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CPSC would get $123 million in fiscal 2015 under President Barack Obama’s March 4 budget request, which also seeks user fees to allow expansion of the agency’s pilot risk assessment methodology (RAM) for import surveillance

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The UL 1026 Task Group on slow cookers and rice cookers March 5 discussed language and pictograms to include on proposed cord tags.

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Members of the ASTM Subcommittee F15.24 March 4 discussed the need for the nickel release test for body piercing jewelry, and they debated differences between toys, general consumer products and jewelry for various types of hair accessories.

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Members of the ASTM adult bed rails task group March 5 set deadlines for subgroup work in three areas of Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Adult Bed Rails – scope, labeling and test requirements.

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Briefs on strollers, frame carriers, CPSC regulatory agenda, lead exemptions, HIPAA, cribs, lighters, exports, and more.

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Briefs on eye protection, ski bindings, sleeping bags, wall assemblies, floor insulation, highchairs, burglar alarms, CO alarms, and more.

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Briefs on EU market surveillance, chemicals, tanning beds, C&L, grass trimmers, children’s clothing, and more.