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October 15 is the deadline to ask to speak at CPSC's October 21 webinar-format hearing on the proposed rule on lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products.

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Mixed reactions to CPSC's proposal to expand the 15(j) requirements for window coverings split on the sufficiency of the underlying voluntary standards.

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The ASTM F15.30 subcommittee in September agree to look at a bunk bed testing discrepancy identified by CPSC staff.

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Less obvious items that meet water bead definitions were among issues that got attention at a September ASTM F15.22 session.

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Flashback testing of fuel cans might be affected by the position of the vent hole in the plastic bag used in the process, heard members of the ASTM F15.27 panel.

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The U.K. Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) knows of 267 fires in micromobility products during calendar 2025.

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On October 6, 2026, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a new Standardization Regulation repealing and replacing the currently applicable Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, which underpins the European harmonized standards system.

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On September 27, 2026, the EU's Directive (EU) 2024/825 on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (ECGT Directive) entered into force.

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An organization formed this year and called Consumer Advocacy Institute, as of October 2 and since mid-August, had filed more than 120 lawsuits under Washington, DC law, most alleging violations of CPSC requirements.

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Commissioners voted 3-0 to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would use certain window covering elements for declaring product substantial hazards.

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CPSC renamed the Director of Compliance position to Chief Enforcement Officer.

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CPSC staff September 25 urged the commission to continue deferring a petition seeking a mandatory rule for carbon monoxide (CO) alarms.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman September 25 asked state fire marshals to aid in addressing sprinklers recalled over 25 years ago.

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Comment by October 15 on an EC draft act to update the Toy Safety Directive related to bisphenol A (BPA), fragrances, and chemical testing.

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CPSC must review its past general warning against using weighted infant blankets and swaddles.

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There was little fanfare to the end of the appeals court review of the 2025 firings of three Democratic CPSC commissioners.

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Health Canada referred 943 shipments to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in the fiscal year that ended March 2026.

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Australia seeks feedback through October 18 on updating its recall procedures.

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Health Canada September 18 added products using button/coin batteries and packaging of such batteries onto its General Prohibitions Table 3.

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Briefs on garage doors, clothing, CPSC services, pressure washers, crib bumpers, bunkbeds, CPSC vehicles, revoked rules, compliance costs, Australia, chemicals, and air guns, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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An organization formed this year and called Consumer Advocacy Institute, as of October 2 and since mid-August, had filed more than 120 lawsuits under Washington, DC law, most alleging violations of CPSC requirements.

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Commissioner Brien Lorenze was sworn in September 8. This followed Commissioner Karen Sessions being sworn in August 19. 

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CPSC should have a hazard-determination procedure for issuing unilateral warnings, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) told the agency.

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The Senate Commerce Committee July 22 voted 15-13 to favorably report the CPSC nominations of Brien Lorenze and Karen Sessions.

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CPSC nominees Brien Lorenze and Karen Sessions fielded four questions at their June 24 confirmation hearing.

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CPSC Executive Director Brien Lorenze's June 1 commissioner nomination is for the past seat of ex-Commissioner Douglas Dziak.

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CPSC May 14 listed five factors it considers in referring criminal offences to the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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The likely upcoming Republican monopoly on CPSC power does not violate the letter of the CPSA despite bipartisanship being both a half-century tradition and the goal of those who wrote the 1972 law.

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In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a record-setting total of 422 recalls.

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A 3-0 Republican CPSC majority is being set up with the nomination of Karen Diebel Sessions.

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The October 2 nomination of William Hewes III to fill the slot vacated by Douglas Dziak is a step towards CPSC having an operational commission.

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CPSC Acting-Chairman Peter Feldman received sole power to take steps usually involving a commission majority, including publishing rulemaking actions.

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The Supreme Court July 23 stayed the district court decision that returned the three Democratic commissioners to CPSC.

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Whether disruptions at CPSC are due to the firings or to the reinstatements of the Democratic commissioners is a question that may determine if two stays are granted.

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The three fired CPSC commissioners can return to their jobs under a permanent injunction issued June 13 by Judge Matthew Maddox in Maryland U.S. district court.

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Marc J. Schoem

During the 1960s, product safety concerns were managed by multiple government agencies, including the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW, predecessor to the Department of Health and Human Services), the National Bureau of Standards, the Food and Drug Administration, and others.

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The idea to move CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) became a confirmed plan May 30 with the publication of CPSC and HHS FY2026 budget requests.

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Robert Adler and R. David Pittle, Ph.D.

If you think that President Trump's legally dubious war on regulatory agencies like EEOC, NLRB, and FTC is outrageous, be prepared to recognize the tiny Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as the hands-down winner for most savaged regulatory agency in this administration.