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Hazard patterns for a broadly defined product class of infant support cushions match those of the subset infant loungers, commissioners heard October 2.

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Commissioner Peter Feldman October 2 raised concern about CPSC staffers' approach to neck floats, which is limited to toys. He called for closed-session legal discussion on ways to possibly expanding the approach.

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Commissioners September 25-27 voted 5-0 to publish a notice of availability and request for comments on incident data used for CPSC's rulemaking on debris penetration in off-highway vehicles.

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The European Commission has been continuing its work to get ready for the new EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) adopting a Delegated Regulation on August 17, 2024, laying down operating rules for the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System and updated risk assessment methodology for Member States to use to support a notification.

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The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill was introduced into the UK Parliament and read for the first time on September 4, 2024.

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Briefs on drain covers, playgrounds, infant rockers, and batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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A CPSC decisional meeting is slated for October 16 to consider a final rule on infant support cushions.

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October 16 is the target for a CPSC decisional meeting on publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on toy neck floats.

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CPSC staffers are urging commissioners to deny a petition that sought a limited-space alternative for the 20 mm warning icon on button/coin batteries.

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Those with limited English proficiency (LEP), including in companies, are targets of a CPSC plan available September 20.

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Commissioners September 18-19 voted 4-1 to grant a 45-day extension for comments on the infant/toddler rockers rulemaking.

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CPSC staffers September 17 detailed three areas of disagreement with Amazon's notification and action plan in the appeal of the forced recall case.

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The New Zealand Commerce Commission September 19 said it will file criminal charges against The Warehouse.

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Use of certain PFAS in textiles and other products will be restricted by a September 19 EC action under REACH requirements.

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Briefs on batteries, playpens, games, hurricanes, and United Kingdom, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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The 10th Circuit U.S. appeals court June 4 ruled Leachco cannot stop CPSC's administrative proceeding based solely on whether the commission's structure is constitutional.

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Republicans chairing the House committee and subcommittee that oversee CPSC March 4 asserted that the agency puts policy announcements behind a paywall when speaking before the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICHPSO).

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The Senate March 7 confirmed Douglas Dziak, by unanimous voice vote, to become a CPSC commissioner.

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Consumer product recalls announced by the CPSC in 2023 showed some troublesome extremes.

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The U.S. 5th Circuit appeals court January 17 upheld the protections CPSC commissioners enjoy against not-for-cause removal by presidents.

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Cost-benefit procedure was faulted September 12 by a three-judge panel to vacate CPSC's rule on custom window coverings.

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While the recent $11.5 M civil penalty agreement between Whirlpool and the CPSC certainly raised some eyebrows, what caught my attention are the technical issues behind this penalty.

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CPSC's July 27 hearing on battery fires, especially in micromobility, was marked by a consensus across stakeholders for commission rulemaking.

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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) April 26 pushed Consumer Reports to detail any contacts by its writers or other staff with anyone at CPSC over gas stoves.

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Furniture manufacturers and retailers are currently at a crossroads not knowing which way to turn.

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Douglas Dziak is the nominee for the open commissioner position at CPSC.

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CPSC's FY2024 budget request, if granted, would give it 39.4% raise over its current funding.

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A child's value of statistical life (VSL) would be twice that of an adult's in a draft CPSC guidance on such calculations.

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The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) kicked off its 30th Anniversary year at the recently held 2023 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

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CPSC staff February 22 sent commissioners a draft request for information (RFI) about gas stoves' effects on indoor air.

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CPSC staffers February 10 asked UL to form a working group to look at lithium-ion battery fires in micromobility products.

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Commissioners voted 3-1 February 8 to publish the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on revising CPSC's 6(b) rules.

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'Second-life' lithium-ion batteries have generally the same hazard patterns as new counterparts, but at higher likelihood, according to a January 31 report by the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).

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Many of CPSC staff's 6(b) proposals rely on an understanding of disclosure as involving release of new information.

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The Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) January 10 won a stay of the recent CPSC rule on custom window coverings.