Toy Safety Standard Helps Kids Play Safely

摘要

DID YOU KNOW THAT, TRADITIONALLY, manufacturers introduce 3,000 to 5,000 new toys each year? "Toys are among the safest consumer products in the home,' notes Joan Lawrence, vice president, Standards and Regulatory Affairs, for the Toy Industry Association (TIA) in New York, N.Y., and secretary of F15.22 on Toy Safety, a subcommittee of ASTM Committee F15 on Consumer Products. An important contributor to that safety is the use of F 963, Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety; which establishes nationally recognized safety requirements for toys intended for use by children under the age of 14. The latest revision of F 963 has just been approved by Committee F15. The newest version of this document reflects the comprehensive work by F15.22 to consider new toy technologies and products as well as data on problems with toys. Toy manufacturers, importers, retailers, consumers, testing laboratories, safety professionals and children's interest groups have worked together to consider any needed clarification to the standard, to develop new sections for specific toy types based on identified hazards, and to establish acoustics limits for toys with sounds.