The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a proposed rule that would establish a mandatory safety standard for infant support cushions. Comments on this proposal are due by March 18.
According to the CPSC, infant support cushions include products that support an infant for lounging, meaning reclining or lying in a supine, prone, or recumbent position. Most are filled with cushy foam or soft fibrous batting and covered by flexible fabric. Some are marketed for use in a crib or other infant sleep product despite warnings from the CPSC that soft objects such as pillows and excess bedding should not be placed in an infant’s sleep environment.
Examples of infant support cushions include head positioner pillows, flat baby loungers, crib pillows, wedge pillows for infants, infant sleep positioners (unless regulated by the Food and Drug Administration as medical devices), stuffed toys marketed for use as an infant support cushion, infant “tummy time” or “lounging” pillows, multi-purpose pillows marketed for both nursing and lounging, anti-rollover pillows with or without straps that fasten the pillow to the infant, infant “self-feeding” pillows that hold a bottle in front of the face of a reclining or lying infant, pads and mats, and accessory pillows and other padded accessories, often marketed for use with an infant car seat, stroller, or bouncer.
If finalized, this rule would require subject rockers to comply with product registration requirements for durable infant or toddler products as well as testing and certification requirements for children’s products.
For more information on compliance with this and other product safety standards, please contact Beth Ring at (212) 549-0133 or Ned Steiner at (202) 730-4970.
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