U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
ACF
Administration for Children and Families
1. Log Number: ACF-IM-HS-12-03
2. Issuance Date: 04/24/2012
3. Originating Office: Office of Head Start
4. Key Words: Crib Safety, Early Head Start, United States Consumer Product Safety Commission
Information Memorandum
To: Head Start Grantee and Delegate Agencies
Subject: Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) New Crib Standards
Background:
Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 requires the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to issue consumer product safety standards for durable infant or toddler products. Since 2007, CPSC has recalled more than 11 million dangerous cribs. Drop-side cribs with detaching side rails were associated with at least 32 infant suffocation and strangulation deaths since 2000. Additional deaths occurred due to faulty or defective crib hardware.
Information:
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