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CPSC Publishes 2016 Statistics of Toy-Related Incidents

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has published a comprehensive summary of deaths and emergency department-treated injuries associated with toys during calendar year 2016. According to the C... Read More...

CPSC Bans Certain Phthalates in Children’s Toys

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will soon issue a final rule on the presence of phthalates in most products intended for use by children and infants. According to a press release issued in... Read More...

CPSC Eliminates Third-Party Testing for Certain Plastics in Children’s Toys

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has voted unanimously to eliminate mandatory, third-party testing for seven plastics with specific additives used in children’s toys and other child care artic... Read More...

EU Council Reduces Lead Content Limit in Toys

Moving to act on a recommendation from the Commission of the European Union (EU), the EU Council has adopted a modification to the EU’s Directive on the safety of toys (2009/48/EC) that will significantly reduc... Read More...

Canada Proposes Stronger Regulations on Lead and Cadmium in Children’s Toys

The Canadian government has issued a proposal that would strengthen regulatory limits on lead and cadmium in toys and other products intended for use by children. These two minerals are toxic by nature; althoug... Read More...

DoJ Issues Injunction to Stop Unsafe Children’s Products

Acting on a request from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the U.S. Department of Justice has filed injunctions in a California federal court against two companies and three individuals, enjoi... Read More...

EU Commission Updates Standards List for Toy Safety Directive

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has published an updated list of standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity with the essential requirements of its directive relating to the safety of toy... Read More...

Updates to Toy Safety Standard

The European Commission released two updates to toy safety standards that will affect U.S. toy manufacturers and distributors exporting their products into Europe.

EU regulation reduces permissible limits for barium in toys

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has issued a regulation immediately reducing the permissible limits of barium in children’s toys. Published in July 2013 in the Official Journal of the European Union, ... Read More...

EU Commission updates standards list for Toy Safety Directive

The Commission of the European Union (EU) has published an updated list of standards that can be used to demonstrate conformity with the essential requirements of its directive relating to the safety of toys (8... Read More...

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