Choice said the three mattresses failed their "firmness test". Consumer group Choice is calling for a mandatory safety standard for all cot mattresses after its testing found three products from big-name brands posed a suffocation risk to babies. Key points:Sealy, Love N Care and Childcare mattresses deemed a potential suffocation risk to babiesConsumer group Choice conducted 'rigorous' tests on cot mattressesChoice's results and claims disputed by Sealy and Childcare, after their own in-house testing Choice tested 12 products and found mattresses by Sealy, Love N Care and Childcare were too soft and could potentially cover a baby's face.An Australian standard for the firmness of mattresses was introduced in 2013, but is not mandatory. Tom Godfrey from Choice said it was time the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) looked at introducing mandatory standards."We know that mattresses that are too soft are a risk factor that can lead to SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, so we think it's really important that this voluntary standard is looked at by the ACCC and the requirements of it made mandatory as part of the review of the Australian Standard later this year," Mr Godfrey said.
The ABC has contacted Sealy, Love N Care and Childcare for comment. Childcare said in a statement that they took "the safety and quality of our products extremely seriously".Childcare said its mattresses passed all of its own tests, but said they supported calls to mandate the firmness test as standard. Do you know more about this story? Sealy spokesman Matthew Thomas said they performed the same test as Choice and could not replicate the results."Sealy has undertaken a review of its cot mattress specifications to ensure that its mattresses fully comply with all standards," he said.But Mr Godfrey said the Choice testing could be more rigorous than the testing performed by the brands themselves."When Choice approached the companies and informed them that their mattresses had failed the firmness test, obviously they take it very seriously," he said."The difference being that we test these mattresses the way a consumer would use it."The companies may be doing their tests in house but the critical thing, the reason we want to see this mandated is that Choice is testing it as a baby would use it, as a consumer would use it in the home, and what we found is that these three big name brands, three of their products have failed and we don't think it's good enough.
"What we're doing is we're using a test rig, a weight essentially, and we're finding the weakest point, the softest point in the mattress, and we're simulating what a baby's nose or mouth would do as it sinks into the mattress, it's a pretty simple test but it's a vital test because what it's doing is alerting the consumer to the fact that their baby's face can be covered by the mattress."Mr Godfrey said mandatory safety standards exist for cots and mattresses that are sold as part of a package, but not when the mattress is sold on its own.Safety tips on how to sleep babies safely can be found on the Sids & Kids website.Skip links Skip to primary navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Vibrant health means you can live life to the fullest. Empower yourself with the steps I used to free my life of chronic disease and medications. I’m an author, entrepreneur, and nutritional therapy practitioner (NTP). I began this website at 19, to share the steps that freed my life of chronic disease and medication.
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