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Safety Standard for Stationary Activity Centers
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 27, 2025. It took effect on July 5, 2025. Comments closed on April 28, 2025.
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What the agency says
In June 2019, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) published a consumer product safety standard for stationary activity centers pursuant to section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The Commission's mandatory standard incorporates by reference ASTM F2012-18[egr]\1\, Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Stationary Activity Centers. The CPSIA sets forth a process for updating mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products that are based on a voluntary standard, when a voluntary standards organization revises the standard. In November 2024, ASTM published a revised voluntary standard. This direct final rule updates the mandatory standard for stationary activity centers to incorporate by reference the 2024 version of ASTM F2012, which the Commission has allowed to become the mandatory standard under section 104. The purpose of the direct final rule is to conform the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) to the correct version of ASTM F2012 to provide an accurate reference to the standard that will be enforced as a mandatory rule.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-05239
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule
- Agency
- Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Published
- March 27, 2025
- Takes effect
- July 5, 2025
- Comments due
- April 28, 2025
- Dates
- The rule is effective on July 5, 2025, unless the Commission receives a significant adverse comment by April 28, 2025. If the Commission receives such a comment, it will publish a notice in the Federal Register, withdrawing this direct final rule before its effective date. The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of July 5, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. CPSC-2018-0015
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 16 CFR 1238
- Topics
- Consumer protection; Imports; Incorporation by reference; Infants and children; Labeling; Law enforcement; Safety; Toys
- Pages
- 6
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