Safety is the toy industry’s No. 1 priority.
From initial toy concept to final product for sale at retail, safety is built into every toy during every step of the production process. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consistently ranks toys among the safest of 15 consumer product categories found in the home.
U.S. toymakers follow a mandatory set of safety rules and regulations under ASTM F963 – Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, created under ASTM International. Since 1986, it’s been considered the gold standard in toy safety and is emulated around the globe. The Toy Association leads the multi-stakeholder committee that continually reviews the standard to ensure that it keeps pace with child development research, medical and toy-related incident data, risk assessment techniques, science, and manufacturing innovations. The standard was last revised in 2022.
Toy Association members are encouraged to join our Safety Standards & Technical Committee, which monitors activity on issues related to product safety, standards, and testing. To learn more, contact Joan Lawrence, senior vice president of standards and regulatory affairs or Jos Huxley, senior vice president of technical affairs.