Kids' products › Stuffed toy law labels
Who has to register, what it costs, and what the sewn-in law label must say, for stuffed toys sold in the three states that require it. Every statement below is followed by the words of the source it comes from, linked, with the date we checked it (October 4, 2026).
Not legal advice. Fees and rules change: confirm with the state agency before you register or print labels. Ohio's per-item fee is quoted, not calculated.
The association of state bedding and furniture labeling officials (IABFLO) names Pennsylvania, Ohio and Massachusetts as the main states that enforce stuffed-toy registration and law labels.
“The main toy enforcement states are Pennsylvania, Ohia and Massachusetts.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
IABFLO suggests getting the Pennsylvania number first, because Pennsylvania accepts only its own number on the label.
“Pennsylvania will only accept a PA toy registration number on the law label. We would suggest you apply for a PA toy registration number first, then apply to Ohio and Massachusetts.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
Who registers: anyone who makes stuffed toys in Pennsylvania or imports them into Pennsylvania. The registration is with the Department of Labor & Industry (Division of Bedding and Upholstery).
“If you are in Pennsylvania and manufacture or import into Pennsylvania new, recycled, or a blend of new and recycled stuffed toys, you need to apply for a registration number with the State of Pennsylvania.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
“Department of Labor & Industry Division of Bedding and Upholstery”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
A Pennsylvania store that only sells stuffed toys does not need a license of its own.
“If you're a store in Pennsylvania and you are only selling stuffed toys, you don't need a special license to sell them.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
What counts: any filled item meant for children's play. Pet toys are not covered.
“All items intended for children to utilize in play that has filling content are required to be registered to be sold in Pennsylvania. NOTE: We do not regulate Toys intended for Pets.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
How to apply: by mail on the Pennsylvania Toy Registration form, or online through the department's eDAP portal. Toy samples must be mailed either way.
“New applications and renewals can also be submitted online through our Electronic Data Application Processing (eDAP) site; however, an application’s required toy sample(s) must still be mailed to the address below”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
What to send: a finished sample (not a prototype), a lab report showing the toy passes regulation sections 47.317, 47.321 and 47.322 (from a US-based lab or a CPSC-certified lab), and an affidavit from the person who pulled the sample.
“You will also need to provide a completed sample of the stuffed toy you will manufacture under this registration number (prototypes are not accepted).”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
“Your Stuffed Toy lab report is to be completed by a US Based lab or a Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) certified lab. Regulation sections 47.317, 47.321 and 47.322 must be tested and pass the lab testing for our flammability and tolerance requirements.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
“An affidavit signed by the individual that pulled the product sample from the manufacturing line OR from product already shipped to the US.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
Each factory needs its own number. Numbers cannot be shared or transferred between factories.
“Each individual manufacturing facility producing Stuffed Toys is required to register for their own registration number. They cannot be shared or transferred between manufacturing facilities.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
Fee: $96.84 for an initial application and $96.84 for a renewal, effective November 8, 2025.
“FEE EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 8, 2025”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys Fee Schedule · checked 2026-10-04
“Initial application $96.84”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys Fee Schedule · checked 2026-10-04
“Renewal application $96.84”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys Fee Schedule · checked 2026-10-04
A registration lasts one year from the end of the month it is processed and must be renewed every year. The department says applications take about 30 days on average and cannot be expedited.
“Your newly issued registration will last for one year from the end of the month we process the application in.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
“It must be renewed annually to stay current.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
“On average, applications received in our office are processed within 30 days as long as all legal requirements for the registration to be issued have been met.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
“We do not have an option to expedite applications.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
Pennsylvania does not accept another state's registration.
“Pennsylvania does not accept Stuffed Toy registrations issued by other states.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
Recycled filling: Act 30 of 2024 (House Bill 1333) amended the Stuffed Toy Manufacturing Act. It was approved on June 28, 2024 and took effect 60 days later.
“An Act amending the act of July 25, 1961 (P.L.857, No.372), referred to as the Stuffed Toy Manufacturing Act”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333 of 2023–24 (bill history) · checked 2026-10-04
“Approved by the Governor, June 28, 2024”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333 of 2023–24 (bill history) · checked 2026-10-04
“Act No. 30 of 2024, June 28, 2024”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333 of 2023–24 (bill history) · checked 2026-10-04
“Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333, Printer's No. 3295 (enacted as Act 30 of 2024) · checked 2026-10-04
The label, under section 9.1(b) as added by Act 30, must carry three things: whether the material is new, recycled or a mix; the registration number preceded by "REG. NO. PA."; and a certification that the maker or importer does not use child labor, forced labor or slave labor.
