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October's Most Popular Articles...
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Toy Safety Standards in the UK: All toys supplied in the UK must meet a list of essential safety requirements which are set out in the Toy (Safety) Regulations 2011 (previously the Toy… [2000 views in Oct]
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Toy Safety: What Does the Law Say?: When you’re buying toys for your children, you will want to know that you’re doing the very best you can to ensure anything you give them to play… [406 views in Oct]
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Advantage of Plastic Toys Over Other Materials: Plastic toys do seem to have a bad press at times, but they are probably unfairly criticised. Although there have been scares about… [296 views in Oct]
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Soft Toy Manufacture and Safety: All babies and children seem to love soft toys, and most of us can remember having our first teddy bear and loving it to bits. [Things have moved on… [270 views in Oct]
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Toys: What Are My Consumer Rights?: When you buy any goods, including toys, UK legislation gives you consumer rights. The main things that you should expect are that the goods you’ve… [262 views in Oct]
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What is This Toy Safety Mark?: The toy safety symbol that you describe isn't one that I've heard of, and certainly isn't anything that's generally used on toys. There is one official… [240 views in Oct]
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Jules
Re: Toy Safety Standards in the UK
Hello. Can you tell me if I need a test for a certified safe wooden doll that has been painted with acrylic paint and has a…
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Re: Second Hand Toys: What Are my Rights?
Recently sold (reluctantly) a transformer listed on a Facebook transformers selling page for £35, listed price was…
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Hey, I am hoping to sell some wooden stands to go along side some artwork im selling for children 3+ they are meant to be played…
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Re: Second Hand Toys: What Are my Rights?
Please advise...I plan to set up a hoopla stall at summer fete can I give second hand soft plushtoys as prizes? I will…
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