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What are voluntary standards?
Through collaboration with voluntary standard organizations (like ANSI, ASTM, CSA, UL, and others) safety standards are developed for consumer products. In many cases, these standards bring industry groups, government agencies, and consumer groups together to agree on best consumer product safety practices. Read more about what this may mean for manufacturers, and how standards can be used to help lead towards the development safe consumer products.
Voluntary Standards Summary Reports
The Voluntary Standards Summary Report is published twice a year and shows, among other things, product or product areas associated with the voluntary standards work, the name of the employee leading each activity, the name(s) and designation(s) of the standards associated with the product, the purpose of staff’s involvement, the reporting period activity, and staff’s next actions associated with the voluntary standard. The report is issued at the middle (mid-year report) and end (annual report) of the CPSC fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.
Consumer Participation is Welcomed
The development of a voluntary standard requires consumer input. Achieving a balanced perspective on a committee is often a challenge because consumer participants are difficult to recruit. If you are a consumer and you want to contribute to a voluntary standard or hear more about the development of an individual standard, please contact the Consumer Ombudsman.
Current Staff Activities in Voluntary Standards
- ATVs (All-Terrain Vehicles)
- Bassinets/Cradles
- Bicycles
- Booster Seats
- Carriages and Strollers
- Changing Products
- Child-Resistant Packages
- Children's Folding Chairs and Stools
- Commercial Cribs
- Fireworks
- Frame Child Carriers
- Full-Size Cribs
- Gasoline Containers, Child Resistance
- Gates and Expandable Enclosures
- Handheld Infant Carriers
- High Chairs
- Infant Bath Seats
- Infant Bath Tubs
- Infant Bouncer Seats
- Infant Swings
- Infant Walkers
- Non-Full Size Cribs and Play Yards
- Portable Bed Rails (Children's)
- Portable Hook-on Chairs
- Sling Carriers (Infant and Toddler)
- Soft Infant and Toddler Carriers
- Stationary Activity Centers
- Swimming Pools/Spas Drain Entrapment
- Swimming Pools/Spas Safety Vacuum Relief Systems
- Toddler Beds
- Toys
- Adult Portable Bed Rails
- Candles and Candle Accessories
- Flooring (Slips, Trips, and Falls)
- Magnet Sets
- Torch Fuel and Lamp Oil
- Clothing Storage Units Tip-overs
- Crib Bumpers (Infant Bedding)
- Crib Mattresses (include Supplemental and Aftermarket Mattresses)
- Fire Safety of Portable Fuel Containers and Gasoline Cans
- Gas Appliances - CO Sensors
- Infant Inclined Sleep Products
- Portable Generators
- Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs)
- Table Saws
- Upholstered Furniture
- Window Coverings
- Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing
- Amusement Rides, Trampoline Parks, and Adventure Attractions
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Bath Tubs (Adult)
- Batteries, Fire (High-Energy Density)
- Batteries, Ingestion (Button)
- Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarms
- Clothes Dryers
- Electric Heaters