“(1) A statement that the type of material used in the manufacture of the stuffed toy is new, recycled or a mix of new and recycled materials.”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333, Printer's No. 3295 (enacted as Act 30 of 2024) · checked 2026-10-04
“(2) The registration number of the manufacturer or importer assigned by the Commonwealth preceded by the abbreviations "REG. NO. PA."”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333, Printer's No. 3295 (enacted as Act 30 of 2024) · checked 2026-10-04
“(3) Certification that the manufacturer or importer of the stuffed toy does not engage in child labor, forced labor or slave labor practices.”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333, Printer's No. 3295 (enacted as Act 30 of 2024) · checked 2026-10-04
The department's FAQ describes two label requirements (the material wording and the registration number) and does not mention the child-labor certification.
“For stuffed toy articles, a Pennsylvania Stuffed Toy law label has only two requirements. It must say "All New Material", “All Recycled Material”, or a “Blend of New and Recycled Material” and have your Pennsylvania Registration number from Stuffed Toy Regulation 47.315.”
Source: PA Department of Labor & Industry: Stuffed Toys (with FAQs) · checked 2026-10-04
The regulation the department posts (34 Pa. Code § 47.315, last amended in 1978) still says "all new material". The 2024 Act is newer.
“(1) A statement that all new material or all new (type) material was used in the manufacture of the stuffed toy.”
Source: 34 Pa. Code ch. 47, subch. H (Stuffed Toys), as posted by PA L&I · checked 2026-10-04
“The provisions of this §47.315 amended through September 15, 1978”
Source: 34 Pa. Code ch. 47, subch. H (Stuffed Toys), as posted by PA L&I · checked 2026-10-04
Size: Pennsylvania sets no label size. The print just has to be legible.
“The form, design, color or size of the label is left to the discretion of the manufacturer or importer. The information required on the label shall be clearly legible and in sufficient size type so that it may be readily discerned.”
Source: PA General Assembly: HB 1333, Printer's No. 3295 (enacted as Act 30 of 2024) · checked 2026-10-04
Who registers: anyone who imports, makes or wholesales stuffed toys for sale in Ohio. The registration is with the superintendent of industrial compliance (Ohio Department of Commerce).
“no person shall import, manufacture, renovate, wholesale, or reupholster stuffed toys or articles of bedding, or sell or offer for sale any second-hand stuffed toy or any second-hand article of bedding, in this state without first registering to do so with the superintendent of industrial compliance”
Source: Ohio Revised Code 3713.02 · checked 2026-10-04
“You must register, submit a product sample for filling-content analysis, submit law label(s) for approval”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Articles That Require Registration · checked 2026-10-04
Registration fee: $50 a year.
“The application shall be accompanied by a registration fee of fifty dollars per person”
Source: Ohio Revised Code 3713.05 · checked 2026-10-04
“Each such registration application shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee of fifty dollars”
Source: Ohio Administrative Code 4101:6-1-03 · checked 2026-10-04
Hobby exemption: a person not regularly in the business who makes stuffed toys as a leisure pursuit and sells 100 or fewer a calendar year does not register. Each toy still needs a label with the maker's name and address, a statement that the maker is not registered by Ohio, and a statement that the contents have not been inspected.
“A person who is not regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, making, wholesaling, or importing stuffed toys but who manufactures or makes stuffed toys as a leisure pursuit and who sells one hundred or fewer stuffed toys within one calendar year”
Source: Ohio Revised Code 3713.05 · checked 2026-10-04
“(1) The person's name and address; (2) A statement that the person is not registered by the state of Ohio; (3) A statement that the contents of the product have not been inspected.”
Source: Ohio Revised Code 3713.05 · checked 2026-10-04
Samples: send the whole toy, one per filling type. Lab testing is invoiced separately.
“Stuffed toys: Send the entire item. If different items use different fillings, send one sample of each filling type.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Annual Bedding License Application · checked 2026-10-04
“You will receive a separate invoice for testing based on the number and type of tests performed.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Annual Bedding License Application · checked 2026-10-04
Another state's number: the Ohio application has a box to ask Ohio to recognize it. You still apply in Ohio and send a copy of the other state's current license.
“Box 2 — Ask Ohio to recognize another state's number. List the number and attach a copy of that state's current license.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Annual Bedding License Application · checked 2026-10-04
“Ohio follows the Uniform Registration Number code.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Annual Bedding License Application · checked 2026-10-04
Label: the maker's registered name and address, or the registration number (the rule says this is the same number the maker holds in any other state where it is registered), and "All new material" with the types of filling.
“(a) The registered name and address of the manufacturer, wholesaler, or importer, or, at the option of the manufacturer, wholesaler, or importer, the license number assigned to the registrant by this state, which shall be the registration number of the manufacturer, wholesaler, or importer in any other state in which the registrant is registered.”
