CPSC Proposes Safety Standard for Infant Support Cushions
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a new children’s product safety standard for infant support cushions. If finalized, the new standard would set requirements for infant support cushions that would address suffocation, entrapment and fall hazards, as well as warning label requirements. Comments on the proposal are due March 18.
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The proposed safety standard would define an infant support cushion as “an infant product that is filled with or comprised of resilient material such as foam, fibrous batting, or granular material or with a gel, liquid, or gas, and which is marketed, designed, or intended to support an infant’s weight or any portion of an infant while reclining or in a supine, prone, or recumbent position.”
That definition would include under the children’s product safety standard “infant pillows, infant loungers, nursing pillows with a lounging function, infant props or cushions used to support an infant for activities such as 'tummy time,' and other similar products,” CPSC said.
The rule wouldn't cover pillows not intended for use by infants, or potentially nursing pillows not used for lounging if a proposed safety standard for nursing pillows is finalized. The rule also wouldn’t cover play yard and crib mattresses covered by an existing standard, nor purely decorative nursery pillows, stuffed toys (unless they meet the definition of infant support cushions), padded seat liners or sleeping accommodations.