November 7, 2016
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is currently reviewing several standards intended for children’s products.
The standards being reviewed are:
- Consumer Protection Notice No. 6 of 2005 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Children’s Household Cots
- This standard is being reviewed because:
- there have been serious failures in the drop sides of household cots, particularly overseas
- recent ACCC surveillance and testing has shown increased non-compliance with the safety standard
- a new method for testing the firmness of a cot mattress is now available
- the ACCC is considering if trusted international standards could be accepted in Australia
- The review is open for consultation from September 28 to November 4, 2016.
- This standard is being reviewed because:
- Consumer Protection Notice No. 4 of 2006 - Consumer Product Safety Standard: Babies' Dummies
- This standard is being reviewed because:
- The mandatory safety standard references AS2432:1991 Babies’ Dummies, a 1991 voluntary Australian standard, which the 2015 version replaces.
- There is an interpretation problem with the ‘shield test’ in the mandatory safety standard meaning safe dummies can fail the safety standard. The 2015 voluntary Australian standard resolves this problem.
- The ACCC is considering whether to consolidate the safety provisions of the two bans on babies’ dummies with unsafe decorations and unsafe dummy chains into the mandatory safety standard.
- The ACCC is considering trusted international standards as ways to demonstrate compliance.
- The review is open for consultation from September 28 to November 4, 2016.
- This standard is being reviewed because: