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said welcome this is the Consumer Product Safety Commission's webinar
series the topic today is carriages and strollers my name is Shelby Mathis I'm
the small business Ombudsman at the CPSC and we're happy to have you I wanted to
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you're able to click on so without further ado we'll go ahead and get
started a quick disclaimer I am a CPSC staff
member we are an agency that is headed by a commission so the views expressed
today are my own and may not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission so
an agenda for today first thing we're gonna do is we're gonna define what a
carriage and a stroller is and we're going to take that straight from the
regulation and the mandatory standard the ASTM standard that defines carriages
and strollers and I'll give you a little history of the rule because that is a
question that we get somewhat frequently in our office then we'll move to the
labeling and instructional literature requirements that apply to carriages and
strollers and we'll touch on the product registration requirement and I'll
highlight some resources there again that's another topic of questions
that we receive in the SPO office I'll go through the testing requirements and
these have been broken into chemical and then physical and mechanical testing and
we'll walk through those as best we can we are going to be limited on time today
so I'm going to do my best to give you as much in depth on the testing
requirements as I can and just let you know what exists in the standard I'll
highlight some product hazards for those of you that are looking to import a
stroller you're designing a new stroller or you might be reconfiguring an
existing one or making a design change to an existing one these are some
product hazards to look out for that have historically tripped up
manufacturers of carriages and strollers I'll talk about the children's product
certificate requirement including walking through the seven sections and
what they could look like in a hypothetical situation for a stroller or
carriage I'll highlight to recall examples and touch on business resources
that are available here through the CPSC that I think you guys will find useful
and then we'll do a Q&A session at the end so if you want to just submit your
questions as I move through the material I'll do my best to answer as many as I
can in the time that we've got at the end of today's session all right so
first let's start with a little bit of history about the carriages and stroller
standard this all began with a notice of proposed rulemaking on May the 20th of
2013 there is a previous carriages and stroller standard that is actually
incorporating they are incorporated ASTM F 833 - 13 B with the modification to
address head entrapment hazards associated with multi positional or
adjustable grab bars and the previous standard that ASTM F 833 - 13 B applies
to products manufactured beginning on September the 10th of 2015 through
October the 1st of 2016 now the current standard and this is the one we're
talking about today is 16 CFR part 12 27 it incorporates ASTM F 833 - 15 without
modification the effective date of the current carriages and stroller standard
is October the second of 2016 so a little over a year
ago this became effective on products manufactured on or after that October
2nd date so let's define what a carriage is and what a stroller is and so that we
can distinguish between those two products the carriage definition comes
straight from ASTM F 833 15 and it is a wheeled vehicle generally used for the
transport of an infant who is generally in a lying down position the mode of
power is supplied by a person or persons pushing or pulling on a handle attached
to the vehicle a carriage may be capable of being folded for storage now contrast
a stroller definition also again from ASTM 833 15 standard a stroller is a
wheeled vehicle for the transport of infants or children generally in a
sitting up or semi-reclined position the motive power is supplied by a person
moving at a walking rate while pushing on a handle attached to the stroller a
stroller generally is capable of being folded for storage strollers normally
are used for children from infancy to 36 months of age so let's compare and
contrast these two definitions you'll see with carriage I've actually bolded
and underlined that they are mainly for the transport of an infant and generally
in a lying down position contrasted with a stroller which is generally for
transporting a child from infancy to 36 months of age and the occupant of a
stroller is generally in a sitting up or semi-reclined position and I always find
that the easiest way to understand what product category something falls into is
to take a look at some examples and before I go through these I've got to do
a quick disclaimer which is that I'm providing these photos for illustration
purposes only and it's not meant as an endorsement of any of the products shown
so let's start on the top left we've got a full-size 2d stroller but you see
actually collapses on itself next to it is a 3d umbrella stroller that collapses
basically just like an umbrella hence the term then we have a travel system
which is a car seat that is snapped into a frame that's a stroller system then we
have a carriage which is a essentially a pram that's appearing on
the right hand side at the top right of your screen on the bottom line we've got
a tandem stroller that one holds three occupants next to it a side-by-side
stroller holding two occupants next to that a multi occupant stroller that can
hold looks like six to eight occupants and then lastly a jogging stroller on
the bottom right every single one of these photos that appears on your screen
are these images would fall under the carriages in stroller standard that
we're going to go through today all right we're going to start out first off
