{"id":2094,"date":"2016-07-21T19:48:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T19:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/?page_id=2094"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:36:18","slug":"bedding-and-upholstered-furniture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/bedding-and-upholstered-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong style=\"font-size: 16px;\">To view and comment on in-progress amendments to 12VAC5-125, Regulations for Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Inspection Program, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/bedding-and-upholstered-furniture\/proposed-changes-to-bedding-regulations\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2120 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/couch-1213103_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"couch-1213103_1920\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/couch-1213103_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/couch-1213103_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/couch-1213103_1920-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/couch-1213103_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All manufacturers, importers, distributors,\u00a0reupholsterers, and renovators must be licensed to offer bedding and upholstered furniture for sale in Virginia.\u00a0All bedding and upholstered furniture\u00a0must\u00a0be tagged with an acceptable law label that provides\u00a0the company&#8217;s\u00a0name, identification of the contents of all concealed stuffing,\u00a0and\u00a0the Uniform Registry Number used to identify the place of manufacture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2121 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/double-bed-1215004_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"double-bed-1215004_1920\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/double-bed-1215004_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/double-bed-1215004_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/double-bed-1215004_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/double-bed-1215004_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Program also permits and inspects\u00a0facilities that sell or\u00a0commercially distribute used bedding and upholstered furniture.\u00a0 These used articles are required to be properly sanitized before they are offered for resale in stores like thrift shops or any other place that sells or rents previously owned merchandise. Sanitizing helps protect the consumer from exposure to harmful germs and pests like bedbugs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/Bed-Bug-Brochure.pdf\">Hotel Guidance<\/a> <a title=\"Bedbug Biology\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/touristlodging\/bedbugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bedbug Biology<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/bedding-and-upholstered-furniture\/ispa-manual-changes\/\">ISPA Manual Changes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/bedding-and-upholstered-furniture\/bedding-upholstered-furniture-forms\/\">Forms<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/ItemsToSanitize.pdf\">Items Requiring Sanitization<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/admincode\/title12\/agency5\/chapter125\/\">Bedding Regulations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/bedding-and-upholstered-furniture\/contact-us-bedding\/\">Contact Us<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/07\/Sanitizers-Literature-Email-Format-updated-link-033017.pdf\">Sanitizer&#8217;s Literature<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/08\/BUFI-Consignment-PIM-18-02-8-23-18-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Regulation of Consignment Stores<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To view and comment on in-progress amendments to 12VAC5-125, Regulations for Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Inspection Program, click here. All manufacturers, importers, distributors,\u00a0reupholsterers, and renovators must be licensed to offer bedding and upholstered furniture for sale in Virginia.\u00a0All bedding and upholstered furniture\u00a0must\u00a0be tagged with an acceptable law label that provides\u00a0the company&#8217;s\u00a0name, identification of the contents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2094","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Program - Environmental Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/environmental-health\/bedding-and-upholstered-furniture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Program - Environmental Health\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To view and comment on in-progress amendments to 12VAC5-125, Regulations for Bedding and Upholstered Furniture Inspection Program, click here. 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