On 12 November 2019, The US Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) within the Federal Register for infant sleep products not currently covered by bassinets & cradles, full size/non-full size cribs, play yards and bedside sleepers, proposing to incorporate by reference the ASTM International standard F3118-17a with some modifications. These modifications would make the requirements more stringent. The supplemental NPR has a comment period that ends in 75 days, by January 27, 2020. 

The supplemental NPR covers the following types of infant sleep product:

• Frame-type inclined sleep products;

• Hammocks;

• Compact inclined sleep products;

• Accessory inclined sleep products.

The proposal does not include products with an adjustable seat back position that are covered by other standards in inclined positions, e.g., bouncers, rockers, hand-held carriers, or infant swings, unless they have a seat back angle that is specifically marketed at children 5 months or younger for the purposes of sleep.

Modifications in the supplemental NPR include:

• Modify the introduction and scope of the standard to state the purpose of the standard is to address all infant sleep products not already covered by traditional sleep product standards;

­• Modify the definitions of accessory, compact, infant inclined sleep products, and newborn inclined sleep products to remove the term ‘‘inclined’’;

• Modify seat back angle so the maximum allowable seat back angle must be equal to or less than 10°in all positions recommended for sleep;

• Add new requirement—infant sleep products must meet 16 CFR 1218 Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles;

­• Remove all the performance requirements except for the above new or modified requirements;

­ • Remove all test methods except for maximum seat back angle.

The NPR also proposes:

• Infant sleep products must meet the warning requirements in the bassinet and cradle standard, instead of those stated in ASTM F3118-17a;

• 16 CFR 1130 to include “infant sleep products” as a category of durable infant or toddler product in consumer registration rule;

• 16 CFR 1112 to add infant sleep products to the list of products that require third party testing.

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