- Flammable Refrigerants
- Gas Ranges
- Internet of Things (IoT) / Connected Products
- Liquid Laundry Packets
- LP Gas Appliances
- Mowers
- Nanotechnology
- National Electric Code
- Playground Equipment (Home)
- Playground Equipment (Public)
- Playground Surfacing
- Pools, Portable Unprotected (Child Drowning)
- Pressure Cookers
- Safety Locks and Other Household Child-Inaccessibility Devices
- Self-balancing Scooters and Light Electric Vehicles / Micromobility Devices
- Smoke Alarms
- Sports/Recreational Head Gear/Helmets and Sensors
- Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation
- Tents
- Washing Machines
- Wearables
Staff Correspondence Relating to Voluntary Standards
- Letter to ASTM re: Battery Operated Toys
- 8-4-2021 Draft Letter to ASTM Bath Toys
- Letter to ASTM re: Ballot on F15 (21-07) Item 9 (Toy Acoustics)
- CPSC - Letter to ASTM F15.70 Subcommittee
- BSR/ASHRAE Standard 15.2P, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems in Residential Applications
- 18 Proposed Revision of ASTM F2057-14 Safety Specification for Clothing Storage Units
- Letter to ASTM Amusment Ride Committee
- Letter To ASTM Inclined Sleep Products
- CPSC staff letter to ASTM F08.53 subcommittee on Sensors
- Letter from CPSC Staff to ASTM regarding Stationary Activity Centers
- Letter to ASTM Infant Bedding Subcommittee Regarding Recommended Revisions to F1917
- Letter to ASTM Furniture Age and Weight Task Group (August 2018)
- Letter to ASTM Furniture Age and Weight Task Group (October 2018)
- Letter to UL on AC and USB Chargers
- Letter to ROHVA, OPEI, SVIA
- Letter to ROHVA, SVIA, OPEI
- CPSC Letter to OHV SDOs
- CPSC Letter to OHV SDOs
- CPSC Letter on NFPA 58 TIA
- Letter to Bill Tobin ASTM F15.72 on Vote Rationale
- APBR Compliance Letter to Industry
- ASTM 3D Printing Letter
- Subcommittee Chairman for ASTM F15.58, Powered Scooters & Skateboards
- ATV and ROV CPSC Letter to OHV SDOs
- Bedrail Update Letter to ASTM
- Children's Folding Chairs ASTM Letter
- CPSC Staff Comment and Ballot Letter for UL 2201 on Proposal to Exclude Generator-Welders from Scope
- CPSC Staff Letter to ASTM Adult Magnet Sets Ballot F15 (20-07) Item 2
- CPSC Staff Letter to ASTM Regarding Adult Magnet Sets Ballot F15 (20-04) Item 10
- Crib Mattress Letter to ASTM
- CSA 3D Printing Letter
- FMDs on Disposable Containers ASTM F15.72 on Vote Rationale
- ASTM F15.16 Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures Ballot F15 (20-08) Item 4
- ASTM F15.16 Expansion Gates and Expandable Enclosures
- Letter to CPSC of Revised Standard ASTM F2050-19, Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Hand-Held Infant Carriers.
- ASTM F15.18 Infant Inclined Sleep Products
- ASTM In-Bed Sleeper Standard
- ASTM F15.18 Bassinet and Cradles and Infant Inclined Sleep Products Updates
- Liquid Laundry Packets Post-Implementation Period Report
- CPSC Report to ASTM International F15.71 on Liquid Laundry Packet Injuries
- LP Gas Cylinders CPSC Letter on NFPA 58 TIA 1483
- Magnet Sets Containing Small Loose, Powerful Magnets with a Flux Index
- Magnets CPSC Staff Letter to ASTM Regarding Adult Magnet Sets Ballot F15.77
- Portable Luminaries CPSC staff UL letter UL 153 Proposal
