Work Item
ASTM WK88190

New Specification for Adult Sexual Products

1. Scope

This consumer safety specification establishes general requirements, performance requirements, test methods, labeling, and warning requirements to promote the safe use of adult sexual products. It covers products intended for use in direct or indirect physical contact with the body for enhancing sexual stimulation and items and accessories incorporating such functionality. This covers items actuated manually, electrically powered, or externally powered through another means. This includes products with control panels, remote controls, or Internet of Things(IoT) functionality.

Keywords

sex toy; adult sexual toy

Rationale

The current system for adult sex products is polarized at two ends of the spectrum. One end is a ‘novelty use only’ classification. That classification does not address anything related to safety, design and testing of the products. The CPSC ‘unregulated product’ is the only current venue for documenting and tracking this class of product issues. These issues can be tracked in the CPSC NEISS database under the 1610 code for massagers and vibrators. The other end of the spectrum is when a sex product is listed as a medical device (mostly Class II - moderate risk). This is done for some products causing a high retail price point and expensive testing. There is a wide area in between these two sets of criteria that has created a need for standards and testing that will regulate improved safety in design and validation through listing and certification of products, their materials and construction.

The title and scope are in draft form and are under development within this ASTM Committee.

Details

Developed by Subcommittee: F15.82

Committee: F15

Staff Manager: Molly Lynyak

Work Item Status

Date Initiated: 10-19-2023

Technical Contact: Chris Gulbrandsen