CPSC Considers New Drawstring Rule

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has proposed a rule to specify that children’s upper outerwear garments in sizes 2T to 12 (or the equivalent) that have neck or hood drawstrings and sizes 2T to 16 (or the equivalent) that have waist or bottom drawstrings that do not meet specified criteria have characteristics that constitute substantial product hazards.

Items of children’s upper outerwear with these features have been involved in a number of deaths and serious injuries from entanglement of the drawstrings with items such as playground slides, cribs and school buses. The proposed rule would enhance understanding in the industry about how the Commission views such garments and would aid the process of taking corrective action when these garments are found at retail.

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