CPSC Crib Test Standards

On January 31, 2025, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a direct final rule updating the safety standard 16 CFR 1220 for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs. This rule incorporates and revises ASTM F406-24, the Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards, by removing portions that specifically apply to play yards. The latest version of ASTM F406 will now serve as the mandatory safety standard for non-full-size baby cribs. Unless significant adverse comments are received by March 3, 2025, the rule will become effective on April 5, 2025.

16 CFR 1220 – Safety Standard for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs

ASTM F406-24 – Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs/Play Yards

What is a Non-Full-Size Baby Crib?

According to 16 CFR 1220, a non-full-size baby crib is defined as follows:

1. Intended to provide sleeping accommodations for an infant

2. Designed for use in and around the home, for travel, in child care facilities, in family child care homes, in places of public accommodation affecting commerce, and other similar settings

3. Has an interior length dimension either greater than 55 inches (139.7 cm)or less than 49 3/4 inches (126.3 cm), or an interior width dimension either greater than 30 5/8 inches (77.7 cm)or less than 25 3/8 inches (64.3 cm), or both

Types include but are not limited to:

1. Portable Cribs: Non-full-size cribs designed to fold or collapse without disassembly, taking up significantly less space when not in use.

2. Play Yards: Non-full-size cribs with rigid sides, often with removable or adjustable legs, providing a play or sleeping area for infants.

3. Specialty Cribs: Non-traditional shapes (e.g., round, hexagonal), usually with custom mattresses or other non-standard components.

4. Compact Cribs: Cribs with an interior length of less than 49 3⁄4 inches (126.3 cm)or an interior width of less than 25 3⁄8 inches (64.3 cm), or both.

5. Note: This does notinclude mesh/net/screen cribs, cribs with non-rigid sides, cradles (rocking or swinging), car beds, Moses baskets, or bassinets (also known as infant beds).

What’s New in the Latest Version of ASTM F406?

1. Updated definitions for "Play Yard/Non-Full-Size Crib Accessories" and "Accessory Attachments"

2. Revised Section 9.6.3 regarding strangulation warning labels

3. Additional changes to marking, labeling, and instructional literature based on recommendations from the ASTM Ad Hoc Language Task Group