{"id":167932,"date":"2024-08-29T04:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T04:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=167932"},"modified":"2024-08-29T04:11:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T04:11:59","slug":"cpsc-toys-button-cell-batteries","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/news\/cpsc-toys-button-cell-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"CPSC Proposes New Safety Standards for Toys with Button Cell Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on August 13, 2024, a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the existing consumer product safety rules for toys. Here\u2019s a breakdown of the main points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>CPSC New Rulemaking for Toys with Button Cell Batteries<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The CPSC notice of proposed rulemaking \u201cCFR Parts 1112 and 1250 [CPSC Docket No. CPSC\u20132024\u20130023] Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Toys Containing Button Cell or Coin Cell Batteries, <\/span>aims to prevent the risk of death or injury associated with children ingesting batteries by adding stringent labeling and performance requirements for battery-operated toys<\/div>\n<p>The proposed requirements align with the CPSC\u2019s Reese\u2019s Law rulemaking and international standards for electronic toys, ensuring the highest level of safety feasible and include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Performance Requirements<\/strong>: Toys must meet stringent standards, including tests for captive fasteners, threaded fasteners, and sequential use and abuse testing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Labeling Requirements<\/strong>: Improved marking and labeling to ensure battery accessibility and safety information are clearly communicated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Third-Party Testing<\/strong>: All toys must undergo third-party testing by an ISO-accredited, CPSC-accepted conformity assessment body to certify compliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The public is invited to submit comments on the proposed rule by October 15, 2024. For more information, read the proposed rules <strong><a class=\"ac-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/FR-2024-08-13\/pdf\/2024-17472.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you help navigating these regulatory changes? Contact our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/compliance\/\">product compliance consultancy<\/a><\/strong> department for guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced on August 13, 2024, a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the existing consumer product safety rules for toys. Here\u2019s a breakdown of the main points. &nbsp; CPSC New Rulemaking for Toys with Button Cell Batteries The CPSC notice of proposed rulemaking \u201cCFR Parts 1112 and 1250 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":167933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[133,132],"class_list":["post-167932","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-category-all","news-category-regulations"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167932"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167945,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/167932\/revisions\/167945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167932"},{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hqts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=167932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}