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A July 23 House hearing on CPSC's FY2024 budget was a wide-ranging review of agency activities.

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CPSC compliance staff earlier in July told fuel containers companies that the agency was extending to July 12, 2025, the existing enforcement discretion on flame mitigation devices.

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There was a 13% increase in roadway pedalcyclist deaths from 2021 to 2022, according to NHSTA.

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The U.K. Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) July 19 called for people to apply to a panel of child health specialists.

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During 2018 to 2022, death rates per 1,000 residential fires were 5.8 with working smoke alarms but 14.4 when alarms were either absent or not working.

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Briefs on duster, toys, infant loungers, bike helmets, and infant sleep, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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Banning gas appliances is the only specific issue cited in the announcement for a July 23 House hearing on CPSC's FY2025 budget.

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A coalition of 15 consumer groups July 11 wrote Congress urging that CPSC get at least its requested $183.05 million for FY2025.

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A July 8 "Quick Start Guide" from CPSC staff gives advice to companies on getting ready for full e-filing implementation "in or around 2025."

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During 2019-2021, there was an estimated annual average of 352,400 U.S. residential fires associated with consumer products, according to CPSC's report made available July 15.

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Three projects on children's products and one on lighters were the focuses of compliance verification reports made available July 16 by Health Canada.

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Davie Clothing paid AU$101,280 over six infringement notices, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said July 16.

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Leachco July 18 filed a notice of intent to cross appeal the dismissal of CPSC's forced recall administrative suit against it.

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Briefs on magnets and beach umbrellas, 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.