Children’s Furniture Testing

Testing children’s furniture for safety requirements and compliance

Serving a vulnerable segment of the population, children’s furniture products and accessories are subject to local and global guidelines and regulations. We offer you a complete line of testing, evaluation, certification and advisory services to help navigate the compliance process. We’re here to help you confirm the children’s furniture you sell meet or exceed rigorous health and safety standards in addition to helping to protect the environment. 

UL Solutions offers a variety of services and solutions to meet your needs

Verify quality and performance through mechanical and performance testing 

UL Solutions is a leading provider of rigorous, independent furniture testing, including performance and durability, for children’s furniture products and accessories including bassinets, bunk beds, cradles, cribs and crib mattresses, dressers and case goods, furniture components and accessories, high chairs, paints, varnishes and coatings, textiles and upholstery, toddler beds.

Demonstrate safety through testing

Children’s furniture presents unique risks to children, such as entrapment, pinch, and tip over. To help manufacturers minimize such risks, UL Solutions is an approved test lab under the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), in which testing is performed to the Codes of Federal Regulations (CFR) and associated American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards developed in response to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).

These standards include:

16 CFR Part 1218 / ASTM F2194-16 – Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles
16 CFR Part 1219 / ASTM F1169-19 – Safety Standard for Full-Size Cribs 
16 CFR Part 1231 / ASTM F404-18 – Safety Standard for High Chairs
16 CFR Part 1220 / ASTM F406-19 – Safety Standard for Non-Full-Size Baby Cribs

All the standards are designed to rigorously evaluate the safety of children’s products. 

The UL Stability Verified Program includes safety testing designed to evaluate products' potential hazards, such as furniture tip-over.

Flammability testing

We offer comprehensive flammability testing for fabrics and upholstered furnishings, conducted in accordance with nationally recognized standards. These tests investigate ignition, flame-spread and heat-release characteristics of furnishings.

Chemical and emissions testing

UL Solutions provides chemical testing for furniture, paints and varnishes, textiles for furniture and mattresses, required for global regulations such as Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemical Substances (REACH), Reduction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS), and California Proposition 65. We also offer testing for lead and phthalates as required under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).

Enhance indoor air quality through environmental certifications and testing

Differentiate your products in the crowded green marketplace with our environmental testing, certification, claims validations and product declarations. In addition, our exclusive UL GREENGUARD certification allows you to demonstrate your commitment to indoor air quality by verifying your low-emitting products.

Standards and safety requirements for global market access

UL Solutions can help you understand and meet market access requirements the world over. As an approved laboratory by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), and our worldwide laboratories, we can perform testing to international, federal and state regulatory standards, including California Proposition 65 (Legislation AB 2901 Chapter 575) and California Section 01350. UL Solutions is a member of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and of the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA).

With these and more solutions, we are dedicated to helping you earn and maintain trust in a volatile marketplace where consumers are wary and recalls are common.

Benefits of children’s furniture testing

Comprehensive testing and expertise

With a state-of-the-art laboratory facility in Holland, Michigan, our experts in furniture products and global regulations of children’s items can help you identify and reduce potential hazards throughout every stage of manufacturing, from the prototype phase through finalization.

Trusted safety and sustainability certifications

A leader in science-based safety, UL Solutions helps manufacturers of children’s furniture products and accessories verify and communicate the durability, safety and sustainability of their products through a comprehensive suite of testing and certification services.