with tracking information because this is something that can trip people up and
frankly it's an easy topic to kind of work our way into this relatively
complex standard so eye tracking information there is a section of the
ASTM f 833 15 the deals with marking and labeling and it states the following
marking labeling needs to be permanently on the product and its packaging
included in that labeling needs to be manufacturer distributor or seller name
and a place of business which means city state mailing address including zip code
and a telephone number and that's per our regulation 16 CFR 11 30.4 also
required permanently on the product in the packaging are a code or mark that
identifies the date of manufacture and that means month and year of manufacture
in this case and a batch or a run number if the manufacturer is using batches or
runs and that actually doesn't come from ASTM standard it comes from the Consumer
Product Safety Improvement Act tracking information requirement and if you have
questions on tracking information and what the requirements are there we do
have a nice frequently asked questions website about the tracking label
requirement or tracking information requirement from CPSIA
and it appears as hyperlinks on your screen but again you can't click on them
you have to get those from the handout section on the right hand side of your
toolbar and download the PDF of these slides to get the hyperlink straight to
that frequently asked question site which is a very useful resource and may
actually have your question on it that you have about
labels alright let's get into labeling requirements because they are pretty
extensive first off before I start I do want to say I showed the triangle with
the exclamation point in yellow that needs to appear with each warning I
rather than put it all over this slide I just stuck at one time on the slide so I
don't want to confuse anybody there but that is the symbol for a warning
so labels need to be permanently on the product and the packaging and we all
strollers and carriages need to state warning never leave a child unattended
for products that are manufactured with the restraint system they need the
following warning permanently on the product and packaging warning avoid
serious injury from falling or sliding out always use seat belt or a
manufacturer has the ability to insert other words to describe their restraint
system and will talk about requirements on a restraint system a little bit later
in the webinar today for products with a reclined carriage position they need to
state warning child may slip into leg openings and strangle never use in
reclined carriage positions unless and here the manufacturer has the ability to
insert product specific instructions I note this is not required on units that
do not have openings or that automatically reduce the size of
openings so if you're making a reclined carriage that doesn't have openings or
those openings automatically reduce in size you would not need to post this
warning products with removable wheel fork assemblies or three-wheeled
strollers with a locking front swivel wheel have additional warning
requirements so let's talk about instructional literature requirements
and again this is coming straight from ASTM F 8 33 15 instructional literature
may be on the package or included in leaflet form with the carriage or
stroller the instructions need to be easy to read and understand and they
need to be in English and they need to include assembly how to maintain the
product how to clean the product and then how to operate it including how to
fold it we showed the examples of the 2d and 3d
folding strollers information on how to operate that folding mechanism
needs to be included in the literature the instructions must also state the
maximum weight of the intended user of the product more instructional
literature requirements the the first one applies to units manufactured with a
restraint system you need to include instructions describing the use of the
restraint system and including the following warning avoid serious injury
from falling or sliding out always use seat belt or manufacturer mansard
additional words here to describe their restraint system for convertible
carriage or strollers requiring manual operation to comply with occupant
retention requirements they need to include the following warning warning
child may slip into leg openings and strangle never use in reclined carriage
positions and less and here the manufacturer needs to insert product
specific instructions more instructions that need to include be included on
products products with a removable fork assembly need to describe the proper
assembly and maintenance procedures for these mechanisms and then those products
supplied with packaged carrying accessories that come with the original
equipment meaning the stroller or carriage comes with package carrying
accessories there needs to be instructions on the maximum weight
recommended and you also need to warn the user that excessive weight may cause
a hazardous unstable condition condition to exist products that are not supplied
with packaged carrying accessories so these would be carriages or strollers
that are sold without a package carrying accessory need to warn that unstable
hazardous conditions may exist if these accessories are added onto the product
after the fact so on the product registration requirement this is
something that applies to all manufacturers of durable infant or
toddler products and strollers and carriages absolutely fall into the
category of durable infant or toddler products but a product registration form
must be attached to the product per our regulation 16 CFR part 11 30 and that
registration card needs to provide consumers with a postage pre
postage-paid product registration card and manufacturers
need to maintain records of the names addresses emails and other contact info
