CPSC Adopts Safety Standard for Held-Held Infant Carriers

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is adopting a safety standard for hand-held infant carriers, in a Dec. 6 final rule. The safety standard incorporates the voluntary industry standard ASTM F2050-13a, with an added clarification that “hand-held infant carrier” may include both rigid-sided and semi-rigid-sided products, so as to include “Moses baskets” under the standard. CPSC’s final rule will take effect July 6, 2014.