- ASTM Ballot F15 (20-06), Item 12, for Banister Rails/Gliders; F1487-17 Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use
- ASTM Ballot F15 (20-06), Item 12, Ballot Item for Banister Rails/Gliders; F1487-17 Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use
- ASTM F15.17 Stationary Activity Centers
- Smoke Alarms CPSC Letter Regarding UL 217
- Toddler Beds Update Letter to ASTM
- Torch Fuel Letter to Container Task Group Chair
- UL 3D Printing Letter
- Window Coverings CPSC Staff Letter to WCMA
- ASTM F15 Ballot 20-06 Comment Letter
- ASTM Letter Liquid Laundry Packets Post-Implementation Through 2019
- ASTM F15.18 Infant Inclined Sleep Products: Ballot F15-18 (20-01), Item #1
- CPSC Staff Letter to ASTM Regarding Ballot F15 (19-09) Item 10
- ASTM Ballot F15 (20-10), Item 1, for Banister Rails/Gliders; F1487-17 Standard Consumer Safety Performance Specification for Playground Equipment for Public Use
- Letter to Sling Carriers on Test Methods
- ASTM Subcommittee Chair for ASTM Stationary Activity Centers
- ASTM F15.18 Bassinet and Cradles: Ballot F15 (20-09), Items #5, 6, and 7
- CPSC Bicycle Helmet Letter to ASTM – Jan 2020
- CPSC Staff UL Letter GFCI Effective Date
- Letter to ASTM F15.72 Subcommittee Chair
- March 10 2021- Market Umbrellas Ballot letter to ASTM F15.79 March 10 2021
- APBR - ASTM F15.70 Subcommittee Meeting Request
- Supportig Letter for ASHRAE 15.2P Flammable Refrigerants
- Treadmills ASTM Letter 4.26.21
- 95-96 Gallon Roll-Out Trash Cans Letter
- CPSC Comment on Self-Monitoring for ALCIs
- ASTM Clothing Chest Ballot
- CPSC staff comments on draft F3118 revisions.100121
- Nursing and Support Pillow VS request
- Subcommittee Chair, F15.18, Bassinets and Cradles
- CPSC staff letter to UL March 7 2022 Heater cords
- CPSC Proposed Test Method for F406-19 Revisions - Mar 7 2022
- Negative Vote Bassinet 04-27-2022 Letter
- Letter to the ASTM Bath Toys II 08-11-2022
- CPSC Staff Comments on the American National Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs) (ANSI/ROHVA-1-202x) Draft Performance Requirements for Fire and Debris Penetration Hazards - October 5, 2022
- CPSC Staff Comments on the American National Standard for Four Wheel All-Terrain Vehicles (ANSI/SVIA-1-202x) Draft Performance Requirements for Fire Hazards - October 5, 2022
- 22-02-11 NFC Play yard ballot F15 (22-01)
- 10-6-2022 NFS crib_play yard ballot F15 (22-16)
- NFS Crib Play Yard Ballot F15(22-04) Item 6_04-27-22 Abstain
- Commissioner Mary T. Boyle Letter to ASTM International on ASTM F963
- 2-7-23 Letter to ASTM Expanding Materials
- CPSC Letter to STPs 2849 and 2272 - February 10, 2023
- Letter to ASTM Ride-on Toys November 2, 2022
- VS Letter OPEI B71-9 Comments Sept 7 2022 - FINAL
- VS Letter OPEI ROHVA OHV Fire Information in FY23 OP - FINAL
- 5.23.2023 Bedside Sleepers Rule Update letter to ASTM
- Ballot and comments from JBuyer on draft standard with revisions to PGMA G300 05112023
- CPSC staff letter to PGMA regarding data requests May 2023
- CPSC Staff Letter to ASTM F15.18 Bassinet Elevated Surfaces-042723
- CPSC Staff Letter to ASTM 15.42 Furniture Safety on Recliner Entrapment
- F15 (23-04) item 1 ballot affirmative with comment
- NFS Crib Rule Update letter to ASTM 230418
- CPSC Staff Letter in Response to Ballot F15.16 (23-01) Item 1
