CPSC Proposes New Mandatory Safety Standard for Infant Nursing Pillows
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a new mandatory infant and toddler product safety standard for nursing pillows. The proposed rule would “establish mandatory performance and labeling requirements for nursing pillows,” which are not currently subject to any voluntary industry standard, the CPSC said. Comments are due Nov. 27.
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The proposed standard would define nursing pillows as: “Any product intended, marketed, or designed to position and support an infant close to a caregiver's body while breastfeeding or bottle feeding. These products rest upon, wrap around, or are worn by a caregiver in a seated or reclined position.”
The definition excludes maternity pillows, also known as pregnancy pillows, which CPSC staff defines as “a large body pillow intended, marketed, and designed to provide support to a pregnant adult's body during sleep or while lying down,” and sling carriers, which are already required to meet CPSC's sling carrier safety standard,” the proposed rule said.
The proposed standard would address hazards associated with infants in nursing pillows, including suffocation hazards through a firmness requirement; entrapment hazards via standards and testing; suffocation and fall risks through infant restraints; and risks of suffocation, entrapment or fall when an infant is left unattended through labeling and instructional literature, CPSC said.