Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act (STURDY Act) was passed by the U.S. Congress in December 2022 to enact the safety requirements for such free-standing furniture items. This Act prescribes safety requirements for clothing storage units which intended to protect children up to 72 months of age from tip-over-related death or injury which will be effective on 1st Sep 2023.
The STURDY Act requires the CPSC (The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) to adopt a mandatory stability standard that uses a test weight of 60 pounds and simulates real-world use. The STURDY Act also requires clothing storage units (CSU) to pass objective, repeatable and measurable tests that simulate real-world use, taking into account the weight of small children, impact on stability resulting from placement on carpeted surfaces, drawers with items in them, multiple open drawers, and dynamic forces.
The CSU rule previously promulgated as 16 CFR part 1261 in the final rule published on November 25, 2022, is stayed from May 4, 2023 through September 1, 2023.
The requirements of ASTM F2057-23 are sufficiently similar to the current CSU rule that laboratories approved to test to CPSC-accepted third party labs are expected to update the scope of their accreditations to reflect the revised standard in the normal course of renewing their accreditations.
ASTM F2057-23 is applicable to free-standing clothing storage units, including but not limited to chests, chests of drawers, drawer chests, armoires, chifferobes, bureaus, door chests, and dressers, which are 27 in. or greater in height, 30 lb (13.6 kg) or greater in mass, and contain 3.2 ft3 or greater of enclosed storage volume. The standard applies to CSUs manufactured on or after September 1, 2023.
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In order to support your company on catching up the effective date, we are happy to announce the Promotion campaign - Testing for 16 CFR 1261 and ASTM F2057-23 - Safety Standard for Clothing Storage Units.
PROMOTION PERIOD: July 01, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023 (sample login date)
LAB LOCATION: BV CPS VN, Lot C7-C9, Cat Lai IDZ, Thanh My Loi ward, Thu Duc city, HCMC, Vietnam.
PROMOTED PRICE: up to 40% discount per normal rate (regular service only, exclude VAT)
TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
- The promotion is applied to all test requests which involve 16 CFR 1261 or ASTM F2057-23 (test against full standard)
- The promoted price is applied to either local reports (non-global contract with Bureau Veritas) or program clients (global contract with Bureau Veritas).
- A minimum quantity of 5 styles/SKUs (login counted from day 1 to 25 of a month) will be required to enjoy the promoted price. After cut-off time, normal listed price will be applied if minimum quantity is not met.
- Promoted price cannot be combined with other discount/special offer within promotion period.
- For batches of 10 styles/SKUs or more, please contact our BD team for batch price and turnaround time arrangement.
- BV reserves the right, in our sole discretion, to give final decision on eligibility or to update promotion conditions without prior notice.
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- You enjoy a best package price and turn-around-time for batch testing, no matter the submissions are for program clients or local programs.
- With Saturday as official working day and cut off time expansion to 4:00 pm, Bureau Veritas (BV) is the fastest lab in Vietnam at the moment.
- Using BV Regular service, you may have the report as soon as using Express service from some other labs.
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