- Letter to ASTM F15.22 Reese's Law NPR 230320
- CPSC staff letter to UL letter portable electric heaters March 2023 incl report
- Letter to ASTM recommending mattress firmness test for play yards 3-13-2023
- Second Ballot Letter Draft UL 8400 Virtual Reality Item 3_6_23 Abstain_6b Cleared
- Play Yard PL112-28 Letter to ASTM 3-3-2023
- ASTM F963 Update Ballot Items 2-13-23
- CPSC staff comment UL 101 Leakage Current 0223
- VS Letter to OPEI Lawn Mower VS Update Feb 2023 6b cleared 2-3-2023
- 1-3-2023 Letter to ASTM Chairs and Stools Subcommittee chair
- Gates Rule Update letter to ASTM 12-30-2022
- CGBPA Update letter to ASTM Cleared 11-22-2022
- FY23 CGBPA Subcommittee Update letter to ASTM cleared 11-22-2022
- CPSC letter to UL 858 Proposal on Induction cooktops 11-20-2022
- Swing Rule Update letter to ASTM 2022-11-10
- Staff e-mail on CSU ASTM Ballot F15(22-17) Item 1 - 3NOV2022
- Bassinet Rule Update letter to ASTM 2022 10-06 10-7-2022
- Letter to ASTM on Expanding Materials 6-20-23
- 09-07-23 CPSC letter to UL (Table Saws) final
- 09-22-22 CPSC letter to ASTM Treadmill TG
- 09-30-22 CPSC letter to UL (Table Saws)
- 12-20-2022 Letter to ASTM President (Folding Chairs and Stools)
- 06-09-2023 Age designations for playground equipment - 6b cleared - Redacted
- 06-12-2023 Alberta Mills F3429 Update Notice
- 07-03-2023 Boise Seated Products Report letter to ASTM
- 08-30-2023 Comment on ASTM Ballot F15
- 08-13-2023 CPSC side height discussion
- 09-20-2022 CPSC Sling Carriers Rule Update Letter to ASTM
- 07-17-23 CPSC Staff Comment to ASTM F08 (23-03) Ballot - Fitness Products
- May 2023 Infant Rocker Letter to ASTM for meetings - FINAL
- June 2023 CPSC Staff Comment to ULSE TC4200 Ballot
- August 2023 CPSC Staff Comment to ASTM F15.19 Firmness Test Ballot
- 2-5-2021 Letter to ASTM Toy Standard Ballots
- 5-16-2023 Infant Walker Rule Update Letter to ASTM
- 09-20-21 CPSC letter to UL (Table Saws)
- 09-26-23 CPSC letter to ASTM F13 Chair
- 09-07-2023 ASTM F15.18 Bassinet Height Letter
- 95-96 Gallon Roll Out Cart Letter 12-07-2021
- 08-18-2022 Letter, CPSC to PHTA, PHTA-17 standard development
- ASTM Play Yard Zipper July 2021
- August 2013 Hendy Swing Impact - Redacted
- August 2022 Fencing Reapproval Letter
- 07-31-2022 Baby Changing Products Update Letter to ASTM
- 08-17-2022 Bicycle Helmet - CPSC Letter to ASTM
- Composite Playground Fall Height Letter 10-25-2018
- CPSC High Chair Standard Update Letter 6-30-2021
- CPSC Letter in Support of UL 2034 CO Sensor Stability Test Proposal
- CPSC Letter to WCMA March 2022
- CPSC Letter to WCMA September 2021
- CPSC staff letter Cool Burning Sparkler info request AFSL
- CPSC staff letter Cool Burning Sparkler info request APA
- CPSC Staff Letter in Response to Ballot F15 (23-13) Item 2
- CPSC Staff Statement on ASTM Ballot F15 (22-11) Items 1-8
- CPSC staff letter to PGMA 4-22-2022 with enclosure
- CSU ASTM Ballot F15 (22-06) - Statement for Negative vote on Item 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
- ASTM F2598 Comment Cover Letter
- Glider January 2021 letter
- Home playground acute angles ballot
- Inflatable Infant Bathers letter
- January 2022 Fencing Reapproval Letter 1-20-2022
- Letter Negative Vote Ballot 10-8-2021
