The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has published the final rule on prohibiting specified phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (16 CFR 1307) in the Federal Register on 27 October 2017. The final rule will be effective from 25 April 2018.

Requirement：

Definition：

• “Children's toy” is “a consumer product designed or intended by the manufacturer for a child 12 years of age or younger for use by the child when the child plays.”

• “Child care article” is “a consumer product designed or intended by the manufacturer to facilitate sleep or the feeding of children age 3 and younger, or to help such children with sucking or teething.”

Website link:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/27/2017-23267/prohibition-of-childrens-toys-and-child-care-articles-containing-specified-phthalates

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