Source: Ohio Administrative Code 4101:6-1-05 · checked 2026-10-04
“(b) A statement that "All new material" was used in the manufacture of the stuffed toy and also specifying the types of filling materials used in the stuffed toy.”
Source: Ohio Administrative Code 4101:6-1-05 · checked 2026-10-04
Per-item fee: Ohio also charges a per-item fee, paid with a report of items brought into or made for Ohio. It is quoted here as written; we do not calculate it. The Commerce Department page calls it semiannual, while the statute says the report is filed once a year.
“The form shall be submitted once per year and shall show the total number of items of bedding or stuffed toys imported into this state or manufactured in this state. Each report shall be accompanied by a fee of four cents for each item of bedding or stuffed toy imported into this state or manufactured in this state.”
Source: Ohio Revised Code 3713.06 · checked 2026-10-04
“pay a semiannual fee of $0.04 per item for products brought into or offered for sale in Ohio.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Articles That Require Registration · checked 2026-10-04
Who licenses: the Department of Public Health's Division of Food Protection. Makers of stuffed toys need a manufacturer's license every year, and out-of-state makers who ship into Massachusetts need one first.
“You must have a license from the Division of Food Protection (DFP) to manufacture and sell stuffed toys, bedding, upholstered furniture, and related products in Massachusetts.”
Source: Mass.gov (DPH Division of Food Protection): Apply for a license to manufacture and sell stuffed toys, bedding, upholstered furniture, and related products · checked 2026-10-04
“Every person manufacturing upholstered furniture, bedding or stuffed toys shall annually obtain a manufacturer's license from the department bearing a serial number assigned by the department”
Source: Mass. General Laws c. 94, § 271 · checked 2026-10-04
“Such manufacturers, wholesale dealers and supply dealers located outside the commonwealth, who ship their products into the commonwealth, shall first obtain a license from the department.”
Source: Mass. General Laws c. 94, § 271 · checked 2026-10-04
Fee and process: $300 per manufacturing facility, applied for through the Environmental Health eLicensing Portal. Allow 6 to 8 weeks.
“Application fee $300 per manufacturing facility”
Source: Mass.gov (DPH Division of Food Protection): Apply for a license to manufacture and sell stuffed toys, bedding, upholstered furniture, and related products · checked 2026-10-04
“Go to the Environmental Health eLicensing Portal and create an account, or log into your existing account.”
Source: Mass.gov (DPH Division of Food Protection): Apply for a license to manufacture and sell stuffed toys, bedding, upholstered furniture, and related products · checked 2026-10-04
“Please allow 6 – 8 weeks for processing.”
Source: Mass.gov (DPH Division of Food Protection): Apply for a license to manufacture and sell stuffed toys, bedding, upholstered furniture, and related products · checked 2026-10-04
Label: "ALL NEW MATERIAL" with the type of material, and the name and address or the Massachusetts license number of the maker or vendor.
“(1) A statement that "ALL NEW MATERIAL" (with type of material) or "ALL NEW (type) MATERIAL" was used in the manufacture of the toy;”
Source: 105 CMR 620.000: Bedding, Upholstered Furniture and Related Products (PDF, mass.gov) · checked 2026-10-04
“(2) The name and address, or Massachusetts license number of the manufacturer or vendor;”
Source: 105 CMR 620.000: Bedding, Upholstered Furniture and Related Products (PDF, mass.gov) · checked 2026-10-04
New material only: the Massachusetts definition of a stuffed toy says all materials must be new.
“All materials used in stuffed toys shall be new and free from dangerous or harmful chemicals or other substances.”
Source: 105 CMR 620.000: Bedding, Upholstered Furniture and Related Products (PDF, mass.gov) · checked 2026-10-04
Size: the general minimum label size is 2 by 3 inches, but a stuffed-toy label may be smaller if it is legible.
“The minimum size of the label shall not be less than two inches by three inches, but may be larger as need demands. A label on a stuffed toy may be smaller than two inches by three inches, provided that the information on the label is clearly legible and in sufficient size type, so that it can be readily discerned.”
Source: 105 CMR 620.000: Bedding, Upholstered Furniture and Related Products (PDF, mass.gov) · checked 2026-10-04
Other states' numbers: the statute lets the department permit reciprocity by regulation. The label rule names the name and address or the Massachusetts license number.
“The department may issue regulations permitting reciprocity of registration or permit numbers with such states having such a requirement.”
Source: Mass. General Laws c. 94, § 272 · checked 2026-10-04
Ohio: yes, if you ask for it on the Ohio application. You still register in Ohio (see Ohio above).
