CPSC Provides Links to All Its Mandatory Product Safety Standards
The Consumer Product Safety Commission posted its Annual Report on its 2010 activities, which provides a list of all the mandatory consumer product safety standards in effect in 2010.
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CPSC Can Issue Mandatory Standards if Voluntary Ones Don't Reduce Risks, Etc.
Mandatory standards are usually developed through rulemaking. If a voluntary standard exists, by law, CPSC may not issue a mandatory standard unless: (i) CPSC finds that the voluntary standard will not eliminate or adequately reduce the risk of injury or death, or (ii) determines that it is unlikely that there will be substantial compliance with the voluntary standard. CPSC usually develops performance standards, rather than design standards, to give manufacturers the most flexibility. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008 also required CPSC to make certain voluntary standards mandatory.1
Mandatory Safety Standards in Place in 2010
The annual report provides the following list of all the mandatory consumer product safety standards in effect in 2010 and a link to each standard's part in 16 CFR:
| Part | Heading |
| 1201 | Safety Standard for Architectural Glazing Materials |
| 1202 | Safety Standard for Matchbooks |
| 1203 | Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets |
| 1204 | Safety Standard for Omnidirectional Citizens Band Base Station Antennas |
| 1205 | Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers |
| 1207 | Safety Standard for Swimming Pool Slides |
| 1209 | Interim Safety Standard for Cellulose Insulation |
| 1210 | Safety Standard for Cigarette Lighters |
| 1211 | Safety Standard for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators |
| 1212 | Safety Standard for Multipurpose Lighters |
| 1213 | Safety Standard for Entrapment Hazards in Bunk Beds |
| 1215 | Safety Standard for Infant Bath Seats |
| 1216 | Safety Standard for Infant Walkers |
| 1301 | Ban of Unstable Refuse Bins |
| 1302 | Ban of Extremely Flammable Contact Adhesives |
| 1303 | Ban of Lead-Containing Paint and Certain Consumer Products Bearing Lead-Containing Paint |
| 1304 | Ban of Consumer Patching Compounds Containing Respirable Free-Form Asbestos |
| 1305 | Ban of Artificial Emberizing Materials (Ash and Embers) Containing Respirable Free-Form Asbestos |
| 1306 | Ban of Hazardous Lawn Darts |
| 1401 | Self-Pressurized Consumer Products Containing Chlorofluorocarbons: Requirements to Provide the Commission with Performance and Technical Data; Requirements to Notify Consumers at Point of Purchase of Performance and Technical Data |
| 1402 | CB Base Station Antennas, TV Antennas, and Supporting Structures |
| 1404 | Cellulose Insulation |
| 1406 | Coal and Wood Burning Appliances--Notification of Performance and Technical Data |
| 1407 | Portable Generators: Requirements to Provide Performance and Technical Data by Labeling |
| 1420 | Requirements for All-Terrain Vehicles |
| 1450 | Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act Regulations |
| 1500 | Hazardous Substances and Articles; Administration and Enforcement Regulations |
| 1501 | Method for Identifying Toys and Other Articles Intended for Use by Children Under Three Years of Age Which Present Choking, Aspiration, or Ingestion Hazards Because of Small Parts |
| 1505 | Requirements for Electrically Operated Toys or Other Electrically Operated Articles Intended for Use by Children |
| 1507 | Fireworks Devices |
| 1508 | Requirements for Full-Size Baby Cribs |
| 1509 | Requirements for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs |
| 1510 | Requirements for Rattles |
| 1511 | Requirements for Pacifiers |
| 1512 | Requirements for Bicycles |
| 1513 | Requirements for Bunk Beds |
| 1608 | General Rules and Regulations Under the Flammable Fabrics Act |
| 1609 | Text of the Flammable Fabrics Act of 1953, as Amended in 1954, Prior to 1967 Amendment and Revision |
| 1610 | Standard for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles |
| 1611 | Standard for the Flammability of Vinyl Plastic Film |
| 1615 | Standard for the Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear: Sizes 0 Through 6X (FF 3-71) |
| 1616 | Standard for the Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear: Sizes 7 Through 14 (FF 5-74) |
| 1630 | Standard for the Surface Flammability of Carpets and Rugs (FF 1-70) |
| 1631 | Standard for the Surface Flammability of Small Carpets and Rugs (FF 2-70) |
| 1632 | Standard for the Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress Pads (FF 4-72, Amended) |
| 1633 | Standard for the Flammability (Open Flame) of Mattress Sets (Eff. 7-1-07) |
| 1700 | Poison Prevention Packaging |
| 1750 | Standard for Devices to Permit the Opening of Household Refrigerator Doors from the Inside |
1The CPSIA, which became law on August 14, 2008, directed CPSC to issue mandatory safety standards for durable infant and toddler products that are substantially the same as or more stringent than the applicable voluntary standard or are more stringent than the current mandatory standard, as necessary. The CPSIA also required that the ASTM F963-07 Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety become a mandatory consumer product safety standard for products manufactured on or after February 10, 2009.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/03/09 news, 09090320, for BP summary of this CPSIA requirement. See ITT’s Online Archives 06/04/10, 06/21/10, 12/28/10 news, 10060427, 10062165, 10122813, for BP summaries of CPSC issuing mandatory standards for infant bath seats, walkers, and cribs in 2010.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 01/12/09, 08/06/09, or 05/18/09 news, 09011205, 09080605, and 09051805, for BP summaries of the ASTM toy standard becoming a mandatory product safety standard.
See ITT's Online Archives or 05/03/11 news, 11050324, for BP summary of the 2010 Annual Report on CPSC's enforcement and work.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 03/16/11 news, 11031624, for BP summary of CPSC's voluntary standards activities in FY 2010.)