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Product Safety
Bans

The following products are banned from sale in Tasmania. For further information on each product, click on the product link.

• .303 inch ball MK7 ammunition
  Baby rattles
• Balloon-blowing kits
  Blow pipes and blow pipe darts
• Bottle whistler
  Candles & candle wicks that contain greater than 0.06% lead by weight
• Car seat covers
  Children's rollerskates - "Sizzler Kids Boot Skates"
• Children's dart gun sets
  Cigarette novelties - Puff Cigarettes
• Cross-bow - Barnett Pistol cross-bow
  Dart gun - "Fun Play Toys" Dart Gun
• Dinnerware - Imported Chinese dinnerware
  Dummy - 'Safe'n'Sound' cough pacifier
• Footwear (infant) -  incorporating buckle
  Gas masks containing asbestos
• "The hooker" - glass product
  Pillows, cushions, mattresses containing expanded polystyrene beads
• Rotary paint strippers manufactured by Thompson Tool Co:

  • Roto Stripper Mark II
• Rotary paint strippers manufactured by Nylo Industries
  • Roto Stripper
  • Super Rotary Stripper
  • Super Stripper
  • Rotary Paint Stripper Model 19-142 
• Safety pins - Happy Baby Nappy Clips
• Skin-treatment preparations - products with fibrous silicious matter
  Slingshots, shanghais and catapults Stuffed venomous snakes
• Tattoo removing kit - Medi-Pro Services Do-It-Yourself tattoo remover
  Toys - certain soft plastic inflatable toys and novelty items containing polystyrene
• Toys - Mouth-actuated toys with loose objects
  Toys - Toy lighters
• Underwater breathing apparatus - "Dive man" or similar
  Water ski line release system - "Quickie Line Release" 
• Windscreens - Shoei SF1 motorcycle windscreens
  Yo-yo water balls

The following products are subject to a Standard or a Sale of Hazardous Goods (SOHG) Order.  A SOHG Order imposes conditions on the product's sale, or prohibits its sale unless it complies with certain provisions of a specified standard.

• Baby rattles
• Baby walkers 
• Bean bags 
• Bunk beds 
• Child-carrying seats for bicycles
• Children's cots 
• Children's nightclothes and paper patterns for children's nightclothes
• Corded internal window coverings
• Disposable cigarette lighters
• Exercise bicycles
• Footwear (boots and shoes) - marking requirements
• Footwear (safety)
• Portable home exercise equipment
• Projectile toys
• Puller winches
• Ring caps - ring caps for cap guns
• Textile products - marking requirements
• Toys for children under 3