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Safety Standard for Infant and Cradle Swings

🇺🇸United States··Final Rule·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This rule updates the mandatory safety standards for infant and cradle swings, ensuring they align with the latest ASTM F2088-25 standards. It's important for manufacturers to follow these new guidelines by July 2026 to maintain compliance, focusing on enhanced safety warnings and test methods to prevent hazards.

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Key Changes

  • Incorporates latest ASTM F2088-25 standards for infant swings.
  • Introduces new safety warning labels regarding sleep and suffocation hazards.
  • Requires testing method for suffocation hazard visibility.

Obligations

What this law requires

critical

Manufacturers of infant and cradle swings must comply with the updated safety standards as specified in ASTM F2088-25.

manufacturers
July 25, 2026
operational
high

Manufacturers must ensure that warning labels on infant and cradle swings include updated statements regarding suffocation hazards as required in ASTM F2088-25.

manufacturers
July 25, 2026
disclosure
high

The front warning label on infant swings must be visible in accordance with the Suffocation Hazard Visibility Test described in ASTM F2088-25.

manufacturers
July 25, 2026
operational
high

Manufacturers must not allow infants to sleep in infant and cradle swings, as emphasized by the updated warning label requirements.

manufacturers
July 25, 2026
prohibition
medium

Manufacturers must remove any reference to 'as soon as possible' in warnings related to removing infants who fall asleep in swings.

manufacturers
July 25, 2026
disclosure

Affected Parties

Manufacturers of infant and cradle swingsCompliance testing bodies

Tags

consumer protection,safety standards,infant products