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Bureau lab reports most furniture samples passed flammability tests, finds label errors common
Summary
The bureau’s laboratory reported a high pass rate for furniture and bedding flammability tests but said label reviews showed mostly minor or moderate violations; the lab is resuming testing after pandemic interruption and will expand online product purchases to sample out‑of‑state and overseas manufacturers.
Rosemarie Picota, identified in the meeting materials as the laboratory supervisor for the bureau, reported to the advisory council on Aug. 14 that lab testing volumes dropped during the COVID‑19 shutdown but that testing of furniture and bedding has resumed.
Picota said the lab completed 58 furniture samples during the reporting period, with 56 passing and two failing (a 97% pass rate). For mattress tests, the lab completed 10 samples with nine passing and one failing (90% pass). Thermal insulation samples had not been received for testing during the period covered but ten reports were…
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