Toy and Game Safety Labeling Act of 2013
Majority of us Filipinos, I believe, would just settle and prefer more to buy toys for our children from the sidewalks and as well as those stores which sell toys from China. Despite the fact that those toys are not labeled properly or labeled in absolute foreign language (not in English), we really do not mind about it. We buy those unlabeled and improperly labeled toys unmindful of the chemicals they contain, don't we? Because most of the users of those toys we bought are children, especially toddlers, they would be prejudiced mostly to the hazardous chemicals present in the toys. Because the State recognizes that children, by reason of their physical and mental immaturity, need special safeguard and care, the Congress has legislated a new law for their protection. This law is known as "Toy and Gaming Safety Labeling Act of 2013" or the Republic Act Number 10620 . Accordingly, the State acknowledges its obligation to secure the...