(a) General markings. Each product and its retail package shall be marked or labeled clearly and legibly to indicate the following:
(1) The name, place of business (city, state, and mailing address, including zip code), and telephone number of the manufacturer, distributor, or seller.
(2) A code mark or other means that identifies the date (month and year as a minimum) of manufacture.
(3) The marking or labeling in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section are not required on the retail package if they are on the product and are visible in their entirety through the retail package. When no retail packaging is used to enclose the product, the information provided on the product shall be used for determining compliance with paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section. Cartons and other materials used exclusively for shipping the product are not considered retail packaging.
(b) Permanency. The marking and labeling on the product shall be permanent.
(c) Upholstery labeling. Any upholstery labeling required by law shall not be used to meet the requirements of this section.
(d) Warning design for product. (1) The warnings shall be easy to read and understand and be in the English language at a minimum.
(2) Any marking or labeling provided in addition to those required by this section shall not contradict or confuse the meaning of the required information or be otherwise misleading to the consumer.
(3) The warnings shall be conspicuous and permanent.
(4) The warnings shall conform to ANSI Z535.4-2011(R2017) (incorporated by reference, see § 1243.8) sections 6.1-6.4, 7.2-7.6.3, and 8.1, with the following changes.
(i) In sections 6.2.2, 7.3, 7.5, and 8.1.2, replace “should” with “shall.”
(ii) In section 7.6.3, replace “should (when feasible)” with “shall.”
(iii) Strike the word “safety” when used immediately before a color (for example, replace “safety white” with “white”).
Note 1 to paragraph (d)(4)(iii):
For reference, ANSI Z535.1, American National Standard for Safety Colors, provides a system for specifying safety colors. See note 1 to § 1243.8(a) for ANSI contact information.
(5) The safety alert symbol and the signal word “WARNING” shall be at least 0.2 inches (5 mm) high. The remainder of the text shall be in characters whose upper case shall be at least 0.1 inches (2.5 mm), except where otherwise specified.
Note 2 to paragraph (d)(5):
For improved warning readability, typefaces with large height-to- width ratios, which are commonly identified as “condensed,” “compressed,” “narrow,” or similar, should be avoided.
(6) The message panel shall have the following text layout requirements:
(i) The text shall be left-aligned, ragged-right for all but one-line text messages, which can be left-aligned or centered. See figure 1 to this paragraph (d)(6) for examples of left-aligned text.
Note 3 to paragraph (d)(6)(i):
Left-aligned means that the text is aligned along the left margin, and in the case of multiple columns of text, along the left side of each individual column.
(ii) The text in each column should be arranged in list or outline format, with precautionary (hazard avoidance) statements preceded by bullet points. Multiple precautionary statements shall be separated by bullet points if paragraph formatting is used.
Figure 1 to paragraph (d)(6)—Examples of Left-Aligned Text
Note 4 to figure 1 to paragraph (d)(6):
The text shown for the warnings in figure 1 to this paragraph (d)(6) is filler text, known as lorem ipsum, commonly used to demonstrate graphic elements.
(7) All infant support cushions are required to contain a warning with the content and format depicted in this section as figure 2 (for products without tummy time) or figure 3 (if the product has a tummy time feature) to this paragraph (d)(7).
Figure 2 to paragraph (d)(7)—Warning for Product Without Tummy Time
Figure 3 to paragraph (d)(7)—Warning for Tummy Time Product
(e) Warning statements. Each product shall contain the warning statements shown on figure 2 (for products without tummy time) or figure 3 (if the product has a tummy time feature) to paragraph (d)(7) of this section, at a minimum. Slipcovers sold on, or together with the product, shall contain the warning statement shown on figure 2 or 3 to paragraph (d)(7) of this section, as applicable.