Proposed Rule2025-21876
Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to the Voluntary Standard for Crib Mattresses
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Published
December 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard for Crib Mattresses, incorporates by reference ASTM F2933-21, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Crib Mattresses. ASTM notified the Commission that it has revised this incorporated voluntary standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the revision improves the safety of crib mattresses.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55701-55702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21876]
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CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
16 CFR Part 1241
[Docket No. CPSC-2020-0023]
Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to the
Voluntary Standard for Crib Mattresses
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's (Commission or
CPSC) mandatory rule, Safety Standard for Crib Mattresses, incorporates
by reference ASTM F2933-21, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for
Crib Mattresses. ASTM notified the Commission that it has revised this
incorporated voluntary standard. CPSC seeks comment on whether the
revision improves the safety of crib mattresses.
DATES: Comments must be received by December 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You can submit comments, identified by Docket No. CPSC-2020-
0023, by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic comments to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit through this
website: confidential business information, trade secret information,
or other sensitive or protected information that you do not want to be
available to the public. CPSC typically does not accept comments
submitted by email, except as described below.
Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/Confidential Written Submissions: CPSC
encourages you to submit electronic comments by using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. You may, however, submit comments by mail, hand
delivery, or courier to: Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814;
telephone: (301) 504-7479. If you wish to submit confidential business
information, trade secret information, or other sensitive or protected
information that you do not want to be available to the public, you may
submit such comments by mail,
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hand delivery, or courier, or you may email them to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#096a797a6a24667a496a797a6a276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51322122327c3e2211322122327f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number. CPSC may post all comments without change, including any
personal identifiers, contact information, or other personal
information provided, to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Do not submit to
this website: confidential business information, trade secret
information, or other sensitive or protected information that you do
not want to be available to the public. If you wish to submit such
information, please submit it according to the instructions for mail/
hand delivery/courier/confidential written submissions.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and insert the
docket number, CPSC-2020-0023, into the ``Search'' box, and follow the
prompts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Taxier, Project Manager,
Division of Mechanical and Combustion Engineering, U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850;
telephone: (301) 987-2211; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e0a1a0f16070b1c2e0d1e1d0d40090118"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5a1b1a4bdaca0b785a6b5b6a6eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 104(b) of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) requires the Commission to adopt
mandatory standards for durable infant or toddler products. 15 U.S.C.
2056a(b)(1). Mandatory standards must be ``substantially the same as''
voluntary standards, or they may be ``more stringent'' than the
applicable voluntary standards, if the Commission determines that more
stringent requirements would further reduce the risk of injury
associated with the products. Id. Mandatory standards may be based, in
whole or in part, on a voluntary standard.
Section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA specifies the process for when a
voluntary standards organization revises a standard that the Commission
previously had incorporated by reference under section 104(b)(1).
First, the voluntary standards organization must notify the Commission
of the revision. Once the Commission receives this notification, the
Commission may reject or accept the revised standard. To reject a
revised standard, the Commission must notify the voluntary standards
organization within 90 days of receiving the notice of revision that
the Commission has determined that the revised standard does not
improve the safety of the consumer product and that CPSC is retaining
the existing standard. If the Commission does not take this action, the
revised voluntary standard will be considered a consumer product safety
standard issued under section 9 of the Consumer Product Safety Act
(CPSA) (15 U.S.C. 2058), effective 180 days after the Commission
received notification of the revision (or a later date specified by the
Commission in the Federal Register). 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(4)(B).
Under this authority, the Commission issued a mandatory safety rule
that incorporates by reference ASTM F2933-21, Standard Consumer Safety
Specification for Crib Mattresses, with modifications, codified at 16
CFR part 1241 (87 FR 8640, Feb. 15, 2022). This mandatory standard
includes performance requirements and test methods, as well as
requirements for warning labels and instructions, to address hazards to
children associated with crib mattresses.
On November 4, 2025, ASTM notified the Commission that it had
approved and published a revised version of the voluntary standard,
ASTM F2933-25. CPSC is assessing the revised voluntary standard to
determine, consistent with section 104(b)(4)(B) of the CPSIA, its
effect on the safety of crib mattresses subject to 16 CFR part 1241.
The Commission invites public comment to inform CPSC staff's assessment
and subsequent Commission consideration of the revisions in ASTM F2933-
25.
The currently incorporated voluntary standard (ASTM F2933-21) \1\
and the revised voluntary standard (ASTM F2933-25) are available for
review in several ways. A read-only copy of the existing, incorporated
standard is available for viewing, at no cost, on the ASTM website at:
<a href="https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/">https://www.astm.org/READINGLIBRARY/</a>. A read-only copy of the revised
standard (ASTM F2933-25), including red-lined versions that identify
the changes from the 2021 versions to the 2025 version, is available,
at no cost, on ASTM's website at: <a href="https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm">https://www.astm.org/CPSC.htm</a>.
Interested parties can also download copies of the standards by
purchasing them from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O.
Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959; phone: 610-832-9585;
<a href="https://www.astm.org">https://www.astm.org</a>. Alternatively, interested parties can schedule an
appointment to inspect copies of the standards at CPSC's Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West
Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814, telephone: 301-504-7479.
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\1\ In September 2021, ASTM published a revised version, ASTM
F2933-21a. Because ASTM published this revision prior to CPSC's
adoption of a mandatory crib mattress standard, the Commission did
not evaluate this revision pursuant to the CPSIA. This version is
also available for review at <a href="http://www.astm.org/cpsc.htm">http://www.astm.org/cpsc.htm</a>.
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Comments must be received by December 17, 2025. Because of the
short statutory time frame Congress established for the Commission to
consider revised voluntary standards under section 104(b)(4) of the
CPSIA, CPSC will not consider comments received after this date.
Alberta E. Mills,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-21876 Filed 12-2-25; 8:45 am]
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