Please tell me about the New British Standard for Baby Sleep Bags?
The new British Standard for Baby Sleep Bags (BS 8510:2009) has been introduced to provide a quality and safety standard for Baby Sleep Bags to conform to in the UK. Together with other industry and technical experts, The Gro Company has been involved with a working group for over two years in order to produce this very important Standard to help parents to be confident that they are buying a safe and high quality Baby Sleep Bag. To meet the new Standard, Baby Sleep Bags must be constructed to specific guidelines and tested in accordance with industry standard testing equipment. BS 8510:2009 has been developed completely with a baby’s safety in mind and some of the requirements are as follows: • Baby Sleep Bags should have armholes, but no sleeves or hoods, to prevent over-heating • The neck openings have both minimum and maximum measurements to ensure safety • Zips, buttons and press studs (poppers) have to pass rigorous tests to ensure strength and durability • Loop labels are not al
