The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced that a renowned international home furnishing products company has agreed to recall a large numbers of children’s and adult chests and dressers from North America market because the products are unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing a serious tip-over and entrapment hazard. The safety of chests and dressers and other children’s furniture arouse wide concern among consumers.

To help furniture manufacturers to ensure product stability and add certain protective parts to reduce potential risk, thus improve product safety, Intertek now launches tailor-made safety evaluation program for furniture and children’s furniture. With years’ experience in furniture testing and by combining the requirements of Australia/New Zealand AS NZS, U.S. ASTM and relative standards of the UK, Intertek expert team can evaluate the safety of furniture products to the following index and recommend proper testing program:

1. Warning statement
2. Stability evaluation
3. Binding force evaluation for tip-over

Through the safety evaluation program, you will have a complete understanding about the risk of your products, and take proper action for improvement. Intertek will help to assure your product safety and stay competitive in the global marketplace.