Washington, DC (WSYR-TV) - Federal regulators have proposed new rules to ban the sale of drop-side cribs. The new standards are likely to take effect next year, and would also outlaw the dangerous cribs at motels, hotels and childcare facilities.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission, citing 153 deaths in the past four years, voted to ban drop-side cribs in the agency’s first across-the-board overhaul of regulations for infant beds in almost three decades.
The agency voted 5 - 0 Wednesday in favor of the proposed rulemaking.
A number of company recalls involving more than 9 million drop-side cribs over five years led the government to warn parents in May to stop using the products because of suffocation and strangling risks.
Regulators will review public comments before making the rules final by the end of the year.
