International Toy Safety

Major toy-consuming nations like USA, Japan, Germany, England and France have their own toy safety standards, most with regulations very similar to the Australian voluntary and mandatory standards.

The twelve-member European Community, under the regulations mandating Community-wide standards by 1992 (EC-92), promulgated a toy safety directive called EN-71.

The Geneva-based International Standards Organisation (ISO) has for many years attempted to establish an international toy safety standard. The International Toy Standard ISO 8124-1 was finally published mid-2000. Steps are underway to have this standard "adopted" in all countries in order to achieve a consistent approach.