USA - CPSC Proposed Rule on Safety Standard for Magnets

​The US Consumer Product Safety Commision (CPSC) has recently proposed a rule to apply to consumer products that are designed, marketed, or intended to be used for entertainment, jewelry (including
children’s jewelry), mental stimulation, stress relief, or a combination of these purposes, and that contain one or more loose or separable magnets. Toys that are subject to CPSC’s mandatory toy standard in 16 CFR part 1250 are exempt from the proposed rule. Each loose or separable magnet in a product that is subject to the proposed rule and that fits entirely within CPSC’s small parts cylinder would be required to have a flux index of less than 50 kG² mm².