FAI Working Hard With CPSC Awareness Program

Furniture World Magazine

With all the current news and changes in the flammability regulations in California and nationwide the Futon Association International is working overtime to help its members stay in front of the curve. “Our Flammability Awareness Committee, consisting of FAI Board Secretary Karen Day of Otis Bed, and Board Member Mike Schwieger of Vymac Corporation will be attending ISPA’s SHOPTalk California TB603 - Implementation and Beyond meetings next month where they will be participating on behalf of their own companies as well as FAI,” said FAI President, Pattie MacMillen. Several FAI member manufacturers were recently visited in a broad data gathering sweep by the CPSC. “The agency has also been searching the internet, specifically the Association’s site (www.futon.org) to gather information too,” MacMillen said. The new CPSC Awareness Program will include contact of all member companies with a focus on futon mattress manufacturers. It will include the latest updates on the ISPA meetings, progress reports on the regulations themselves, test method updates, and implementation deadlines. The program will also include making the regulation documents available online and in printed from, and delivering them to members by mail where necessary. “We have the greatest respect for the goals of consumer safety and product quality as proposed and formulated by the Cal Bureau for the state of California, and by the CPSC nationally. Our relationship with these regulating bodies has always been a pro-active and collaborative one, and we are working very hard to keep it that way,” she said. For more information about the Futon Association International and the Futon and Specialty Sleep Expo visit the Futon Association web site: http://www.futon.org.