CPSC Amends Mattress Flammability Testing Requirements
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is amending its flammability standard for mattresses and mattress pads to update testing requirements, it said in a final rule released June 22. “The ignition source cigarette specified in the standard for use in the…
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mattress standard’s performance tests, Standard Reference Material cigarette SRM 1196, is no longer available for purchase,” CPSC said. “This final rule amends the mattress standard to require a revised Standard Reference Material cigarette, SRM 1196a, which was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as the ignition source for testing to the mattress standard.” The final rule takes effect July 23.