§1250.2. Requirements for toy safety. — Inbound Citations

(a) This section establishes performance and labeling requirements for water bead toys and toys containing water beads to minimize the risk of children ingesting, inserting, aspirating, and choking on water bead toys. The provisions of this part are intended to eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury and death to children from water bead toy hazards. This section adds requirements for water bead toys in addition to the requirements of § 1250.2.

(a) This section establishes performance and labeling requirements for neck floats to reduce the risk of children drowning while using a neck float. The provisions of this part are intended to address the risk of injury and death to children from neck float hazards. This section adds requirements for neck float in addition to the requirements of §§ 1250.1 and 1250.2.

(1) The Commission is aware of six relevant standards, four domestic and two international, that address the magnet ingestion hazard. One standard is mandatory, ASTM F963-17, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety (incorporated by reference at §§ 1262.4 and 1250.2 of this chapter). The other voluntary standards include: ASTM F2923-20, Standard Specification for Consumer Product Safety for Children's Jewelry; ASTM F2999-19, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Adult Jewelry; ASTM F3458-21, Standard Specification for Marketing, Packaging, and Labeling Adult Magnet Sets Containing Small, Loose, Powerful Magnets (with a Flux Index ≥ 50 kG 2 mm 2 ) (see § 1262.4 for the availability of ASTM standards from ASTM International); EN-71-1: 2014, Safety of Toys; Part 1: Mechanical and Physical Properties (available from EN European Standards; Krimicka 134, 318 00 Pilsen, Czech Republic, phone: 420 377 921 379; www.en-standard.eu); and ISO 8124-1: 2018, Safety of Toys—Part 1: Safety Aspects Related to Mechanical and Physical Properties (available from International Organization for Standardization; Chemin de Blandonnet 8, CP 401-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland; phone: 41 22 749 01 11; www.iso.org).

(2) ASTM F963-23, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, approved on August 1, 2023; into §§ 1250.2(a), 1250.4(b) and (d), 1250.5(b) and (d).