CPSC Sets New Safety Standard for Infant Stationary Activity Centers

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is setting a new safety standard for infant stationary activity centers. The final rule adopts as mandatory the current voluntary industry standard, ASTM F2012-18, with no changes. That standard defines stationary activity centers as “a freestanding product intended to remain stationary that enables a sitting or standing occupant whose torso is completely surrounded by the product to walk, rock, play, spin or bounce, or all of these, within a limited range of motion.” The definition does not include doorway jumpers, CPSC said. The products are intended for children who can hold up their heads unassisted but have not yet begun walking. The new children's product safety standard takes effect Dec. 18, 2019.