on consumers that register their products there also needs to be a
permanently placed manufacturer name and contact info model name and number and
date of manufacture on each durable product because it's referenced in the
product registration card form and in the registration form itself the whole
reason for this product registration requirement under our Reg 1130 is to
improve overall recall effectiveness and to help manufacturers provide safety
alert warnings to consumers more effectively on the bottom right-hand
side of your screen you see a product registration for safety alert or recall
only block with some text underneath it the good news is is that our reg 1130
actually includes two figures at the end of it and there's a hyperlink to that
information on our product registration card FAQ site which again appears on
your screen and is an active hyperlink in the PDF handout available on through
your tool bar on the right-hand side of this webinar the good news is at the end
of 11:30 there are two figures they're actually the front and back of that
registration card so to the extent that you just want to copy those and send
them out to print you absolutely can do that you just need to make sure that you
update your website address because you'll see it references a WWE website
com you'll need to put your website information there but another good
resource and registration cards is that FAQ site there's a pretty extensive list
of questions and answers from our internal staff on how to handle
different situations associated with a registration card alright let's get into
the testing requirements and we will start with the chemical ones first on
all children's products lead content testing applies and this is per 15 USC
1278 a the limit there is 100 ppm in any accessible parts of children's products
certainly a stroller or carriage is a children's products 100 ppm lead limit
applies I did want to point out that there's a whole list of materials that
we know are not going to exceed that lead limit
as long as they're in an untreated unadulterated state in this list of
materials comes from our regulation 16 CFR 1500 point nine one which is
hyperlinked in your handout I've selected some materials here that are
part of 1500 point nine one but it's a pretty extensive list so if you don't
see a material that might be included in your carriage or stroller here you'll
want to follow the link and actually take a look at the rag and see what's
included but materials they do not exceed the lead limit that are shown in
your screen would be wood and paper products CMYK process printing inks that
fully absorb into the substrate natural fibres both died and undyed that include
the long list that appears right there and there's even more I just highlighted
a few there and manufactured fibers both died and undyed including but not
limited to that list that appears at the bottom of your screen so what does this
1500 point 9 1 actually mean it means that these materials and untreated
unadulterated states that appear on any children's product including a carriage
or stroller would not require testing for lead content as long as they were
completely comprised of things that are in 1500 point 9 1 so it is a list that
not everybody is aware of but something I did want to point out right moving on
to more chemical testing requirements on strollers and carriages lead in paint
and similar surface coatings testing is from our regulation 16 CFR 1303 the
limit there is no more than 90 ppm in those paints and surface coatings and
this we routinely see and things like screen printing or surface printing that
doesn't absorb into a material itself and sits on the surface certainly
painted metal parts would also fall under this lead and paint testing in the
90 ppm limit additionally phthalates which are
plasticizers require testing under 15 USC 20 57 C but one thing I want to
point out here is that this applies to carriages and strollers that contain
plasticized parts that are designed marketed or intended to facilitate sleep
so we're talking about carriages or reclining strollers or to facilitate
eating so this would be like a stroller with a food tray this would apply to
those sorts of carriages and strollers and in the case of phthalates there is a
permanent ban on three phthalates that are listed on your screen but cannot
exceed point one percent each in their limit additionally there is a temporary
ban on three other phthalates that are listed on your screen that also cannot
exceed 0.1 percent in each of their quantities something I wanted to point
out about phthalates because we have been getting some questions here since
there's been some activity from our agency related to phthalates is that
there's a recent determination by the CPSC regarding certain plastics and this
is under our regs 16 CFR part 1308 the effective date is September the 29th
2017 and what this regulation did is it actually removed 7 plastics from
requiring independent third-party testing for compliance with a lates
prohibitions and the 7 plastics are actually listed on your screen so there
are P P P e hips ABS G PPS MIPS and ships so what does this mean it means
that if you are a manufacturer or importer of a carriage or stroller that
either is intended marketed or designed to facilitate sleeping so we used as
examples the reclining strollers or a carriage or it facilitates eating or
feeding so there's a food tray if that food tray or parts of your stroller are
plastic and the plastics that your carriage or stroller is made of are
completely contained you know can completely comprised of any combination
of these seven plastics that are listed on your screen then you would not need
to conduct phthalates testing on those plastics so let's move on to physical
and mechanical testing requirements for carriages and strollers and we'll start
out with small parts small parts are defined in
our regulation 16 CFR part 1501 and a small part fits entirely into a small
