SAFETY & TESTING

 

At Mabē, your baby's safety comes first. Every Monarch Carrier is independently tested by CPSC-accredited third-party labs against the mandatory safety standards for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, and the European Union — from the fabric and hardware to the labeling on every box and tag.
Here's what that actually covers.

What We Test For
Every carrier is evaluated across a full range of safety categories, including:

  • Physical and mechanical safety: how the carrier keeps your baby safe and holds up when bearing weight all the time — tested to both USA and European standards
  • Choking hazards, like small parts
  • Sharp points and edges
  • Flammability (not just one country's, but the standards for the US, Europe, and Canada)
  • Lead, cadmium, and phthalates — restricted substances sometimes found in dyes, plastics, and hardware; tested to multiple countries' heavy metal and phthalate standards plus several additional states' phthalate standards
  • Buckle and hardware strength
  • Seam and construction integrity
  • Required warning labels and care instructions

Meets Global Safety Standards
We test to the specific standard required in each market we sell to, not just a general baseline:

  • United States — the mandatory juvenile-product safety standard for baby carriers (16 CFR 1226/ASTM F2236-24), CPSC, and CPSIA requirements, plus state-specific laws including California's Prop. 65.
  • European Union & UK/Northern Ireland — the CEN/TR 16512 guidelines for children's slings and carriers, REACH compliance (validated through OEKO-TEX certification) for restricted substances, and GPSR requirements, including a registered EU Responsible Person, required safety labeling, and technical documentation we keep on file for 10 years.
  • Canada — Health Canada's textile labelling law, plus heavy-metal, phthalate, and flammability regulations.

Quality You Can Trace
Every Monarch Carrier is labeled with its batch number, plus date and location of manufacture. That traceability lets us monitor quality, catch anything unusual early, and keep improving the product — it's also how we register and track incident reports internationally, so any safety concern gets documented and addressed.

Ongoing Quality Assurance
Testing isn't a one-time box to check. We and our manufacturing partners run regular inspections, fabric and material audits, and annual OEKO-TEX certification, and we track product feedback and returns through our own defect-monitoring process, alongside those of our retail partners. We also comply with formal incident-reporting with EU's Safety Gate. If something needs improving, we hear about it and act on it so that you have the best experience with babywearing.