National Fire-Retardant Standards for Mattresses Likely in 2007
WASHINGTON, DC, January 20, 2006. The staff of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is recommending that a federal open-flame mattress flammability standard go into effect on or after July 1, 2007. Most of the hotel industry's bedding suppliers had expected this and have fire-retardant lines prepared.
The CPSC staff has released briefing materials it will present to the full commission on Feb. 1, the International Sleep Products Assn. (ISPA) told members via e-mail yesterday. CPSC is scheduled to decide whether to accept those recommendations by Feb. 16, 2006, ISPA said.
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