CPSC Lifts Testing/Certification Stay for Flammability of Kid's Sleepwear Feb 17
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a notice, effective November 19, 2010, establishing the requirements that must be met for CPSC accreditation of third-party labs to test children’s sleepwear for compliance with 16 CFR parts 1615 and 1616, relating to the flammability of children’s sleepwear.
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Publication of Lab Requirements Lifts Stay for Manufactures after Feb 17, 2011
CPSC explains that its publication of these lab accreditation requirements effectively lifts the stay of enforcement that has been in place since February 2009 on the third-party testing and certification requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) with respect to the flammability of children’s sleepwear.
As a result, each manufacturer (or importer) of children’s sleepwear that is subject to 16 CFR parts 1615 and 1616 and that is manufactured after February 17, 2011 must have that sleepwear tested for compliance with these flammability regulations by a third-party lab accredited by CPSC. Based on that testing, they must also issue a certificate of compliance.
(See future issue of ITT for more complete BP summary of these requirements.)