Furniture & Home Goods
Product Law Group provides strategic compliance advice and defends enforcement actions targeting furniture, appliances, and home goods, including:
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) product safety standards, including mandatory reporting under CPSA Section 15(b) and CPSC product recalls;
- California Energy Commission (CEC) Appliance Efficiency Standards including energy efficiency and water efficiency, certifications, and product marking/labeling requirements;
- EPA (TSCA Title VI) and California (CARB ATCM) rules related to formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products including recordkeeping, supply chain communication, and product labeling;
- U.S. Lacey Act requirements applicable to products made of wood, wicker, rattan, bamboo, cork, and other plant-derived materials, including due diligence and Lacey Act import declarations (see the WOOD PRODUCTS tab for additional details);
- California and federal flammability requirements for upholstered furniture;
- California’s Proposition 65, including specialized labeling requirements and warnings for furniture under California’s Proposition 65;
- State laws targeting PFAS and other chemicals in cookware and home textile articles; and,
- Regulation of home goods treated with pesticides as well as products that include antibacterial or antimicrobial claims.
Product Law Group also helps companies convey product requirements to their overseas suppliers to avoid compliance problems when products are imported or sold in the United States. PLG helps clients develop and revise supply chain communication and education, product specifications, contractual terms related to product compliance, and supplier certifications.