Mandatory scheme

General consumer product safety duty

General consumer product safety duty — mandatory scheme, Hong Kong SAR China. It binds manufacturers, importers and suppliers of consumer goods.

Jurisdiction
Hong Kong SAR China
Record class
Mandatory scheme
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Where this applies

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Instrument

Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance (Cap. 456) and its Regulation

Who it binds

Manufacturers, importers and suppliers of consumer goods

What it requires

Cap. 456 imposes a general statutory duty to ensure consumer goods are reasonably safe, enforced by the Customs and Excise Department, and requires bilingual (English and Chinese) safety warnings on the product, its packaging or an accompanying insert where applicable. This is not a formal pre-market registration or marking scheme.

Route to the authority

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"General consumer product safety duty." Certifidex, FutureTechnologies. Last verified 21 August 2026. https://certifidex.com/countries/hk/consumer-goods-safety

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