TO MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS, and ANYONE involved in the creation of children's products: We have put our years of experience in the industry behind an innovative and cost effective solution for those of you who manufacture children's products (including cottage industry and handmade artisans), to allow you to sell your existing inventory and spring collection in spite of the February 10 deadline. We are in this together! Please contact us for more information.
TO OUR CUSTOMER FAMILY: Here at Hanna's Dream, we are committed to continuing to provide pure organic children's clothing to the families of America. If you are reading this, you most likely have come across some startling news in the past few weeks about the enactment of recent consumer protection legislation here in the US. Beginning February 10, 2009, all children's products (including organic clothing), must be tested to show a lead level of 600 ppm or less (in August the amount drops to 300 ppm). There are also strict labeling requirements that will be taking effect in the future. The law is broad and extremely complicated, and it the scope and magnitude are enormous. There is no reason to believe that certified organic clothing contains any lead, but in accordance with the new law, we will be making every effort to test all our current inventory to have it certified as legal for sale.
We have been contacting our manufacturers, in particular our overseas partners, and have found most of them are just now becoming aware of the fact that they will need to conduct additional testing of their already certified clothing to continue to sell here in the United States. The future availability of organic clothing from Europe is in serious jeopardy. For that reason, we have put together a page on our website entitled "Endangered Clothing" to give you a glimpse of the clothing that might be difficult to find in the US in the future. We will continue to press on and partner with manufacturers with the hope that we will be able to continue to provide their superior products to the families of America.
For more detailed information about this new law, please see the official CPSIA website.
