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US gives rental firms more time to buy safer cribs

Fri Jun 17, 2011 8:18 PM EDT
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WASHINGTON — The Consumer Product Safety Commission have voted to give rental companies more time to buy cribs that meet new safety standards.

The commission voted Friday to extend the deadline for short-term rental companies to buy the new cribs from June 28 of this year to Dec. 28, 2012. That's the same deadline for child-care facilities, hotels and motels to buy the safer cribs.

The commission says in a statement that manufacturers and retailers will still be required to shift to the new designs by June 28.

The new standards halt the manufacture and sale of traditional drop-side cribs, which the commission says are dangerous. They will also require stronger mattress supports, more durable crib hardware and more rigorous safety testing.

More information on crib safety is available at http://www.cpsc.gov/cribs.

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bestquest

nutz!

No reason anyone, including USA crib manufacturers, importers, sales stores need 18 months!!

I did read that the major problem with drop down sides is that lots of people do not assemble them properly. There are 2 springs at each headboard that could have been designed to be retained within the lower side through port. This would have helped avoid not using the springs at all nor placing them at the incorrect elevation. Geez, grandma got it right 99.9% of the time!!

What is the cut off date for the lead pipes here delivering our potable water??

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Reply#1 - Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:28 PM EDT
americasmostunwanted.org

More time to sell SAFE products or ditch unsafe inventory at half-off? Horrific.

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Reply#2 - Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:42 AM EDT
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