CPSIA Clarification

stacylu

Don't know if you guys saw this or not

 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In February 2009, new requirements of the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) take effect. Manufacturers,
importers and retailers are expected to comply with the new
Congressionally- mandated laws. Beginning February 10, 2009, children's
products cannot be sold if they contain more than 600 parts per
million (ppm) total lead. Certain children's products manufactured on
or after February 10, 2009 cannot be sold if they contain more than
0.1% of certain specific phthalates or if they fail to meet new
mandatory standards for toys.

Under the new law, children's products with more than 600 ppm total
lead cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February
10, 2009, even if they were manufactured before that date. The total
lead limit drops to 300 ppm on August 14, 2009.

The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify
that children's products made after February 10 meet all the new
safety standards and the lead ban. Sellers of used children's
products, such as thrift stores and consignment stores, are not
required to certify that those products meet the new lead limits,
phthalates standard or new toy standards.

https://www.cpsc. gov/cpscpub/ prerel/prhtml09/ 09086.html

FutureMrsLynch

Oh Good!

MrsHeidiR

This is great, but keep in mind this still puts small businesses out of business that are in children's clothing.  I have a friend of a friend that owns an organic children's clothing store where all the clothing she sells is made from natural products/fabrics etc.  She must now test each part of each clothing i.e. buttons, zippers, fabric etc and each test is $500.  So each item would cost approx $2000 to test.  This will still put her out of business....so it is a relief that it doesn't apply to thrift stores/consignment etc but I still think this is an overboard knee jerk reaction to the issue and will put businesses out of business unnecessarily.....

JRS72206

I saw that too. I'm still wondering what they will do for the small business. Time will tell!

Seattle_JiLLn

yeah, I know, it is a good step, but it still needs to do something for smaller businesses...

One person I know on another board said that the testing wasn't required, and that they just had to sign off and certifiy that it's OK.  Her DH owns a toy company.  So maybe your friend with the organic clothing business could do that since she knows where eerything comes from?  I'm not sure.