ASTM F963 "Toy Safety" is the most important toy safety standard in the United States and has a significant impact internationally. This standard is a voluntary and non mandatory standard. Although it is a voluntary standard, toys that do not meet ASTM F963 cannot enter the US market in commercial practice.
This standard provides technical requirements and testing methods for toys used by children under the age of 14. This standard covers the dangers that may not be easily recognized by the public and that toys may encounter after normal use or reasonably foreseeable abuse. This standard only specifies the safety performance of toy products, but does not involve the performance and quality of toy products. Except for the functional hazards indicated by the labeling requirements and the age group for which the toy is suitable, this standard does not require the inherent and recognized hazardous parts of the toy that serve as functional indications, such as the tip being inherent to the function of a needle.
ASTM F963 is developed based on the mandatory requirements of the US federal regulations. Generally speaking, the content of the standard fully includes the relevant technical requirements of CPSC 16 CFR. Manufacturers can ensure that their products comply with the requirements of ASTM F963, which basically meets the relevant technical requirements of CPSC 16 CFR. However, in order to ensure that their products comply with the requirements of CPSC 16 CFR, toy manufacturers should not only ensure that their products comply with ASTM F 963 requirements, but also pay timely attention to the requirements and changes of CPSC 16 CFR to ensure that their products comply with US legal requirements.
The main technical requirements of ASTM F963 include mechanical and physical safety, combustion performance, chemical toxicity, electrical safety, and microbiological safety.
