New Baby Crib Safety Regulations Issued
New baby crib regulations have been issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. These are the first new safety regulations in the crib industry in 30 years, and many believe that these new regulations were long overdue. Some say that these new regulations are going to be among the toughest safety rules in the world when it comes to crib safety. Most notably, one of these new regulations includes a complete ban on selling drop-side cribs. Crib hardware must also be made more durable, with stronger mattress supports and crib slats. A new crib now has to go through more than 75,000 methods of testing before it is deemed safe to be sold, and gets certified.
Crib retailers and manufacturers are agreeing that new safety standards were probably needed in the industry, but they disagree at how abruptly the new regulations were put into place. They believe they should have had more time to comply. With the safety of babies at stake, no parent can argue that these new regulations were long overdue.