part cylinder as specified on the regulation we do have a small parts
business education page available in CPSC gov which is a pretty good resource
and for those of you that are very familiar with the workings of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission you've probably seen a lot of us with
the cylinders sitting on our desk so we we know quite well what a small part is
for carriages and strollers because they are a product that's primarily intended
for use by a child under three there can be no small parts included with the
stroller the stroller or the carriage before testing and no small parts can be
liberated during testing once we get into the physical and mechanical testing
you're going to see how in-depth that actually is so during that use and abuse
testing or physical and mechanical testing on the strollers and carriages
the the products can't produce any small parts during the testing process either
for those of you making products that might have exposed wood parts you need
to make sure that those are smooth and free of splinters and that there are no
hazardous sharp points or edges as defined by our regs 1500 point four
eight and 1500 point four nine and I just wanted to point out four sharp
points and edges that applies just like small parts there can't be sharp points
or edges before testing and there can't be sharp points or edges after testing
for products that might contain an exposed coil spring or any kind of
exposed coils that might be accessible to the occupant those need to be covered
or designed to prevent injury from entrapment so that no little hands get
stuck in there and might be injured in that way for restraint systems we talked
about some of the warnings associated with restraint systems that need to be
on the products in the packaging restraint systems are required on all
products except carriages designed only for an infant and that restraint system
needs to include a waist and a crotch restraint and it needs to meet
additional performance specifications the
are really lined out quite well in ASTM F 833 - 15 for latching mechanisms that
may exist on your product you need to make sure that units that fold so the 2d
and 3d strollers that we talked about need to have a latching device that
prevents the unit from unintentional folding when placed in the manufacturers
recommended use position and when we go through the product hazards it's
actually going to explain why this exists we're going to also touch on the
product hazard of scissoring shearing and pinching and kind of explain why
this exists but the requirement in terms of performance is that the unit needs to
be designed to prevent injury to the occupant when members or components
rotate or move relative to one another for toy accessories that may be included
with the product those toy accessories need to meet the u.s. toy standard which
is ASTM F 9 63 for cords or straps there is a limitation on loop perimeter or
length and free stretched lengths of cords and straps that originate within
or extend into the occupant space so if this is something that the child that's
inside the stroller or carriage can access and there are limitations on the
loop length and the stretched length of those cords and straps so let's get into
some of the performance requirements and again because we've got an hour today
I'm gonna I'm just going to highlight them and we're not going to walk through
them because again this is a it's a copyright protected document and it's
available for purchase and all there's a hyperlink later that includes how to
purchase that standard so for performance requirements and these are
physical and mechanical there needs to be a parking brake to address the fall
hazard a static load performance requirement exists that addresses tip
overs and collapses there's a stability requirement that addresses tip overs
there's a restraining system requirement that addresses a fall hazard
there are occupants and requirements for carriages and convertible carriages and
strollers that addresses Falls and a combination unit of a car seat on
a stroller that addresses Falls tip overs and collapses and some more
performance requirements there's an impact test that addresses car seat
detachment and ensures proper product integrity there's a passive containment
and foot opening requirement that addresses head and torso entrapment that
can occur in those sorts of products for wheel and swivel assemblies if those if
you have a front swivel wheel this would apply to you and it addresses Falls and
tip overs and then for car seats on a stroller or convertible carriage and
stroller there is a test that is intended to address head entrapment so
what are these requirements actually mean in terms of you know how to design
a safer carriage or stroller or how to make sure that the ones that you are
importing into the u.s. meet this requirement let's go through some of the
product hazards and look for things to look for so our first product hazard has
to do with a collapsed stroller you see on the left-hand side of your screen you
have a little cami doll she's got red braided hair she's in a little pink
outfit and you can see that the stroller has actually collapsed on to her the
collapse stroller issue is addressed by the new latching mechanisms testing and
it's meant to prevent that unintentional folding when the strollers collapse I
guess I should also point out and I probably should have done it earlier is
that the photos that we're showing of these products with the cami dolls
inside are just for illustration purposes only it's not it's definitely
not meant to be picking on any products here wheel issues and fall hazards are
another product hazard associated with strollers the one you see on the top
right is actually a jogging stroller and you see that the front wheel is off of
that jogging stroller four wheel and swivel assemblies there is now