“When asking Ohio to recognize another state's number, send the full registration number and a copy of the issuing state's current license.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Annual Bedding License Application · checked 2026-10-04
Massachusetts: IABFLO's 2018 guide says Massachusetts accepts the PA number. The Massachusetts license is still required, and the Massachusetts rule also allows the name and address on the label (see Massachusetts above).
“Ohio and Massachusetts will accept the PA toy registration number. By getting the PA number first you will only have to print one registration number on our labels.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
In all three, the number only works while it is current in the state that issued it.
“In order for a Uniform Registry Number to be valid in All STATES, It must be current in the state where it was issued.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Registration Numbers · checked 2026-10-04
Required wording (IABFLO uniform label, 2018): "All New Material", the list of filling materials, the registration number and the country of origin.
“THIS IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR A TOY LABEL: All New Material”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
“(List of filling materials)”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
“Registration Number Country of Origin”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
Minimum size: none for toy labels. The form, design and size are the maker's choice if the label is legible. You may print on both sides, and filling percentages are not required.
“Percentages of the filling materials are not required on toy labels. The form, design and size of the label is left to the discretion of the manufacturer, provided that the information required on the label is clearly legible. You may print on both sides of a toy law label.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
Ohio's sample toy label says the same about size and percentages, and names the label material: white vellum cloth, Tyvek or similar.
“The form, design, color or size of the label is left to the discretion of the manufacturer or importer, provided that the information required on the label is clearly legible.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Sample of Toy Law Label (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
“Percentages of the filling materials are not required on toy labels. The material shall be white vellum cloth, Tyvek or comparable quality material.”
Source: Ohio Department of Commerce: Sample of Toy Law Label (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
Loose fillers such as pellets, beads, sand or rice must be inner-bagged and listed, and stiffeners must be listed. Rattles, squeakers, music boxes and electronic parts do not need to be listed.
“Materials such as plastic pellets, foam beads, sand, gravel, rice, beans or other similar fillers must be inner bagged and listed on the law label. If the toy contains wire, plastic, wood, cardboard or any other stiffeners they must be listed on the law label.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
“All rattles, squeakers, music boxes, mechanical and electronic devices contained inside the article.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
Recycled filling: the uniform label predates Pennsylvania's 2024 change and says "All New Material". The Ohio and Massachusetts rules quoted above also say new material.
“All New Material”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Law Labels for Stuffed Toys 2018 (PDF) · checked 2026-10-04
Texas no longer regulates bedding or issues registration numbers. Senate Bill 202 (2015) repealed the bedding chapter of the Health and Safety Code, effective September 1, 2015.
“S.B. 202 deregulates eight regulatory programs (bottled and vended water, contact lens dispensers, opticians, personal emergency response systems, bedding, indoor air quality in state buildings, rendering, and tanning bed facilities)”
Source: Texas SB 202, enrolled bill analysis (Senate Research Center) · checked 2026-10-04
“Repealer: Chapter 345 (Bedding), Health and Safety Code.”
Source: Texas SB 202, enrolled bill analysis (Senate Research Center) · checked 2026-10-04
“this Act takes effect September 1, 2015.”
Source: Texas SB 202 (84th Legislature, 2015), enrolled text · checked 2026-10-04
“Note: As of September 1, 2015, Texas no longer requires a URN.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Registration Numbers · checked 2026-10-04
The Toy Association's "Stuffed Toy Licensing and Labeling Laws" summary (PDF created May 2017; its original link now returns an error, so we link an archived copy) was a clear three-state summary in its time. Some of it has since changed: it gives Pennsylvania's fee as $25, now $96.84 (see above), and it predates Pennsylvania's 2024 Act on recycled material and the child-labor certification.
“CreationDate: Mon May 22 16:47:57 2017 CDT”
Source: The Toy Association: Stuffed Toy Licensing and Labeling Laws (PDF, archived copy) (original link no longer works; archived copy) · checked 2026-10-04
“$25 initial registration $25 annually thereafter”
Source: The Toy Association: Stuffed Toy Licensing and Labeling Laws (PDF, archived copy) (original link no longer works; archived copy) · checked 2026-10-04
Bedding, pillows and upholstered items are a separate and larger patchwork: more states register them, with their own label rules. We don't cover them here. IABFLO keeps a list of state contacts.
“Bedding regulation is handled at the State level, rather than the Federal level.”
Source: IABFLO: USA States (state contacts) · checked 2026-10-04
“Obtain a Uniform Registration Number from one of the 14 states requiring a URN.”
Source: IABFLO: Uniform Registration Numbers · checked 2026-10-04
These state law labels sit alongside the federal rules for children's products (third-party testing, tracking labels and the Children's Product Certificate). Our CPSIA kit for handmade children's products, with the federal rules by product type and fillable templates, is coming to our Etsy shop.