Imported upholstery would require FR test
[2008-3-27]
Retailers who buy upholstered furniture from abroad will be responsible for testing the products to make sure they meet a proposed U.S. flammability standard, a staff member of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission said here Thursday.
“Retailers who import are (considered) the same as a manufacturer. They will have to test and maintain records,” said Dale Ray, upholstery flammability product manager and a senior economist for the agency.
His comments were part of an annual update on an ongoing effort to enact federal legislation that would set standards designed to reduce the number of deaths due to upholstery fires. The event was hosted here Thursday by the American Home Furnishings Alliance and was moderated by Joe Ziolkowski, executive director of the Upholstered Furniture Action Committee.
The effort to enact a flammability law has been going on for years. Ziolkowski noted that Thursday’s gathering was the 16th annual flammability workshop.
The meeting, which drew about 150 manufacturers, suppliers, laboratory representatives and a few retailers, dealt with technical aspects of the proposed standard but had its lighter moments too.
Testing now requires that Pall Mall cigarettes be uses as an ignition device. But the market for the brand has dwindled and its maker, RJ Reynolds, is phasing them out in 2009 — which will leave testers without a source until a substitute is named.
Ziolkowski suggested that labs can do what he did recently — he ordered five cases of Pall Malls to tide him over in future UFAC testing.
“Retailers who import are (considered) the same as a manufacturer. They will have to test and maintain records,” said Dale Ray, upholstery flammability product manager and a senior economist for the agency.
His comments were part of an annual update on an ongoing effort to enact federal legislation that would set standards designed to reduce the number of deaths due to upholstery fires. The event was hosted here Thursday by the American Home Furnishings Alliance and was moderated by Joe Ziolkowski, executive director of the Upholstered Furniture Action Committee.
The effort to enact a flammability law has been going on for years. Ziolkowski noted that Thursday’s gathering was the 16th annual flammability workshop.
The meeting, which drew about 150 manufacturers, suppliers, laboratory representatives and a few retailers, dealt with technical aspects of the proposed standard but had its lighter moments too.
Testing now requires that Pall Mall cigarettes be uses as an ignition device. But the market for the brand has dwindled and its maker, RJ Reynolds, is phasing them out in 2009 — which will leave testers without a source until a substitute is named.
Ziolkowski suggested that labs can do what he did recently — he ordered five cases of Pall Malls to tide him over in future UFAC testing.
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