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Business Licensing Database
BEDDING

Includes manufacture and sales
BED BEDDING COMFORTER FURNITURE
MANUFACTURING MATTRESS PILLOW RECLINER
SLEEPING BAGS UPHOLSTERY USED USED FURNITURE

Federal

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
4330 East-West Highway
Bethesda , MD   20814-4408
(301)504-6816
(800)638-2772
Fax: (301)504-0124
Regulates manufacture of products used in and around the home including fire retardancy of bedding.
The CPSC standard for mattresses and mattress pads requires a test of flammability to measure cigarette ignition resistance.
Each mattress or mattress pad must be permanently labeled, and records of all prototype tests are to be maintained by the manufacturer or importer.

Federal

U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Textile Section
600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington , DC   20580
(202)326-3553
(877)382-4357
Fax: (202)326-3197
Must comply with labeling requirements of the Textile Fiber Products Act. Tags must identify all fibers and manufacturer. Contact the FTC for a copy of the regulations.

State

Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Consumer Protection Division
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver , CO   80246-1530
(303)692-3620
Fax: (303)753-6809
Unlawful to manufacture or sell bedding made from used materials or animal fibers unless disinfected.
Must be labeled "new" or "used" materials on tags meeting Department of Health requirements. (25-5-307, C.R.S.)

State

Colorado Department of Revenue
1375 Sherman St
Denver , CO   80261
(303)238-7378
Most product sales are subject to sales tax. Contact the Department of Revenue regarding sales tax licensing regardless of whether a business sells retail, wholesale, on consignment or at events.

Link:  http://www.revenue.state.co.us/fyi/html/sales09.html
NOTE:  Individuals selling to another individual are exempt from tagging requirement
NOTE:  This covers anything considered an article of bedding with concealed construction or concealed materials for sleeping or reclining such as pillows, comforters and recliners.

page last updated 6/4/04

The Colorado Revised Statutes are available on line at http://198.187.128.12/colorado/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=fs-main.htm&2.0. You can locate a statute of interest by searching either on the citation given in the database (e.g., 18-5-307) or on a keyword or phrase.

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