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Direct final rule for non-full-size baby cribs from US CPSC

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Geneva (February 27, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 024.25, detailing the US CPSC’s final rule adopting, with modifications, ASTM F406-24 (Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards), as its mandatory safety standard for non-full-size baby cribs. The direct final rule, published on January 31,

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Consultation over amended standards for toys and children’s products in Hong Kong

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 172.24 to highlight Hong Kong’s consultation over plans to revise its toys and children’s products standards. Hong Kong’s Ordinance Cap 424 regulates toys and children’s products. Under this ordinance, they must comply with all applicable requirements in any single safety standard specified in

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CPSC Proposes Revision to US Neck Floats Regulation

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 168.24 to summarize the US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would revise the consumer product safety rule for toys, 16 CFR 1250. New performance requirements and revised labeling requirements for neck floats have been proposed to be

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