1Announcement for Amendment to Legal  Inspection of Toy Commodities 
By the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI), Ministry of Economic Affairs 
 
 
Background: 
In recent years, there have been  lots of incidents with injury  reported worldwide caused by 
bad design or manufacture of toys. In order to  ensure the safety and quality of toys, many 
countries have conducted mandatory  inspection for these products. The Bureau of Standards, 
Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) is very concerned about the safety of toys and has conducted 
mandatory inspection for these products since 1 January 1988. All toys, whether domestically 
produced or imported from abroad, must be in compliance with the inspection requirements 
before they are released from the production pr emises or the Customs. The main measure of 
CNS 4797 which is revised on 4 December 2012, increases the requirements with  limitation of 
Formamide less than 2 ppm, total amount of DMP, DEP, DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP, and 
DNOP in Phthalates, less than 0.1%, and for toys , containing a liquid substance, the biological 
safety requirement with bacterial counts le ss than 3,000 CFU/g and w ithout detected any 
Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,  Salmonella, and Staphylococcus aureus. 
 
Date of implementation: 1 March 2014 
 
Products (HS/CCCN codes) covered: 
HS/CCCN 3407.00.10.00-1  
HS/CCCN 3824.90.99.90-2  
HS/CCCN 3918.90.10.00-4  
HS/CCCN 3919.90.90.00-6  
HS/CCCN 3923.10.00.00-6  
HS/CCCN 3923.50.00.90-8   
HS/CCCN 3924.90.00.90-9  
HS/CCCN 3926.40.00.00-7  
HS/CCCN 3926.90.90.90-8  
HS/CCCN 4202.22.00.20-8  
HS/CCCN 4821.10.00.00-7  
HS/CCCN 4823.90.00.31-1   
HS/CCCN 4903.00.10.00-8  
HS/CCCN 4908.90.00.00-6  
HS/CCCN 4911.91.00.10-8  
HS/CCCN 4911.99.00.00-2  
HS/CCCN 6114.30.00.00-5  
HS/CCCN 6114.90.90.00-3  
HS/CCCN 6211.43.00.90-3  
HS/CCCN 6306.22.00.00-3  
HS/CCCN 6306.29.10.00-4   
HS/CCCN 6306.29.90.00-7   
HS/CCCN 6307.90.90.90-1-D  
HS/CCCN 6506.99.90.10-8  
HS/CCCN 7326.90.90.90-6-B  
HS/CCCN 8306.10.00.00-3  
HS/CCCN 8306.29.00.00-2  
HS/CCCN 8414.59.00.00-4-B   2HS/CCCN 8505.11.00.00-1  
HS/CCCN 8505.19.00.00-3  
HS/CCCN 8715.00.00.00-0-B  
HS/CCCN 9208.10.00.00-0  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.11.00-1-B   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.21.00-9   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.22.00-8   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.23.00-7   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.24.00-6   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.29.00-1   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.31.00-7   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.41.00-5  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.51.00-2   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.61.00-0   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.62.00-9  
HS/CCCN 9503.00.71.00-8   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.81.00-6   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.91.10-2   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.91.20-0   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.91.90-5   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.92.10-1   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.92.90-4   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.93.10-0   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.93.20-8   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.93.30-6   
HS/CCCN 9503.00.93.90-3   
HS/CCCN 9504.40.00.00-5  
HS/CCCN 9504.90.90.00-5-B  
HS/CCCN 9505.10.00.90-1  
HS/CCCN 9505.90.00.00-3  
HS/CCCN 9506.62.90.00-7  
HS/CCCN 9506.69.90.00-0  
HS/CCCN 9506.91.00.00-1  
HS/CCCN 9506.99.00.90-4-B  
HS/CCCN 9608.10.00.00-6  
HS/CCCN 9608.20.00.00-4  
HS/CCCN 9608.30.10.00-0   
HS/CCCN 9608.30.90.00-3   
HS/CCCN 9608.40.00.00-0  
HS/CCCN 9608.50.00.00-7  
HS/CCCN 9608.99.00.00-0  
HS/CCCN 9611.00.10.00-1  
The HS/CCCN is reference only and the scope of t oys will be consistent with Article 1 of CNS 
4797.  
Inspection standards:  
CNS 4797  Safety of toys (General requirements) 
CNS 4797-1  Safety of toys (Flammability)  3CNS 4797-2  Safety of toys (Migration of certain elements) 
CNS 4797-3  Safety of toys (Safety aspects re lated to mechanical and physical properties) 
CNS 4797-4  Toy Safety (Experimental sets  for chemistry and related activities) 
CNS 4797-5  Toy Safety (Chemical toys (s ets) other than experimental sets) 
CNS 14276  Safety of electric toys CNS 15138  Method of test for determination of  plasticizers in plastic products - Gas 
chromatography 
CNS 15138-1  Method of test for determination of phthalates plasticizers in  plastic products - 
Part 1: Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry 
CNS 15493  Safety requirement s of plastic puzzle ground mat 
CNS 10890  Method of test for food microbiology - Test of standard plate count (Aerobic 
plate count) 
CNS 10891  Method of test for food microorga nisms - Test of Staphylococcus aureus 
CNS 10951  Method of test for food micr oorganisms - Test of Escherichia coli 
CNS 10952  Method of test for food mi croorganisms - Test of Salmonella 
CNS 13434  Method of Test for Microbiology in Bottled Water - Test of Pesudomonas 
Aeruginosa 
CNS 15330  Method of test for food microbiology - Chip-based test of food-borne pathogens 
 
Inspection items: 
• Chemical Materials Test
: The test will be performed for all parts of the toys, including 
plasticizers, heavy mental , formaldehyde emission. 
• Physical Performance Test : The test will be performed for all parts of the toys, including 
mechanical and physical properties test etc. 
• Flammability Test:  The test will be performed for all parts of the toys, including prohibited 
flammable material and their flammability when they are submitted a small source of 
ignition. 
• Electrical Test:  The test will be performed for a ll containing electrical driven toys, 
including short circuit te st, heat and abnormal use, electri cal isolation, moisture resistance, 
mechanical strength. 
• Biological Safety Test : The test will be performed for all containing a liquid substance of 
the toys, including bacterial counts less than 3,000 CF U/g and without detected any 
Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa,  Salmonella, and Staphylococcus aureus 
 
Conformity assessment procedures: 
Monitoring Inspection and Registration of Pr oduct Certification (RPC) Scheme (Module II + 
III) without any change. 
 
Locations to apply for Monitoring Inspection or Registration of Product Certification: 
‧The BSMI or its branches.