SAFEGUARDS | Toys & Juvenile Products NO. 142/17

ASTM F963 has been revised to clarify requirements for Kinetic Energy Density and other editorial changes.

The main reason was to clarify that the new Kinetic Energy Density (KED) is only applicable to projectile toys and arrows that have a kinetic energy greater than 0,08J. This in order not to impose unnecessary testing. The requirements for KED are to be found is section 4.21.2.3 and 4.21.3.3.

Other changes made have been more editorial and/or for clarification.

Some examples of these changes are:

  • The word 'must' was changed in 'shall' to emphasize the mandatory status of the standard

  • A listing of microbiological standards has been added to the referenced documents in sec. 2

  • Clarifying that eye shadow or lip gloss intended to be applied on a doll's face is not subject to FDCA labelling requirements

  • The definition of 'driving mechanism' was deleted as it is no longer used in the standard

  • Setting only one condition to define a low power circuit by deleting the condition not to exceed 15W at the end of 5 minutes.

  • Rewording charging and discharging conditions for batteries in 4.25.11.8

  • Several other editorial changes

The ASTM F963-17 is a revision of ASTM F963-16. The ASTM F963-16 version became mandatory on 30 April 2017. Under the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) the 2016 version of the toy standard becomes mandatory within 180 days of publication unless it is rejected by the US CPSC within 90 days.

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Manufacturer, retailers, and distributors of toys would need to test to the requirements of the revised standard once it becomes a mandatory.

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