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Bureau lab finds high label error rate; two mattress samples exceed flammability-chemical limits
Summary
At a Bureau of Household Goods and Services advisory meeting, laboratory staff reported persistent label deficiencies across product categories, summarized flammability testing results and described follow-up steps after chemical (AFR) testing showed some noncompliance.
Laboratory staff for the Bureau of Household Goods and Services reported on testing, accreditation and follow-up enforcement steps at the advisory council meeting.
The lab’s flammability accreditation assessment “went well,” lab engineer Sue said, and the lab has submitted responses to a few audit concerns, she told the council.
Council members heard that labeling failures remain widespread: the lab reported that 82 percent of labels reviewed had some deficiency. The lab also summarized performance on flammability tests: for TB 117-2013 samples 90 percent of…
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