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CPSC Posts Draft Final Rule on Portable Bed Rails Standard

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a draft of its final rule on a safety standard for portable bed rails that will be published in the Federal Register. CPSC has concluded that more stringent requirements would further reduce the…

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risk of injury associated with portable bed rails. Thus, the final rule will establish a mandatory consumer product safety standard for toddler beds that adopts the voluntary ASTM F1821-09 standard, but with certain modifications to strengthen the standard. CPSC has also posted a staff summary of the final rule and comments the Commission received in response to its proposed rule. Draft final rule is available here. Staff summary is available here. Comments are available here.