I believe the soap falls under the Food and Drug Administration, another division of the government. We have been focused on the CPSIA, the law dealing with lead and phthalates in kids' products, handled by the CPSC. They have banned lead-core wicks in candles. Whether candles themselves fall under their jurisdiction, I don't know.
With your bedding, I guess your main concern is flammability. Bubbarye, I look at it this way. This country was "built" on handmade. It was how people lived, how they survived. It has always been a means to bring in extra cash, or to furnish our families with items they need or for enjoyment for kids. There weren't big box stores in this country awhile back. Handmade was an essential part of daily living. Then along came the lead issue. Now we find ourselves feeling our way through this law. I really feel it is our right as an American to be able to make things and sell them. It is the American spirit. We will work it out. We must. We as handmade sellers follow the law, but the law must be made clearer to be understood.