detachment testing that's required there's also a warning label requirement
on jogging strollers that tells you to lock the front swivel wheel if the front
swivel wheel has the ability to be locked sorry if the front swivel wheel
has the ability to be locked before you start jogging another product hazard
and I've shown it in several instances here are pinch points on the top left
this is shown on the actual frame you can see one of our testing engineers
finger that's at a point in the frame that could pose a pinch point for either
an occupant or a caregiver that's using the stroller once it folds up could
cause a finger amputation or at least a finger injury on the middle picture you
can see there is part of the frame that actually has a divot that a finger would
easily fit into or a part of a hand would easily fit fit into that poses a
pinch point on that hinge and then on the top right you can see a picture of a
canopy attached to a stroller and that's actually the hand of a little Cammie
doll that shows that there is space in between the canopy frame and the actual
closing or the expansion mechanism on the canopy that could pose a pinch point
so this hazard which is very present in strollers and carriages and definitely
something you want to look out for in design is addressed by the scissoring
sheering and pinching testing requirements from ASTM F 833 15 and the
testing there requires the use of testing probes a head and a torso
testing probe that have specified measurements that are lined out in that
standard and again a way to purchase that standard is going to be actually at
the end of the webinar today and the last hazard that I'm going to address
today certainly not the only one but I just wanted to highlight some of them
aren't entrapment hazard here we've got it shown in three different examples the
first one is shown at a food tray and you can see that the cami doll there has
actually slipped down the stroller and has become entrapped with their head
stuck between the food tray and the base of the stroller the middle picture shows
a car seat that's actually snapped into a frame so this is a car seat attachment
on a stroller and in that case the cami doll you can see it's got brown big
brown hair and it's wearing a blue outfit and you can see the legs
actually dangling below the handle of the stroller in this case the the
occupant had tried to work its way out of the stroller and was entrapped
between the stroller handle and the frame of the car seat and then finally
on the right hand side of your screen there is a cami doll that has slipped
down this is a stroller with a an adjustable grab bar and the grab bars in
the lowest position and the cami doll has become entrapped in that grab bar at
the neck so to address this product hazard of entrapment there is a passive
containment or foot opening testing that's required using those head and
torso probes that I referenced which again the dimensions of a head and torso
probe are outlined in ASTM F 833 15 so now that we've gone through all the
testing requirements let's take a look at how to find a lab that can conduct
this testing for you so at the outside I guess I should say
all children's products need to be tested by a CPSC excepted lab so how do
you find a CPSC excepted lab we actually have a lab search page available via our
website again the hyperlink is clickable in your handout that is available online
it lists all the labs that are currently CPSC accepted all over the globe you
have the ability when you visit this site to narrow your search by region
which is by country or by scope which is a specific product testing in this case
because we're talking about carriages and strollers you can actually narrow
the scope of the search to 16 CFR part 12 27 which is the safety standard for
carriages and strollers again incorporating by reference ASTM F 833 15
and if you click that link it takes you to the ASTM page to purchase the
standard I did check I guess it's been about a week or so ago to see how many
labs there were that do carriages and strollers testing and there are about
thirty all across the globe some in the United States certainly a lot in China
but there is a pretty extensive list if you're looking to find a testing lab or
maybe even price compare between CPSC excepted labs you can find the ones that
do that testing on our lab search page and for those of you that
are having issues finding a lap or getting in touch with a lab that might
be listed there's a video tutorial available on our website you can also
get in touch with our office and I'll give you the information on how to do
that at the end of the webinar today so once you've located the lab and you know
it needs to be done how frequently do you need to conduct this testing well
there's a periodic testing rule that applies to products that are in
continuous production and that's our regulation 16 CFR 1107 point to one and
the rule here is initial testing always has to be done so before a carriage or
stroller enters US commerce for the first time testing needs to be conducted
to all the applicable CPSC safety regulations after that initial testing
is done periodic testing is required at a minimum of once per year every two
years if there's a production testing plan in place or every three years if
you're using a testing lab that's accredited to the ISO standard on your
screen the takeaway here is that the vast majority of manufacturers and
importers must test children's products once per year there is a caveat there to
the once per year you know vast majority applicability and it is if you have a
material change to your product and we get questions on what is a material
change is what I've done a material change well what a material changes is
defined in our regulation 1107 point two three and it actually appears right on
your screen material change is one that a manufacturer makes to their products
