TIA to Host Toy Safety Training Sessions for Chinese Manufacturers

The Toy Industry Association will be hosting two toy safety information sessions Chinese manufacturers who manufacture toys and children’s products sold in the U.S. The first session will take place on August 1 in Dongguan and the second on August 3 in Shenzhen.

To emphasize the TIA’s commitment to safety awareness and education, several of the key topics will include U.S. toy safety standards and regulations, recent legislative changes and their impact on Chinese manufacturers and suppliers, the role of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, new toy safety testing and certification requirements, import surveillance initiatives, necessary elements of a factory quality program, emerging issues and hazards, and ways to ensure material safety.

TIA’s senior vice president of technical affairs, Al Kaufman, and Rebecca Mond, the director of federal government affairs, will present alongside a panel of U.S. and Chinese experts. Additional speakers will include Marty Chill, vice president of quality assurance and compliance for Hasbro; and Wonder Wong, quality assurance engineering director for Hasbro.

The training sessions are being organized by TIA with support from the State Administration for Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine of PRC (AQSIQ) and the China Toy Industrial Association (CTJPA), and in cooperation with the U.S. CPSC, Guangdong Dongguan and Shenzhen Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of PRC, the Shenzhen Toys Industry Association (SZTIA), and the Shenzhen Import-Export Quarantine Association (SZIQA).

Interested participants may request additional registration details by contacting safety [at ]toyassociation.org. There is no fee for participation.

This post was originally written by Gigi Rubin and published by ToyBook.com. For more news, visit www.toybook.com, follow The Toy Book on Twitter, and like The Toy Book on Facebook. The Toy Book is a bimonthly trade magazine covering the toy industry, published by Adventure Publishing Group.

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