In a letter to importers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors of children’s sleepwear and loungewear late last year, the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) sent a reminder of its enforcement policy as it relates to risks of burn injuries and chemical contamination.
Children’s sleepwear standards were developed to prevent children’s sleepwear from igniting due to exposure to ignition sources, such as candles, ranges, stoves, matches/lighters, space heaters and fireplaces. Most of the ignition incidents were found to occur while children were wearing sleepwear or sleep-related items during the evening before bedtime or in the morning around breakfast time.
In addition to burn prevention, contamination by way of lead exposure was also signaled as a priority issue as this letter included a summary of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requirements which include the usage of tracking labels, a certificate of compliance and testing requirements for phthalates, lead content and lead in surface coatings on snaps, zipper pulls and elsewhere on the product.
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
Included in its jurisdiction is the oversight and enforcement of the Flammable Fabrics Act, which includes protecting the public from the hazards of flammable fabrics, interior furnishings and wearing apparel, including children’s sleepwear.
“Children’s sleepwear” includes any product of wearing apparel (in sizes 0–14), such as nightgowns, pajamas, or similar or related items, such as robes, intended to be worn primarily for sleeping or activities related to sleeping. Exemptions to this definition include: (1) diapers and underwear; (2) “infant garments,” sized for a child nine months of age or younger; and (3) “tight-fitting garments” that meet specific maximum dimensions.
Children’s sleepwear includes “loungewear” as a type of children’s sleepwear which was introduced to the children’s market in the 1990s. CPSC considers children’s “loungewear,” or other similar garments marketed as comfort wear, as garments worn primarily for sleep-related activities. Therefore, “loungewear” must comply with the children’s sleepwear standards as well.
For more information on some of the related regulations, click here.
Questions/comments? Post below or email me at clark.deanna@gmail.com
Children’s sleepwear standards were developed to prevent children’s sleepwear from igniting due to exposure to ignition sources, such as candles, ranges, stoves, matches/lighters, space heaters and fireplaces. Most of the ignition incidents were found to occur while children were wearing sleepwear or sleep-related items during the evening before bedtime or in the morning around breakfast time.
In addition to burn prevention, contamination by way of lead exposure was also signaled as a priority issue as this letter included a summary of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requirements which include the usage of tracking labels, a certificate of compliance and testing requirements for phthalates, lead content and lead in surface coatings on snaps, zipper pulls and elsewhere on the product.
CPSC is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death associated with the use of the thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
Included in its jurisdiction is the oversight and enforcement of the Flammable Fabrics Act, which includes protecting the public from the hazards of flammable fabrics, interior furnishings and wearing apparel, including children’s sleepwear.
“Children’s sleepwear” includes any product of wearing apparel (in sizes 0–14), such as nightgowns, pajamas, or similar or related items, such as robes, intended to be worn primarily for sleeping or activities related to sleeping. Exemptions to this definition include: (1) diapers and underwear; (2) “infant garments,” sized for a child nine months of age or younger; and (3) “tight-fitting garments” that meet specific maximum dimensions.
Children’s sleepwear includes “loungewear” as a type of children’s sleepwear which was introduced to the children’s market in the 1990s. CPSC considers children’s “loungewear,” or other similar garments marketed as comfort wear, as garments worn primarily for sleep-related activities. Therefore, “loungewear” must comply with the children’s sleepwear standards as well.
For more information on some of the related regulations, click here.
Questions/comments? Post below or email me at clark.deanna@gmail.com
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