UPDATE: Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

Do you remember this post a little while back? "

What's going on you ask? If you haven't already heard the buzz
around the net then you are in for some SHOCK?

{ What is the CPSIA?}" 

Here is the latest from the CPSC website:

" WASHINGTON,
D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously
(2-0) to issue a one year stay of enforcement for certain testing and
certification requirements for manufacturers and importers of regulated
products, including products intended for children 12 years old and
younger. These requirements are part of the Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act (CPSIA), which added certification and testing
requirements for all products subject to CPSC standards or bans.

Significant
to makers of children’s products, the vote by the Commission provides
limited relief from the testing and certification requirements which go
into effect on February 10, 2009 for new total lead content limits (600
ppm), phthalates limits for certain products (1000 ppm), and mandatory
toy standards, among other things. Manufacturers and importers – large
and small – of children’s products will not need to test or certify to
these new requirements, but will need to meet the lead and phthalates
limits, mandatory toy standards and other requirements."

The best part , "The
stay of enforcement provides some temporary, limited relief to the
crafters, children’s garment manufacturers and toy makers who had been
subject to the testing and certification required under the CPSIA.
These businesses will not need to issue certificates based on testing
of their products until additional decisions are issued by the
Commission. However, all businesses, including, but not limited to,
handmade toy and apparel makers, crafters and home-based small
businesses, must still be sure that their products conform to all
safety standards and similar requirements, including the lead and
phthalates provisions of the CPSIA."

Visit this release from the CPSC website for full details.