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All four commissioners June 6 jointly wrote Meta Platforms about sales of recalled items – especially Boppy infant loungers – on Facebook Marketplace.

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Administrative Law Judge Michael Young June 8 partially granted a Leachco motion to compel discovery in CPSC's force-recall case about Podster infant loungers.

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The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) June 1 said CPSC is infringing the rights of its client, Wildchild Stockholm.

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CPSC heard it needs more clarity and nuance in its proposal to double for children the value of statistical life (VSL) it applies to adults.

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The CPSC Inspector General (IG) said it is submitting a separate FY2024 budget request from the agency's overall request.

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CPSC wants input in three areas at a July public meeting on lithium-ion battery fires.

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Companies and researchers have to September 8 to apply for the newest round of the EC's Product Safety Award.

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The California Department of Toxic Substances Control will seek input for a month – starting June 27 – about its proposal to add microplastics to the state's Candidate Chemicals List for the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program.

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The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) was published in the EU Official Journal on 23rd May 2023.

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NZME will pay NZ$87,750 over sales of magnet set puzzles deemed unsafe under the 2014 New Zealand ban of high-powered magnets.

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June 19 is the effective date of a ban in Japan of certain magnet sets and balls that expand in water.

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Assessing products for skin and eye irritation are where Europe is seeing most progress towards minimizing animal testing.

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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.

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Peloton will pay $19.065 million to settle two CPSC allegations involving Tread+ treadmills – reporting incidents late and selling 38 units after recalling.

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CPSC's budget for the ongoing fiscal year is $152.5 million under the appropriations act signed December 29.

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CPSC's Inspector General (IG) office made seven recommendations following its investigation into the vote on the agency's FY2022 operating plan.

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Whether there is a duty to remedy products that are functionally equivalent to those found to be hazardous is among the debates in recent filings in CPSC's administrative suit to force recalls by Amazon.

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With just few finalization steps left, the European Parliament and Council November 29 provisionally agreed on the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).

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CPSC November 22 continued its recent run of unilateral warnings by urging against use of Lumi and Mini infant flotation neck rings from Otteroo.

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An October 27 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on CPSC's early-pandemic ports pullback gave two recommendations.

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Commissioners October 26 voted 3-1 to approve the FY2023 CPSC Operating Plan with more than two dozen amendments.