Choking Hazard Warning & Lead and Phthalates Limits

Choking Hazard Warning Requirements for Children's Toys and Games
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 and the Federal Hazardous Substances Act require the display of appropriate cautionary statements relating to the choking hazards of toys and games intended for children 12 and under on the product packaging and in certain advertisements.

If these cautionary statements appear on your product packaging, they must be displayed in certain Internet advertisements for applicable products.This includes all applicable product detail pages on Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com.

Lead and Phthalates Limits on All Children's Products
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act also prescribes strict limits on the content of certain materials in products intended for children, including lead and phthalates.Sellers should familiarize themselves with the effective dates of each applicable limit and work with their suppliers to ensure that all products sold are compliant with the limits in force.Sellers are responsible for tracking and complying with any regulations issued by the CPSC.

Detailed information about these Acts is available on the Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") website:

What the Choking Hazard Warning Requirement Means for Suppliers

Toys R Us and Babies R Ussuppliers will need to do the following to comply with this requirement:

  1. Determine if a "cautionary statement" (choking hazard warning) applies to the products you sell on Toysrus.com or Babiesrus.com, and
  2. Provide such statements to Toys R Us as part of the product listing (product detail page) in the Product Safety Warning attribute of the Vendor Portal.
  3. The cautionary statement(s) you choose for your product will appear on the product's detail page in a Warning box, located below the Product Description.

Below is an example of how the Warning will appear. Note that the actual Warnings on your product detail pages will be the ones you choose.

You will need to verify which (if any) of the products you sell on Toys R Us/Babies R Us require "cautionary statements" (choking hazard warnings).

The cautionary statements apply to toys and games intended for children 12 years of age and under.Please note that this can include items that may not necessarily be in the Toys & Games category, for example: a children book that is packaged with marbles, jacks, balloons, or other small parts that pose a choking hazard.

The Cautionary Statements (Choking Hazard Warnings)

The following are the seven cautionary statements (warnings) in the drop down of the Product Safety Warning attribute that may apply to your products:

  1. Children under 8 yrs. can choke or suffocate on uninflated or broken balloons.
  2. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
  3. This is not meant for adults greater than 50
  4. This toy is a marble. Not for children under 3 yrs.
  5. This toy is a small ball. Not for children under 3 yrs.
  6. Toy contains a marble. Not for children under 3 yrs.
  7. Toy contains a small ball. Not for children under 3 yrs.