The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) of New Zealand proposed the Unsafe Goods (Consumer Sand Products) Notice 2026.

Scope

The Notice is applicable to:

• toys that are, include, or contain sand; and
• decorative, craft or artistic goods that are sand, or that include or contain accessible sand.

Testing Requirements

Each product must be tested for asbestos. The analytical requirements are prescriptive:

• Method: transmission electron microscopy, or a combination of scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray analysis.
• Standard: ISO 22262-2:2026, Air quality — Bulk materials — Part 2: Quantitative determination of asbestos by gravimetric and microscopical methods, incorporated by reference.
• Laboratory: accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by an accreditation body that is a signatory to the ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement.
• Scope: the method used must fall within the laboratory's accreditation scope.

Documentation Requirements

A test certificate, test report, test result, or equivalent record is required. The record must:

• Be dated no more than 12 months before the goods are imported into, or manufactured in, New Zealand;
• Clearly identify the product or product variant it covers;
• Identify the testing laboratory;
• Specify the analytical method used and the standard applied;
• State the date or date range of testing; and
• State that no asbestos was detected in the samples tested.

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