Kriteria keamanan produk di Korea berlaku untuk 4 produk industri, salah satunya adalah produk alat tulis seperti krayon dan pastel oli, lem, tembikar dan buku tulis).
Untuk kriteria keamanan produk alat tulis, acuan aturan pemerintah dapat dilihat sesuai dengan aturan keamanan untuk produk anak. Sebagai contoh, notifikasi nomer 2009-202 dari Kementerian Lingkungan (Ministry of Environment) perihal Environmentally hazardous factors of children’s play space dan Quality Management Safety and Control of Industrial Products Act, Article 19, Clause 2, Safety Standards of industrial products subject to self-regulatory confirmation seperti yang tercantum dalam appendix 44 – School stationery – Self-regulatory confirmation safety standards.
Kasus yang terdeteksi pada produk anak (khusus untuk produk sekolah)
| Product | Hazardous substances | Detected substances (Detected concentration) |
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| School Supplies | Marker/Highlighter | Formaldehyde | Formaldehyde (124 ppm) |
| Eraser | Plasticizer | Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate(DEHP), Dibutyl phthalate(DBP) |
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| Glue | Formaldehyde | Formaldehyde | |
| Pencil case | Heavy metal | Lead | |
| Color pencil | Heavy metal | Cadmium (163 ppm) | |
| Clip | Heavy metal | Lead (30,838 ppm), Cr (8,182 ppm) | |
| Tub paint | Heavy metal | Lead (4~40 ppm) | |
Sumber: Choi, 2011.
Untuk mengatasi produk-produk berbahaya, KATS membuat kategori khusus untuk produk anak. Berdasarkan kategori KATS, produk alat tulis dapat dikategorikan dalam Korean Standard (KS) kode G.
Standard KS untuk produk alat tulis
| KS | Korean | English |
| KSG2001 | 법랑흰칠판 | White Board |
| KSG2002 | 칠판 | Chalk Boards |
| KSG2003 | 곡면칠판 | CURVED BLACKBOARD |
| KSG2004 | 칠판지우개 | ERASER |
| KSG2006 | 법랑칠판 | PORCELAIN-ENAMELED AND BAKING FINISHED CHALKBOARDS |
| KSG2007 | 법강칠판용표면제 | SURFACE MATERIAL FOR PORCELAIN ENAMEL CHALKBOARDS |
| KSG2010 | 학생용책상및걸상 | DESKS AND CHAIRS FOR STUDENTS |
| KSG2013 | 플라스틱제자 | PLASTICS RULERS |
| KSG2014 | 대나무자 | BAMBOO RULERS |
| KSG2015 | 회의용테이블 | TABLES AND CONFERENCE(OFFICE FURNITURE) |
| KSG2017 | 학교용가구(학생용사물함) | SCHOOL FURNITURES(LOCKERS FOR PUPIL) |
| KSG2018 | 학교용가구(신발장) | SCHOOL FURNITURES(STORAGES FOR SHOES) |
| KSG2019 | 회의용의자 | CHAIRS FOR CONFERENCE (OFFICE FURNITURE) |
| KSG2102 | 학생용콤파스 | A PAIR OF COMPASSES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN |
| KSG2103 | 미술용붓 | ARTISTS WATER COLOUR BRUSHES |
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KSG2104
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분도기
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GRADUATOR
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| KSG2105 | 사무용풀 | Glues |
| KSG2202 | 만년필용펜촉 | PEN FOR FOUNTAIN PEN |
| KSG2203 | 만년필 | FOUNTAIN PEN |
| KSG2301 | 필기용잉크 | WRITING INK |
| KSG2302 | 사무기계용포제잉크리본 | Fabric Inked Ribbons for Office Machines |
| KSG2303 | 스탬프잉크 | STAMP PAD INK |
| KSG2305 | 라인프린터용포제잉크리본 | Fabric Inked Ribbons for Line Printer |
| KSG2306 | 사무용수정액 | CORRECTION FLUIDS |
| KSG2401 | 사무용파일(폴더및가이드 ) | OFFICE FILES(FOLDER AND GUIDE) |
| KSG2402 | 사무용화일 ( 플랫 ) | OFFICE FILES (FLAT) |
| KSG2403 | 바인더 | BINDERS |
| KSG2501 | 봉투 | ENVELOPES AND POCKETS |
| KSG2503 | 공책 | NOTEBOOKS AND EXERCISEBOOKS |
| KSG2504 | 리포오트용지 | REPORT PAPERS |
| KSG2505 | 원고용지 | SCRATCHPADS AND DRAFTING PAPERS |
| KSG2506 | 편지지 | WRITING PADS |
| KSG2507 | 책표지 | BLACK COVER |
| KSG2508 | 백표지 | WHITE COVER |
| KSG2509 | 홀스켑지 | FOOLS-CAP PAPER |
| KSG2510 | 색종이 | COLOURED PAPERS |
| KSG2601 | 분필 | Chalk |
| KSG2602 | 연필 , 색연필및샤프연필에사용되는심 | Leads for pencils, coloured pencils and mechanical pencils |
| KSG2603 | 연필및색연필 | PENCILS AND COLOURED PENCILS |
| KSG2604 | 마킹펜 | MARKING PENS |
| KSG2604 | 마킹펜 | MARKING PENS |
| KSG2605 | 연필또는샤프펜슬에달린지우개 | Rubber Erasers to put on Pencils and Mechanical Pencils |
| KSG2608 | 인주 | VERMILION INK PAD |
| KSG2609 | 고무지우개 | RUBBER ERASERS |
| KSG2610 | 볼펜용심 | BALL POINT PEN REFILLS |
| KSG2611 | 볼펜 | BALL POINT PENS |
| KSG2612 | 스탬프대 | STAMP PADS |
| KSG2613 | 크레용및파스 | CRAYONS AND OIL PASTELS |
| KSG2614 | 크레용및파스 | CRAYONS AND OIL PASTELS |
| KSG2617 | 샤프연필 | MECHANICAL PENCILS |
| KSG2620 | 연필깍기 | PENCIL SHARPENERS |
| KSG2621 | 스테이플러 | STAPLERS |
| KSG2622 | 스테이플러용철침 | STAPLES |
| KSG2624 | 전기연필깎기 | ELECTRIC PENCIL SHARPENERS |
| KSG2626 | 교육용강판팔레트 | STEEL SHEET PALETTE FOR PUPIL |
| KSG2627 | 플라스틱지우개 | PLASTICS ERASERS |
| KSG2628 | 가위 | SCISSORS |
| KSG2629 | 펀치 | PUNCH |
| KSG2631 | 학생용칼 | KNIVE FOR PUPILS |
| KSG2633 | 앨범 | ALBUM |
| KSG2634 | 사무용고무판 | RUBBER BACK PLATE FOR OFFICE WORK |
| KSG2635 | 롤러페이퍼 | ROLLER PAPER |
| KSG2636 | 수성볼펜 | ROLLER BALL PENS |
| KSG2637 | 수성볼펜용심 | REFILLS FOR ROLLER BALL PEN |
| KSG2638 | 법랑흰칠판용마킹펜 | WHITE BOARD MARKERS |
| KSG2639 | 14세까지의어린이용필기·마킹용구의캡-안전요구사항 | CAPS FOR WRITING AND MARKING INSTRUMENTS INTENDED FOR USE BY CHILDREN UP TO 14 YEARS OF AGE-SAFETY REQUIREMENTS |
| KSG2700 | 학생용손가방의표준치수및무게 | STANDARD SIZE AND WEIGHT OF SATCHELS |
