CPSC Adopts New Safety Standard for Carriages and Strollers

The Consumer Product Safety Commission finalized new safety standards for carriages and strollers. CPSC’s final rule adopts the voluntary industry standard ASTM F-833-13b. CPSC had proposed adopting ASTM F-833-13 with an additional requirement to test for scissoring, pinching, or shearing hazards at the hinge link of 2D fold strollers (see 13051722). ASTM F-833-13b incorporates CPSC’s proposed tests, it said. The new standard takes effect Sept. 10, 2015.