Millions of toys are being sold in the market and new ones are continuously hitting the stores each year. Toys are supposed to be fun and are an important part of any child's development. Toys are being industrialized with different play values to ensure they are challenging and exciting for the child. Although several toy companies have made significant strides on product safety and sustainability, some toy manufacturers continue to use low-cost, potentially sketchy chemicals and materials in their toys.

In Malaysia, the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism (MDTCC) has made it compulsory for all toy products sold in Malaysian market to comply with the Consumer Protection (Certificate of Conformance and Conformity Mark of Safety Standards) Regulations 2010 and introduced the Guideline on Mandatory Safety Standards for Toys 2010 to help the businesses that supply toys in Malaysia to comply with the legislation and requirement imposed.

The product owners are required to obtain the test by sending sample of toys to any accredited laboratory. A full range of test that applicable to the toys must be conducted according to the prescribed safety standards. A Certificate of Conformance (COC) will

be produced for toys that fully comply with the safety standard. The Ministry approves ISO 8124 series and EN 71 series as equivalent standards. The test report which is more than 5 years old will not be accepted by the ministry. Upon submission of COC to the Ministry, a reference number will be given for each COC to the product owner. The product owner then will be able to print the Conformity MC Mark with registration number. 

Consumers have the right to demand for safe goods and services. Manufacturers are responsible to ensure that all products and services they produce or supply meet critical safety requirements. Yet, there are still incidents of non-conformance to safety standards which result in defective products or low quality services occur at any time along the supply chain. The Malaysian Conformity (MC) mark is used by consumers as an indication of safety. But the authenticity of these conformity marks on toys currently sold in the market is still under uncertainty due to security concerns. 

As per to the requirement stated in the Guideline on Mandatory Safety Standards for Toys 2010 the name and address of the manufacturer, importer or distributor of the goods need to be displayed either in the Malay language or English language and the registration number need to be placed below the conformity mark. Even tough, the toy product has the conformity mark, it is a drawback that the MC Mark is vulnerable for faking. Further to that, some toy products found on the shelves comprise MC mark but do not have the name and address of the manufacturer, importer or distributor of the goods.

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