design to the manufacturing process or to the source of component parts for the
product which a manufacturer knows sorry which a manufacturer exercising do care
knows or should know could affect the products ability to comply with the
applicable children's product standard so the important things to remember here
are if you're making changes to the product design the manufacturing process
or the source of your component parts and you believe that that's going to
impact the products ability to comply with all the requirements that we've
gone through today that's considered a material change and it means even if you
just tested the care your stroller initially one month ago
it's time to retest again because you have a material change in effect
children's products certificates are required on all children's products we
abbreviate children's products which advocates as a CPC and we've got a
pretty nice page on our website available at cpsc.gov forward slash CPC
again you can follow the hyperlink in your handout that answers it actually
has some frequently asked questions it has two sample children's product
certificates available there that you can use as a guide in terms of the
availability of a children's product certificate or its counterpart for a non
children's product a general certificate of Conformity not applicable today but
sometimes used interchangeably under the term certificate three things to
remember here certificates in your case a children's product certificate needs
to accompany each product or shipment of the product that's covered by the same
certificate a copy of the certificate must be furnished to each distributor or
retailer of the product however there's no requirement to provide it to the
ultimate consumer and a copy of the certificate needs to be made available
to our commission or the or Customs and Border Protection upon request
so three takeaways here and there in italics are accompany each shipment into
the u.s. be furnished to a distributor or retailer of the product and provided
to us or customs upon request the good news here for those of you that don't
love the idea of putting children's product certificates on a paper or
printed out thing into each box or carton that you know is coming into the
u.s. is that electronic certificates have been approved by our Commission as
an acceptable means of complying with the children's product certificate
requirement but the caveat here is that electronic certificate must be created
no later than the time of shipment or first distribution within the United
States so you can't go back after the fact and try to create a children's
product certificate that is not compliant with the children's product
certificate requirements all right so let's walk through the seven sections of
a children's product certificate because we we do get a lot of questions on
topic and it's something that I think is relatively easy for us to help you with
in the webinar first question on a children's products per ticket and they
all look the same they all have the same seven questions is a description of the
product covered by the certificate and here you want to be as detailed as you
possibly can about your product and section number two you see a through E
and this should jog your memory because these are all the things that we've
talked about actually today in terms of safety rules that apply to carriages and
strollers in a we've got the total lead content and B we've got lead in paint
and similar surface coatings if that applies to your product because you have
paint or a surface coating of some sort or even screen printing it would apply
for screen printing and see we're talking about the ban on phthalates and
toys and child care articles that are used to facilitate sleeping or eating so
it depends on whether or not this applies to your product based on how
it's designed intended for use and marketed and then the small parts
regulation from 1501 we talked about must be complied with on all carriages
and strollers and then finally the physical and mechanical testing
requirements and additionally the chemical testing requirements are
incorporated into our regulation 1227 and the ASTM standard F 833 15 for
carriages and strollers so that's your section number two it
will list out each of the applicable a through e again the only ones that may
or may not apply to you are be the lead and paint and surface coatings depending
on whether you have that on your product and see the ban on phthalates and toys
and child care articles again which depends on whether or not your product
facilitate sleeping or eating and has plasticized parts number three is
importer domestic manufacturer contact information you'll want to include as
much detail there as you can number four is contact info for the person that
maintains your test records number five is the date in place of manufacturer
number six is the location of testing and date of test on which the
certification is based and number seven is the contact info of the testing
laboratory that you've used so again that's the children's product
certificate with the seven questions and our website is a great resource there in
terms of providing samples of what they can look like all right so let's go
through to recall examples that I think might be helpful because I always think
it's a good idea to kind of learn from mistakes within the industry because I
think that's the you know the best way we as a group can kind of move forward
the first one is the Aria child stroller this was a recall that happened in
December of 2016 the issues there were - it was a laceration hazard and a fall
hazard so the true hazard on the stroller and you can see that there were
several models that were involved was that there was a gap in the strollers
folding side hinge that could pinch a caregivers hand during the unfolding
posing a laceration hazard in addition the stroller could unexpectedly during
