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On June 6, 2018, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a direct final rule (83 FR 26206) revising the existing safety standard for non-full-size baby cribs to incorporate by reference the most recent version of the applicable ASTM voluntary standard(ASTM F406–17).
The CPSC standard for NFS cribs does not apply to play yards, which are mesh or fabric sided products, and the play yard-specific requirements are expressly excluded from the NFS crib standard.
There is no significant change in the way that third-party conformity assessment bodies test these products for compliance with the NFS crib standard.
Laboratories would begin testing to the new standard when ASTM F406–17 goes into effect, and the existing accreditations that CPSC has accepted for testing to this standard previously would also cover testing to the revised standard.
Accordingly, the existing notice of requirements for accreditation of third-party conformity assessment bodies for testing NFS cribs will remain in place, and CPSC-accepted third-party conformity assessment bodies are expected to update the scope of the testing laboratories’ accreditation to reflect the revised standard in the normal course of renewing their accreditation.
The rule will become effective on September 10, 2018, unless the agency receives significant adverse input by July 6, 2018.
MTS reminds related companies to timely follow up on new laws and regulations, produce and export according to requirements, and pay attention to the requirements of the declaration of conformity. Scientific safety assessments must be carried out during the product design phase to the bulk production phase to ensure that relevant products meet the new regulatory requirements and avoid export risk.
