Advocates urge furniture companies to prioritize new federal safety standards

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Furniture manufacturers have less than a month to comply with new federal safety guidelines to try to prevent tip-over injuries and deaths.

“We’re concerned that parents are going to have a hard time distinguishing between the older noncompliant furniture that might still be for sale because there’s nothing to stop them from selling that,” said Cowles.to retailers urging them to prioritize these changes as soon as possible. It also offers some guidance for families.

“The purpose of our letter is so that [retailers] are ready for consumers to ask and they’ll have that information handy,” said Cowles. “Because the last thing we want is someone to know about the effective date and still end up with unsafe furniture.”

 

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