- Letter to ASTM F15.29 FOIA
- Letter to OHV SDOs final - July 21, 2021
- Letter CPSC to PHTA APSP 16 2021PA - 9-21-2021
- Letter ISO TC136 10131 Snyder-2 04-05-2022
- Negative F15 (21-10) ASTM ISP 01-13-2022
- Public versus Private Playground Inquiry - 6b cleared - Redacted
- Survey Update CPSC letter to UL 6b - August 16, 2021
- Swing Update Letter to ASTM
- VS letter to OPEI Riding Mower Hazards - Sept 29, 2021
- WCMA 2022 Ballot CPSC Comment Letter to WCMA - August 2022
- UL 30 Safety Can Preliminary Review Letter Cleared 07-19-2021
- CPSC Staff Comment on ASTM Ballot F15.81 09-28-2023
- Weighted products in Scope F15.19 ASTM Letter October 2023 FINAL
- UL Letter UL 2056 Proposal October 2023 6b (final)
- Letter to ASTM F08 Bicycle Grips (LRM) 10-20-2023
- CPSC Staff Comment to ASTM F15.19 Firmness Test Ballot October-2023
- CPSC - Play Yard NFS Crib Ballot F15 (23-17) Item 13 - Abstain
- CPSC Letter - Meeting Request for Handheld Carrier Firmness
- CPSC Staff Comments on Wearable Infant Blankets Swaddles Ballot ASTM F15.19 (23-03)
- UL 325 Request
- Letter to ASTM Concerning Water Beads
- Letter to ASTM F15.58 Commercial E-Scooters Regarding Ballot 12-7-23
- CPSC staff letter to PGMA about fuel leaks 12-13-23
- Staff letter to ASTM Bassinet ballot F15-2319 Item 2 - 12-18-23
- CPSC Letter Regarding Proposed Treadmill Finger Probe 12-21-23
- CPSC Letter in Support of UL 2034 Markings Ballot (Proposed 5th Edition)
- Water Bead Letter to ASTM Response
- CPSC Staff Comment to ASTM F15.19 Airflow Test Ballot January 2024
- Toy Update Letter to ASTM 1-31-24
- CPSC Staff Letter - Play Yard NFS Crib Ballot F15 (24-01) Item 1 - Negative
- Letter to ASTM F08.53 Helmets and Headgear
- CPSC Letter to ASTM WK 76767
- NFPA 30 Public Input CLEARED Portable Fuel Containers
- Play Yard NFS Crib Ballot F15 (24-05) Item 3 - CPSC Staff Negative
- Letter to ASTM F2456 Biometric Requirements for Firearms Containers Beyond the Scope of the Standard
- CPSC Staff Response to PGMA Letter 1-18-24
- 3-25-24 Comment on ASTM Ballot F15.81 (24-04) WK83978
- CPSC Letter - Treadmill Finger Probe Testing 04-25-24
- CPSC Staff Preliminary Testing of Finger Probe for Treadmill Entrapment Requirements 04-25-24
- Letter to ASTM 2024 - Grill Brushes
- CPSC Staff Comment to Ballot ASTM F15.21 on Infant Loungers
- CPSC Staff Letter in Response to ASTM Nursing Pillows Ballot Item (Ballot F15 (24-08) Item1
- 5-29-24 CPSC Staff Letter - Accessible Pool Piping Entrapment
- CPSC Staff Comments to Proposed Changes to APA Std 87-1A
- CPSC Staff Letter to PHTA 5-29-24
- 06-04-24 Room Air Conditioner Letter (signed)
- Handheld Steamers Letter 7-12-24
- Swing Rule Update Letter to ASTM 2024-07-18
- CPSC Lampholder socket Adapter Proposal Letter
- CPSC Staff Letter to UL on UL 817 LED Power Cord Set Luminaires 8-7-2024
- CPSC Staff Response to Ballot F15 (24-01)_8-19-24_Signed
- Generator In-use Cover Recommendation Letter
- Room Air Conditioner Data Letter
- CPSC-Staff-Letter-Play-Yard-NFS-Crib-Ballot-F15-24-01-Item-1-Negative
- VS Letter SVIA 1 to Alex Berger - CLEARED 9-6-24
- UL 325 Comment Letter-FINAL-08302024_Signed
- CPSC Staff Letter to UL 1026_8-27-24
- CPSC-to-ASTM Letter on Magnet Incident_09-27-2024
- CPSC Staff Letter to UL 136_9-24-2024