Taiwan Amends the Standards for Labeling of Toy Products

2023-03-10

Standards for Labeling of Toy Products

On 18 February 2023, the Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (經濟部) announced, in the Gazette No. 11204703260, the revision of the "Commodity Labeling Law" (商品標示法) and the "Standards for Labeling of Toy Products" (玩具商品標示基準).

 

Changes:
Toy products shall be marked with the following items.

Note: * All the required labeling should be in Chinese as described below. The English translation is for reference only.

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English translation

Requirements in original Chinese Texts

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Product Name

商品名稱

 2 

Domestically manufactured goods:

Shall be marked with the name, address and service telephone number of the manufacturer, subcontractor, or distributor.

Imported commodities:

Shall be marked with the name, address, and service telephone number of the importer or distributor; and in a foreign language the name of the manufacturer or subcontractor.

國內製造之商品:

應標示製造商、委製商或分裝商之名稱、地址及服務電話。

進口之商品:

應標示進口商或分裝商名稱、地址、服務電話;及國外製造商或國外委製商之外文名稱。

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Country Of Origin

原產地

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Main Ingredient or Material

主要成分或材料

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Applicable age

適用之年齡

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Instructions for use or Precautions

使用方法或注意事項

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If there is a risk of endangering the safety or health of users, a warning sign should be displayed.

有危害使用者之安全或健康之虞者,應標明警告標示。

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Those that are likely to cause specific harm or recognized hazardous substances should be marked with special warning signs.

Examples of special warning signs are as follows:

易產生特定傷害或公認有害物質之虞者,應標明特殊警告標示。

特殊警告標示範例如下表:

 

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Toy Type

玩具種類

Contents of special warning signs

特殊警告標示內容

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Toys using steam pressure

使用蒸氣壓力之玩具

Warning: The maximum operating pressure of this toy is ×× atmospheric pressure or kgf/cm2

警告:本玩具之最大操作壓力為××大氣壓力或公斤力/平方公分

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Toys containing benzene, toluene, or xylene

含有苯、甲苯或二甲苯之玩具

(1) Warning: Danger: Steam is harmful to the human body

(2) Warning: Toxic

1) 警告:危險:蒸氣有害人體

2)警告:有毒

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Toys containing turpentine

含有松節油之玩具

WARNING: Danger: Fatal if swallowed

警告:危險:吞嚥時會造成致死傷害

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Toy fireworks

玩具煙火

WARNING: Do not shoot towards the human body, do not put fireworks in your pocket

警告:不可朝向人體發射,不可將煙火置於口袋中

 

Method of Labeling:

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Translation of Requirements

Original Chinese Texts for the Requirements

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The labeling of commercially available toys should be marked on the main body as a principle. However, if it cannot be marked on the main body, it should be marked on the package or instruction manual or on an attached item.

市售玩具之標示,應於本體上標示為原則。但無法於本體上標示者,應於包裝或說明書上或以附掛之方式標示之。

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The labeling of toys shall be explained in clear, concise, and easy-to-understand fonts, words or diagrams.

玩具之標示,應使用清晰、簡明易懂之字體、文字或圖解說明之。

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The color of the font used for warning signs should be different from the background color and easy to recognize. The font of the word 'Warning' should be larger than 5mm×5mm, and the text of the content should be more than 1.5mm×1.5mm.

警告標示所使用之字體,其顏色應與底色不同且易辨識,「警告」二字字體應大於 5mm × 5mm,內容文字1.5mm×1.5mm以上。


Method of Labeling:

2023-05-18 (中華民國一百十二年五月十八日生效)

 

Reference:
https://gazette2.nat.gov.tw/EG_FileManager/eguploadpub/eg029031/ch04/type1/gov31/num7/Eg.htm

 

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