CPSC Sets New Mandatory Safety Standard for Children's Booster Seats
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is setting a new mandatory safety standard for children’s booster seats used for eating or feeding, it said in a final rule. The proposed rule would incorporate into CPSC’s regulations the most recent voluntary industry standard for booster seats developed by ASTM International, ASTM F2640-18, "Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Booster Seats," without any changes. The new safety standard takes effect Jan. 2, 2020.
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The standard adopted by CPSC defines a “booster seat” as “a juvenile chair, which is placed on an adult chair to elevate a child to standard dining table height. The booster seat is made for the purpose of containing a child, up to 5 years of age, and normally for the purposes of feeding or eating. A booster seat may be height adjustable and include a reclined position.” Booster seats may be constructed from a wide variety of materials, including wood, plastic, fabric, metal or foam, CPSC said. Most booster seats have removable trays to be used as an alternative eating surface.
The ASTM standard covers combination products like high chair booster seat combinations when they are in their booster seat configuration. It also covers booster seats specifically for use in restaurants, CPSC said. "The final rule for booster seats does not cover children’s seats intended for use in motor vehicles, which are also sometimes referred to as 'booster seats,'" it said.
(Federal Register 07/02/18)