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New rule requires registration system for many child products
December 28th, 2009 by Kurt Niland
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission unanimously approved a new rule that will require manufacturers of “durable” infant and toddler products to establish a product registration program. The Commission approved the new measure on December 16, 2009.
The new measure will require manufacturers of certain infant and toddler products to provide a postage-paid consumer registration form with each product. The companies must also maintain records of all consumer product registrations they receive.
Another provision of the new rule will require manufacturers to permanently label or inscribe the manufacturer’s contact information, model name and number, and manufacture date on each product. The CPSC will standardize mail and internet registration forms and procedures.
The rule will go into effect 180 days after publication in the Federal Register for cribs, toddler beds, high chairs, booster chairs and hook-on chairs; bath seats; gates and other child containment devices, play yards, stationary activity centers, infant carriers, strollers, walkers, swings, bassinets, and cradles.
The rule will take effect in 365 days for children’s folding chairs, changing tables, infant bouncers, infant bathtubs, portable toddler bed rails, and infant slings.
“CPSC believes this new rule will greatly promote a higher rate of product registrations and in turn provide better notification for product owners, thereby increasing the overall effectiveness of our recall process,” the commission said in a statement.
Inez Tenenbaum, the ninth chairman of the CPSC, has many years of experience working as an advocate of child safety and education. “My background is in public education and I believe strongly that all consumers should be informed about product hazards, especially those that impact children,” Tenenbaum said in accepting her CPSC appointment.
