US toy safety standard ASTM F963-17 published

On 24 August 2017, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) published Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety ASTM F963-17.

The new standard ASTM F963-17 is mainly to correct errors existing in the 2016 version. And new language is being added to 4.21.2.3 to indicate that the kinetic energy density measurement is only performed on projectiles when the kinetic energy of the projectile exceeds 0.08 J. Without this change, this testing would be performed on all projectiles whether or not they presented a risk of injury. This also aligns with ISO 8124–1 and EN71–1 requirements.

In accordance with Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), once ASTM International notifies the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the Commission has up to 90 days to review and respond to the revisions, and accept or reject revisions in part or whole. If the CPSC does not respond within 90 days or accept the revisions, ASTM F963-17 will become a mandatory toy safety standard effective 180 days after notification.

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