WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously 5-0 to remove the requirement to have seven plastics tested by an independent third party to comply with mandatory paraphthalates in children’s toys and child care products sex ban. The decision eases the burden of third-party testing while ensuring compliance with CPSC regulations. The rule takes effect within 30 days of publication in the Federal Register.
The committee determined that it contains polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), high-impact polyethylene (HIPS), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), general-purpose polystyrene (GPPS), Children's toys and childcare articles in medium-impact polystyrene (MIPS) and ultra-high-impact polyethylene (SHIPS) provide a high degree of assurance of compliance with the CPSC. Under the designation, seven plastics with specific additives do not need third-party testing for banned phthalates.
Manufacture, sale, distribution of children's toys and child care articles containing more than 0.1% concentration of six specific phthalates, or to be imported into the United States, are still required under Section 108 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). regulation.
The CPSC is responsible for protecting the public from the unreasonable risk of injury or death from the use of thousands of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Injuries and property damage from consumer product accidents cost the United States more than $1 trillion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and their families from products that pose fire, electrical, chemical or mechanical risks. The CPSC's work ensures the safety of consumer products -- such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -- and has contributed to the decline in consumer product-related injuries and deaths over the past 40 years.
Federal law prohibits anyone from selling a publicly announced product that has been voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer or that has been mandated by the Commission.
