Baby Mattress Safety Tests & Requirements Performed By Pure Zees

Airmid – Test laboratory for AAFA Certification Program

Certification for bedding – Standard for waterproof infant mattresses 

Test – Projection Microscopy Passed

Test – Allergen Barrier Assessment Passed

Test – Water Vapour Resistance Passed

Test – Passive Allergen Eradication Passed

Test – Physical Assessment Passed

Test – Chemical Assessment & Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) of Comfort cover Passed

Test – VOC screening of whole mattress in chamber Passed

Test – Assessment for resistance of fabric to water penetration Passed

European & USA Safety Standards and Requirements Testing

Test – Assessment of mattress firmness. Somers R.L (2012): method of safety test to reduce the risk of asphyxiation according to the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health. Passed

EN16890:2017 – New European Standard for Cot Mattresses Safety Requirements & Test Methods

This is the new safety standard to be met by baby mattress manufacturers who intend to sell into the Irish, UK and European Union markets and replaces BS 1877. All EU countries and UK must adopt this new standard.

The important aspects of this new testing are to check for mattress firmness, mattress structural integrity, entrapment hazards, suffocation hazards, chemical hazards EN 71-3:2013, correct & safe markings, packaging and instructions, thermal requirements i.e. fire resistance EN 597-1:2015 & EN 71-2:2011 + A1:2014, clause 5.4

Passed 

BS 7177:2008 + A1:2011 – Specification for Resistance to ignition of Mattress

This is a British Safety Standard Test for fire resistance of a baby mattress carried out by SGS, a UKAS accredited testing laboratory.

Passed.

 USA Specification for Resistance to ignition of Mattress

16 CFR 1632:2013 Flammability of mattresses

16 CFR 1633:2013 – Flammability (Open Flame) of mattresses

This is the American Safety Standard Test for fire resistance of a baby mattress carried out by LAPI, a CPSC US accredited testing laboratory.

Passed.

USA Children’s Product Certificate other safety & chemical testing requirements

 15 U.S.C 2057c - Determination of Phthalates (CPSC US accredited testing laboratory - Centrocot – Italy)

Passed

15 U.S.C. 1278a - Ban on Total Lead Content in Children's Products in Excess of 100 ppm in Children's Products.

16 CFR Part 1303 - Ban of Lead containing paint.

(CPSC US accredited testing laboratory - Centrocot – Italy)

Passed

16 CFR 1501 – Test for small parts for articles Which Present Choking, Aspiration or Ingestion Hazards intended for children up to 3 years of age. (CPSC US accredited testing laboratory Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services New York)

Passed

16 CFR 1500.48 & 16 CFR 1500.49 - Testing for hazardous sharp points or edges in products intended for children under 8 years of age.  (CPSC US accredited testing laboratory Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services New York)

Passed

US Voluntary Standard Consumer Specification for Crib Mattresses

ASTM Designation F2933 – 16

Establishes design and size requirements, testing requirements and methods and requirements for labelling for full size and non-full size crib mattresses. (CPSC US accredited testing laboratory Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services New York)

Passed

All Components in the Pure Zees baby Mattress are Oeko-tex Standard 100 certified by the fabric manufacturers.

The STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®  is a worldwide consistent, independent testing and certification system for raw, semi-finished, and finished textile products at all processing levels, as well as accessory materials used.