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Ref : EIC 111/2/21

24 October 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 844/2013

US : CPSC Issued Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) of 23 October 2013 a final rule issuing a new mandatory safety standard for bassinets and cradles. For details, please refer to the FR notice, which is available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-10-23/pdf/2013-24203.pdf.

2. The new standard incorporates provisions from the voluntary standard ASTM F2194-13 "Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Bassinets and Cradles," and includes five modifications to address certain risks not adequately covered by the voluntary standard. The modifications include a clarification of the scope of the bassinet/cradle standard, a change to the pass/fail criterion for the mattress flatness test, an exemption from the mattress flatness requirement for bassinets that are less than 15 inches across, the addition of a removable bassinet bed stability requirement, and a change to the stability test procedure.

3. The final rule will become effective on 23 April 2014, with the exception of the provision for removable bassinet beds, which will become effective on 23 April 2015.

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Linda Ng)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry