Aug 04 2025
Aug 04 2025
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CPSC in July suggested three ideas for importers preparing for the January 2027 effective date for e-filing of goods entering through foreign trade zones (FTZ).
Aug 04 2025
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CPSC's July guidance on staff use of generative AI distinguishes between tools managed by CPSC and publicly available ones.
Aug 04 2025
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CPSC's inspector general (IG) office referred the actions of one agency staffer to the Department of Justice (DOJ) over personal actions involving pandemic relief fraud.
Aug 04 2025
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CPSC July 23 ended its official relationship with the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO).
Aug 04 2025
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Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) July 22 hosted a "spotlight" session via Blumenthal's Facebook page against the plan to merge CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Aug 04 2025
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CPSC's three removed commissioners are seeking expedited review of their case by the 4th circuit U.S. appeals court.
Aug 04 2025
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The fight over CPSC's structure and future came to a head in the latter half of July and was marked by both enmity among commissioners and a focusing Supreme Court decision.
Aug 04 2025
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The European Commission has taken the first steps to reform the New Legislative Framework for CE marked products by publishing a call for evidence on July 14, 2025.
Aug 04 2025
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Legislation granting the UK government wide-ranging powers to reform the UK product safety framework has completed the legislative process, having received Royal Assent on July 21, 2025.
Aug 04 2025
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The Supreme Court July 23 stayed the district court decision that returned the three Democratic commissioners to CPSC.
Aug 04 2025
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Briefs on CPSC agenda, youth ATVs, heated gloves, hair serum, Jack Walsh, and infant nests, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.
Jul 21 2025
Product Safety Letter will not appear July 28, 2025, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 54, No. 29, will be Aug. 4, 2025.
Jul 21 2025
Jul 21 2025
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There was no decision posted as of 5:00 pm EDT Friday July 18 on the request to the Supreme Court to stay the reinstatements of the Democratic CPSC commissioners.
Jul 21 2025
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The Supreme Court should move now – and not wait for an appeals court ruling – to review its 1935 precedent used to protect CPSC commissioners from firing, urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) July 14.
Jul 21 2025
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Two Democratic Senators July 16 sought information from CPSC and the Office of Federal Register (OFR) on the status of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on lithium-ion batteries in micromobility.
Jul 21 2025
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CPSC extended to January 12 the enforcement stay for flame mitigation devices on two types of pre-filled portable fuel containers (PFCs).
Jul 21 2025
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CPSC staffers in early July urged NFPA and UL to update standards related to carbon monoxide (CO) risks with stationary generators.
Jul 21 2025
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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) July 15 said there has been a "growing list" of power banks being recalled in that nation.
Jul 21 2025
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Electrical appliances and equipment continued to be the top notified product class in the U.K. Product Safety Database.
Jul 21 2025
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Knowing if artificial intelligence (AI) is part of connected consumer products is a challenge, according to a report made available July 14 by the U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).
Jul 21 2025
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California should have looked at more materials commonly in crumb rubber, according to commenters on the state's review of athletic fields with artificial turf.
Jul 21 2025
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Briefs on lidocaine cream and water beads, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.