CBP Intercepts Chinese Mattresses That Don't Meet Flame Standards
CBP and CPSC investigators seized 200 cotton mattresses at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex for violating the Flammable Fabrics Act, CBP said. The mattresses, imported from China, were burn-tested in a CPSC scientific laboratory setting and failed to meet the…
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federal safety standard for open-flame fire resistance, it said. The affixed labels also failed to meet the standards, CBP said, because they didn't include the manufacturer's address, date of manufacture, or prototype identification number, and misled that the mattresses met the federal flammability open-flame standard.