Jul 04 2022
Jul 04 2022
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CPSC would get $166.3 million in FY2023 under HR 8254, introduced June 28 by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill).
Jul 04 2022
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CPSC's annual fireworks report June 27 indicated that the agency knows of nine non-occupational deaths in 2021.
Jul 04 2022
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The IMCO committee of the European Parliament adopted its report on the proposed General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) on June 16.
Jul 04 2022
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An ASTM F15.09 task group on play equipment add-ons is looking at aftermarket crib mattress standards as a model.
Jul 04 2022
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An ASTM F15.42 task group June 27 had an early discussion on a potential new standard for indoor storage furnishing with horizontally hinged lids.
Jul 04 2022
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An ASTM F15.18 task group June 28 wordsmithed portions of the F2906 standard on bedside sleepers.
Jul 04 2022
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European co-legislators reached provisional agreement on proposed new laws to introduce a common charger into the EU in June.
Jul 04 2022
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Briefs on bouncer seats, button/coin cells, children's products, and surface coating, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.
Jun 27 2022
Jun 27 2022
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The Senate June 22 confirmed Mary Boyle to be a CPSC commissioner.
Jun 27 2022
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CPSC members voted 4-0 June 22 to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR), with five amendments, targeting debris penetration in recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) and utility vehicles (UTVs).
Jun 27 2022
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CPSC got three comments on its implementation of the 2020 Portable Fuel Container Safety Act.
Jun 27 2022
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Thirteen Members of Congress June 21 asked Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz if CPSC should get more power on unilateral recalls.
Jun 27 2022
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Commissioner Richard Trumka June 17 urged CPSC action on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).
Jun 27 2022
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The U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) June 20 announced five actions it said would ease burdens related to the UKCA (U.K. conformity assessment).
Jun 27 2022
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An ASTM F15.18 task group is looking at zipper and similar entrapments in play yards.
Jun 27 2022
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ASTM June 17 began work on withdrawing two cigarette-ignition standards as redundant to NFPA 260.
Jun 27 2022
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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) June 16 gave planned steps to implement its product safety priorities for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Jun 27 2022
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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) June 17 reported as "considerable progress" the assessments in 2021 of more than 1,900 substances.
Jun 27 2022
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CPSC June 22 provided a sign-language translator for the first time.
Jun 27 2022
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Commissioner Richard Trumka June 23 urged reporting of "illicit products" in short remarks on the effective date of CPSC's sleep products rule.
Jun 27 2022
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CPSC has 20 items in is spring regulatory agenda made available June 21.
Jun 27 2022
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CPSC canceled a roundtable discussion on accessing agency information under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA).
Jun 27 2022
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Briefs on infant tubs, RVs, CLP, and button batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.