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Standard Update: Hong Kong updates several standards for toys and children’s products, effective August 1, 2026
Keeping up with global safety standards is a full-time job for manufacturers and distributors. Hong Kong government announced significant updates to the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance (Cap. 424), ensuring that products sold in the region meet the most rigorous international safety benchmarks. On March 13,26 Hong Kong published the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance ( Amendment of Schedules 1 & 2) Notice 2026, revising safety standards for toys and
Apr 14


New National Standard GB 18584-2024 to Take Effect in July 2025
The Standardization Administration of China has announced the implementation of the new national standard, GB 18584-2024, titled "Limits...
Apr 11, 2025


New CEN Standard Address Safety for Sporting Pushchairs
In July 2024, the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) introduced EN1888-3:2024, the third part of the EN1888 series. This...
Sep 30, 2024


New National Standards for Furniture Safety and Hazardous Substances Released in China
In a significant move to enhance the safety and quality of furniture products, the State Administration for Market Regulation of China...
Sep 21, 2024


What Is EN 1022:2023?
EN 1022:2023, titled “Furniture. Seating. Determination of Stability,” sets the benchmark for assessing the stability of various seating...
Mar 5, 2024


ASTM Releases New Toy Safety Standard F963-23
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has published a revised toy safety standard, ASTM F963-23, on October 13, 2023. The...
Dec 15, 2023


Furniture Safe, stability is important. US CPSC adopts ASTM F2057-23 to prevent furniture Tip-overs
On April 19,2023 CPSC voted to adopt ASTM International’s F2057-23 voluntary safety specification for clothing storage units as a new...
Jul 25, 2023


EU Updates the Domestic Cookware Standard (EN 12983-1 Part 1 and Part 2)
The latest versions of EN 12983-1 and EN 12983-2 were published in February 2023¹. These documents supersede EN 12983-1: 2000 with...
Mar 28, 2023


Standard Update – European Union Published New Version Standard EN1888-1 for Child’s Pushchairs and
In April 2022, European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has published EN 1888-1:2018 + A1:2022, to supersede the previous versions...
Sep 10, 2022


Standard Update – CPSC CFR 1241 Safety Standard for Crib Mattresses
On 26 January 2022, The U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has approved a new federal mandatory safety standard that will...
Feb 24, 2022


Standard Update Information: European Commission issued Toy Standard EN 71-2, EN-71-3. EN71
On 16 November 2021, the European Commission issued the EU Resolution 2021/1992, The Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC has been updated....
Dec 2, 2021


BIFMA X5.4-2020 Standard for Seating in Public Spaces Recently Approved by ANSI
The Business Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) X5.4-2020 standard is the first of three furniture standards under...
Nov 12, 2020


BS-12983-1 Cookware Handle Fatigue Tester
1. Equipment Description: This equipment is designed for cookware handle fatigue test, such as cooking pan, pots etc. During test,...
Sep 23, 2020


ASTM F1169 & ASTM F406 Testing Mattress Available
Glad to announce that Great Safe can provide the international testing standard mattress applied to ASTM F1169 & ASTM F406 with an "SGS"...
Aug 18, 2020


ASTM D1709 Impact Resistance of Plastic Film by the Free-Fallinf Dart
Test Method: Test Method A employs a dart with a 38.10±0.13mm (1.500±0.005in) diameter hemispherical head dropped a height of 0.66±0.01m...
Aug 16, 2020


EN-71 News Update!
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Jul 31, 2020
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