Regulations Amending the Toys Regulations (Magnetic Toys): SOR/2018-138

On July 11, 2018, Regulations Amending the Toys Regulations (Magnetic Toys), SOR/2018-138, were approved and published in the Canada Gazette. The amendments aim is to coordinate the safety requirements for magnetic toys with the requirements in the United States (US) and European Union (EU).

The aim is to reduce the ingestion hazards with magnetic toys, which have resulted in a number of serious incidents related to damage of children’s intestinal tissues. Therefore, an amendment has been made accordingly in Toys Regulations, SOR/2011-17.

Draft Guidelines for Determining Age Appropriateness of Toys by CPSC

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a notice March 27, 2018 in Federal Register, (83 FR 13121) to issue draft age determination guidelines.

CPSC revised the current age determination guidelines (version 2002) and issued the new drafted guidelines based on parent toy survey, literature review, and observational study from the Child and Family Research Section staff at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

This drafted guideline addresses toys that have come into the market since the last update and provides a better guideline for the industry to help reduce production cost compliance, product related incidents and enforcement actions.

To view the draft guidelines visit: 

https://www.cpsc.gov/s3fspublic/DRAFT%20Age%20Determination%20Guidelines%20for%20Toys.pdf?xc38j_e7mgBIBA.wPVonS_Q0_MN3fYHz

US State of Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) Publishes Guidance for Chemicals of High Concern to Children (CHCC) Reporting Rule

Note: CHCC applies to Washington and Vermont. If you sell to these areas you must test to this requirement.

In February 2018, DOE published Manufacturer Report Guidance for the Children’s Safe Products Reporting Rule. This report provides needed information to the manufacturers for reporting CHCC under the Children’s Safe Product Act (CSPA).

Washington CSPA CHCCs 85 items (non-metals) & (metals)

Vermont  No. 188th Act on Toxic Substances 66 items (non-metals) & (metals)

https://lnkd.in/fT-V88j