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CPSC Delays Effective Date of Changes to Component Part, Lead in Textiles Testing Requirements
November 18, 2015 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is delaying the effective date of a recent final rule on component part testing and lead in children’s textile products in order to provide more time for comments, it said in a notice (here). The agency’s Oct. 14 direct final rule, which clarifies that companies may rely on component part testing even for products not included in a list of products with additional requirements, and also provides that third-party testing of children’s products is not required for dyed textiles, was set to take effect Dec. 14 (see 1510130018). However, after receiving a request for more time to submit comments, CPSC is delaying the effective date until Jan. 13, and will now accept comments until Dec. 14, it said. As a direct final rule, any adverse comments received would cause CPSC to withdraw the new regulations and consider the changes under a concurrently issued proposed rule (here).

CPSC Proposes New Mandatory Safety Standard for High Chairs
November 6, 2015 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a new children’s product safety standard for high chairs (here). The proposal would adopt as mandatory the current voluntary industry standard ASTM F404-15, “Standard Consumer Safety Specification for High Chairs,” with minor modifications that set stricter requirements for rearward stability and warnings on labels and instructions. Comments on the proposed rule are due Jan. 25.