use collapse or fold just like in the example of the folding stroller that we
showed earlier which post an injury and a an injury potential and a fall hazard
to a caregiver or a child the remedy here was to replace the stroller
outright and again you can see the recalled date was a little under a year
ago December 20th of 2016 the next recall example that we've got is an up a
baby recall on strollers and rumble seats due to a choking hazard and this
impacted three different UPPAbaby products the recall date here is July of
2015 and the hazard was that the strollers and rumble seats bumper bar
posed a choking hazard when a child would bite the bumper bar and remove a
piece of the foam covering and you can see a picture of the foam bumper bar on
the bottom right hand side of your screen the remedy here was a repair and
again the recall date July 2015 with the recall number shown on your screen and I
guess I should point out here that the recall examples that we're using here
are for educational purposes we're not trying to call out any manufacturers
that might be attending today I use recall examples at the end of each
of these webinars because it kind of shows that the industry there's a few
hazards that are associated with these products and I think learning from our
peers is a great way for us to learn as we move forward okay
so let me point out some business resources that I think might be very
useful to folks that are attending today especially importers or folks that might
be new to this product area might be working in others we have a new YouTube
channel here at the Consumer Product Safety Commission and I've got a
hyperlink to it in your handouts at the CPSC YouTube channel hyperlink goes
straight to the YouTube channel and when you get there you'll see the screen that
appears right now on your screen and I've circled the business education
playlist which is our webinar videos and it's also other webinars that are
available through the CPSC I will tell you the Small Business Ombudsman office
has put together this is our sixth webinar in our webinar series so we've
been doing these for about seven or eight months
the topics that we've covered previously are a TOI standard update for ASTM F 963
16 a stuffed toys webinar that was just focused specifically on stuffed toys and
the requirements there we did one on cloth diapers and then another one on
sling carriers and soft infant and toddler carriers and their requirements
and then finally the last one that we did which was our most recent one before
this one was in August and it was actually on the mattresses requirements
so for folks that would like to see other webinar content that we've put
together you can find that on the business education playlist on the CPSC
YouTube channel and it's also just a fun it's actually a very educational site to
go to the YouTube channel so you have the ability to go to the channel itself
or our playlist straight from the handout again on the right hand side of
your toolbar alright lastly a few more business resources and then we'll get to
your questions that you've been submitting by the way thank you I can I
can see that they're coming in and I do really appreciate everybody
participating I've got my email on the screen please feel free to email me
Jones that you got associated with this webinar I also have on the screen a
telephone number that rings at both my desk and my colleague Will's desk that
seven nine four five number is is truly a number you can call and you can talk
to somebody a live person in the US government we if we're on another line
or in a meeting it'll go to voicemail leave us a voicemail and we will call
you back as soon as we can we do try to be really responsive we do have a
Twitter feed if you are so inclined we're on Twitter and our handle is at
CPSC small biz it's a great way to track things like this webinar public comment
periods that might be open or things happening at the CPSC in terms of a
commission hearing that the public can attend online or in person or if we're
going to speak at an event I'm gonna post it on our Twitter feeds so you can
follow us at CPSC small biz I've got the lab search page link on your screen and
I also wanted to highlight the regulatory robot on the bottom
right-hand side of the screen and that is the hyperlink straight to the robot
the robot is something we're pretty proud of here in the SPO it's an
interactive bot that will ask you a series of questions to try to figure out
what type of product you're making and help you know what the requirements are
on you and lastly something that I didn't touch on throughout the webinar
but I think is also a good resource is our strollers and carriages business
education page and that's a live link right there available in your handout to
the strollers and carriages business page so one last resource that I wanted
to point out is our it tries to be I try to make it monthly although I did fall
down on duties a little bit and we went about two months without a newsletter I
did just send one out at the end of October we've got a monthly newsletter
here at the small business Ombudsman's office that is a great way to stay up to
date on webinars that we're going to offer if you'd like to sign up for our
newsletter you can do so by visiting cpsc.gov forward slash email again the
hyperlink is available in your handout and you'll need there's going to be a
long list of newsletters you can sign up for you can absolutely sign up for as
many as you want but if you want to make sure you sign up for our
you need to make sure you select small business Ombudsman updates so with all
that being said thank you so much for attending today again I'm Shelby Mathis
I'm the small business Ombudsman at the Consumer Product Safety Commission we've
loved having you attend today you've got my email you've got our phone number and
please don't hesitate to get in touch if we can be a further assistance to you or
your business thank you