Press Release: Furniture Flammability Standard
Monday, May 10, 2021 For immediate release CPSC set to require compliance with new furniture standard by June 25, 2021. UFAC Make Life Safer program more relevant than ever. High Point, NC, May 10, 2021. [...]
TB 117 Update
Make Life Safer with UFAC Happy New Year! Indeed, the furniture industry can celebrate the passage of a new federal upholstered furniture flammability requirement that is based on the well-accepted principles in the UFAC and TB 117 [...]
Upholstered Furniture Fire Deaths are Down, reports CPSC staff
November 12, 2020 UFAC is pleased to note that reported fire deaths are down for residential fires where upholstered furniture was supposedly the first item ignited. This positive news, reported in CPSC staff’s [...]
Make Life Safer Plus Fabric Testing Program Update
UFAC’s Beta test program for the detection of flame retardant (FR) chemicals in upholstery fabric continues to make progress, despite some of the challenges presented by coronavirus this spring and summer. Upholstery fabrics, targeted [...]
Press Release: UFAC Launches Flame-Retardant Testing Program
HIGH POINT – The Upholstered Furniture Action Council will launch “Make Life Safer,” an upgraded testing and consumer outreach program to certify upholstered furniture products as being free of the most widely used flame-retardant chemicals. [...]
