CPSC Requirements for Infant Garments & Children’s Tight Fitting Sleepwear Garments

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Published 2024-06-10
CPSC’s Small Business Ombudsman team presents a video overview of CPSC’s requirements for infant garments and children’s tight-fitting sleepwear garments. This video provides information about the criteria for “infant garments” and “children’s tight-fitting sleepwear garments” as defined in 16 CFR parts 1615 and 1616, provides measurement and labeling guidance for tight-fitting garments, discusses design features that are permitted on tight-fitting garments, and provides answers to frequently asked questions on the topic.

If you are interested in specific sections of the video, you can find where each section starts at the following time stamps:
• Background on Flammability Regulations: 0:15
• Children’s Sleepwear Definition: 2:27
• Infant Garment Definition: 4:45
• Tight-Fitting Garment Definition: 6:04
• Tight-Fitting Garment Measurements: 8:06
• Tight-Fitting Garment Design Features: 16:02
• Tight-Fitting Garment Labeling: 19:07
• 16 CFR part 1610, General Wearing Apparel Overview: 22:45
• Other Children’s Product Requirements: 24:35
• Frequently Asked Questions: 31:05
• CPSC Regulatory Robot and Recalls: 37:35
• CPSC Small Business Ombudsman: 38:40

Contact CPSC’s Small Business Ombudsman Team:
• Visit www.cpsc.gov/smallbiz
• Contact Form: www.cpsc.gov/SBOContact
• Call Toll-Free: (888) 531-9070
• Email: [email protected]

To stay up to date on CPSC regulatory activity, new rules and requirements, and upcoming webinars, subscribe to CPSC’s monthly Business Education Newsletter at cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Subscribe (check the box for “Business Education”) and to CPSC’s Federal Register notices at www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-….

Other Useful CPSC Links:
• Regulatory Robot: business.cpsc.gov/
• Product Safety Recalls: www.cpsc.gov/recalls
• Business Guidance Library: www.cpsc.gov/guidancelibrary
• 16 CFR part 1615 eCFR: www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapte…
• 16 CFR part 1616 eCFR: www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapte…
• 16 CFR part 1610 eCFR: www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-II/subchapte…
• Third-Party, CPSC-Accepted Lab Search: www.cpsc.gov/cgi-bin/labsearch/
• Small Batch Manufacturing: www.cpsc.gov/smallbatch
• Children’s Product Certificate (CPC): www.cpsc.gov/CPC
• Tracking Label Business Guidance: www.cpsc.gov/trackinglabel
• Total Lead Content Business Guidance: www.cpsc.gov/lead
• Lead in Paint Business Guidance: www.cpsc.gov/leadinpaint
• Phthalates Business Guidance: www.cpsc.gov/phthalates