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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman March 3 tamped down the idea of an enforcement transition in the early months after the e-filing effective date.

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CPSC promised to finalize a plan by July to ensure companies are timely and accurate in e-filing certificate data.

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CPSC Chairman Peter Feldman February 26 said that the agency is reviewing the safety of wire grill brushes generally.

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Expect possible activity in April on the potential settlement of the long-running Amazon forced recall case.

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Fired CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka March 5 suggested that CPSC's stepping away from its independent agency status is risking lives.

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The CPSA definition of children's products as intended for those up to 12 years old might be the basis for changing tests in the ASTM F2456 firearm container standard.

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Health Canada processed 2,571 product safety reports in calendar 2025, according to its February 20 update.

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The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) held its 33rd Annual Meeting and Training Symposium on February 23-26, 2026 in Orlando, Florida, themed "Safety: Community-Collaboration-Commitment."

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Keep recognizing EU machinery requirements said most respondents to an UK inquiry.

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Reply by May 20 to a UK inquiry on the safety of construction products, including possibly moving some meant for consumers away from the General Product Safety Regulation.

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) February 27 reported that in 2025 it sent 208 requests for more data on the safety of chemicals.

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The UK Environment Agency February 27 outlined what companies must do with recalled products containing trace amounts of asbestos.

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Consumer Reports in February detailed cases of successfully getting Amazon and Temu to address safety concerns with products sold on those platforms.

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US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) March 5 made numerous recommendations in a report criticizing the time CPSC sometimes has taken in recalling certain products.

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Briefs on power strips, heated insoles, dressers, snorkel masks, flameless candles, toy figures, epinephrine, EC SCCS, and brand stimulators, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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Rejecting its statutory status as an independent agency was the first of four reasons CPSC gave February 24 in withdrawing a 2024 guidance on children's value of statistical life (VSL).

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CSPC has legal tools to address emerging challenges like e-commerce despite the age of its primary statute, former Commissioner Douglas Dziak told an ICPHSO audience February 25.

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Tallying recalls and totaling monetary penalties might not be good ways to measure how well CPSC is fulfilling its mission, former Commissioner Dana Baiocco suggested February 24.

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CPSC had no presence at the February 23-25 conference of the International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (ICPHSO).

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Pictograms in drowning warnings were the focus of a February ASTM F15.21 meeting on infant tubs.

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The EC is seeking revisions by October of two opinions on product risks.

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Briefs on pressure cookers and cribs, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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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.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman is among the defendants in a May 21 civil complaint over the firings of the three Democratic commissioners.

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.

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PSL has seen but not authenticated a 64-page document getting increasing attention in the general press and containing a paragraph on CPSC being absorbed into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules.

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CPSC's duties under CPSA 29(e) and (f) likely will be key in its review of how and if it can ensure 6(b) protection in complying with an executive order for government-wide access to agencies' information.

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What the term public safety means in recent executive orders has gained more importance now that it is one of four criteria to focus Justice Department scrutiny of attorneys who have represented clients against the government in the last eight years.

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CPSC is using a blanket disclaimer that historical documents on its website might not comply with a January executive order on gender.

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CPSC has reverted to giving NEISS coders three numbers to process hospitals' descriptions of sex and gender.