CPSC Amends Test for Mattress & Mattress Pad Flammability
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule, effective September 23, 2012, amending its standard for the flammability of mattresses and mattress pads to revise the ignition source specification in that standard as it is no longer produced. CPSC is requiring a standard reference material cigarette, which was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as the ignition source for testing to the mattress standard.
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Commissioner Nord's statement on the rule, including her concern that CPSC is protecting the public against a risk that may no longer exist, is available here.