ISO 3533

Besides ISO 3533, toys need to be compliant to the IEC 60335 standard for household appliances

The ISO 3533 standard defines the safety requirements for sex toys.

History

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The standard stems from efforts from the Swedish standards agency SIS to introduce a quality norm for sex toys after studies showed an increase of cases in Swedish emergency rooms of rectal foreign bodies, caused by badly designed sex toys.[1] The Swedish proposal was consequentially adopted by ANSI,[2] who then released a RfC for stakeholders in the sex toy industry. The discussion resulted in 2021 in a first release of the norm, as ISO 3533:2021.

Requirements (non-exhaustive list)

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Among the requirements this norm imposes on manufacturers:[3]

  • Equipment like buttplugs or anal beads that may enter the anus and rectum have to be designed in such a way that they will not get stuck, and that easy extraction by medical personnel should be feasible.
  • toys such as chastity belts, cock rings and bondage cuffs must be easily removable in the case of emergency or loss of keys with common household tools such as pliers.
  • toys that may enter bodily orifices should be free of burrs or sharp edges that might cause cuts.
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References

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  1. ^ Dahlberg, Martin; Nordberg, Martin; Pieniowski, Emil; Boström, Lennart; Sandblom, Gabriel; Hallqvist-Everhov, Åsa (2019). "Retained sex toys: An increasing and possibly preventable medical condition". International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 34 (1): 181–183. doi:10.1007/s00384-018-3125-4. PMC 6318238. PMID 30030606.
  2. ^ "ANSI Seeks Comments on Proposed New ISO Standard on Design and Safety of Sex Toys". Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
  3. ^ "Finally, Dildos are Getting Safety Standards". vice.com. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-30.
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