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Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads
The United States issued an addendum on 15 December 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/2146. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 10 September 2024. The comment period closed on 8 December 2024.
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Water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. A toy is defined as 'any object designed, manufactured, or marketed as a plaything for children under 14 years of age'. Product and company certification. Conformity assessment; Toys
Latest notice (G/TBT/N/USA/2146/Add.2, 15 December 2025)
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Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads
Section 106(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This safety standard sets forth requirements for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. Under this statutory authority, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is issuing a safety standard for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. The rule is effective on 12 March 2026. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 12 March 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in this rule was approved for use by the Director of the Federal Register as of 20 April 2024. 90 Federal Register (FR) 57820, 12 December 2025; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1250: This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2146 are identified by Docket Number CPSC-2024-0027. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This safety standard sets forth requirements for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposes to establish additional performance and labeling requirements for these products. The Commission also proposes to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include water bead toys and toys that contain water beads.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/2146/Add.2
Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads
Section 106(a) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This safety standard sets forth requirements for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. Under this statutory authority, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is issuing a safety standard for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. The rule is effective on 12 March 2026. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of 12 March 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in this rule was approved for use by the Director of the Federal Register as of 20 April 2024. 90 Federal Register (FR) 57820, 12 December 2025; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1250: This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2146 are identified by Docket Number CPSC-2024-0027. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number.
CorrigendumG/TBT/N/USA/2146/Add.1/Corr.1
Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads
On 8 November 2024, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published an extension of the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads. In this document, CPSC is correcting an incorrect heading in that document. Submit comments by 8 December 2024. 89 Federal Register (FR) 94630, 29 November 2024; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1250: This action and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/2146 are identified by Docket Number CPSC-2024-0027. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 8 December 2024. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with CPSC and will also be submitted to the Docket on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/2146/Add.1
Comment deadline: Closed on 8 December 2024
Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads
On 9 September 2024, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2146) to address the risk of death and injury associated with children ingesting or inserting in the nose or ear water bead toys by adding performance and labeling requirements for water bead toys or toys containing water beads. The Commission also made public incident data relied upon and referenced in the NPR. The NPR invited the public to submit written comments by 8 November 2024. On 21 October 2024, CPSC received a request to extend the comment period to provide stakeholders with time to review additional testing data. The Commission is extending the comment period for the NPR by 30 days. The comment period for the proposed rule published on 9 September 2024, at 89 FR 73024, is extended. Submit comments by 8 December 2024. 89 Federal Register (FR) 88684, 8 November 2024; Title 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 1250: This extension of comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/2146 is identified by Docket Number CPSC-2024-0027. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point by or before 4pm Eastern Time on 8 December…
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/2146
Comment deadline: Closed on 8 November 2024
Safety Standard for Toys: Requirements for Water Beads
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This safety standard sets forth requirements for water bead toys and toys that contain water beads. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposes to establish additional performance and labeling requirements for these products. The Commission also proposes to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include water bead toys and toys that contain water beads.
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