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Johnson Health Tech Trading's agreement to settle CPSC reporting allegations for $16.875 million comes with a requirement to create a CPSC-facing position.

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CPSC should do more on micromobility safety than its current rulemaking on batteries, two Democratic and two Republican members of Congress wrote July 24.

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A regulation on lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products would increase consumer confidence, the National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA) told CPSC.

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Fake certification marks exacerbate hidden hazards, commenters told CPSC.

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Two consumer groups voiced privacy concern about CPSC's efforts to leverage health data laws to expand its NEISS input.

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Briefs on CPSC commissioners, squishy toys, AI-enabled toys, poisoning, crib bumper, baby walkers, electric kettles, hairdryer brushes, lighters, and bedrails, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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A one-page NEISS brochure posted by CPSC three months ago raised key concepts at the core of the new focus on whether hospitals can be compelled to transfer data.

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CPSC's NEISS data expansion involves use of a health data system known as the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).

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On June 30, 2026, the European Commission published a report recommending the EU's common charger requirements be extended to seven additional product categories.

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The UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPPS) used its incident review escalation five times in the fiscal year that ended in March 2025, according to its July 30 report.

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Briefs on smart devices and digital records, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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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.

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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.