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CPSC staff have recommendations in five areas for midyear updates to the FY2022 operating plan.

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CPSC had quick turnaround on setting up a briefing on midyear updates to its FY2022 operating plan.

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A "general safety provision" would help the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) deal with unsafe products sold online, according that agency's report made available April 28.

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The Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) was among the laws explicitly cited May 5 in a Department of Justice (DOJ) environmental justice strategy.

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Briefs on Mary Boyle, button/coin batteries, clothing storage units, DINP, crib mattresses, CB antennas, and children's sleepwear, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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Inclined sleepers and crib bumpers are set to become banned hazardous products with final Senate passage of HR 3182.

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Commissioners' votes were due near the PSL deadline on whether to docket a petition that seeks minimum and maximum thicknesses for play yard mattresses plus tolerance provisions related to gaps.

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CPSC was compliant with the Payment Integrity Information Act during FY2021, according to a contractor report prepared for the CPSC inspector general (IG) office.

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Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) May 2 began a campaign on shocks and fires associated with "alternative energy technologies."

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Health Canada May 4 pointed stakeholders to two comment periods ending July 4 and involving flammability standards.

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The European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) committee May 3 adopted a report that moves work forward on updating the machinery directive.

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The U.K Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) April 27 said it was updating restrictions of substances used in toys.

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Briefs on CPSC priorities, demographics, garage doors, third-party testing, e-scooters, PFAS, and traceability, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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Volume 1, Number 1 of Product Safety Letter was dated April 3, 1972.

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Amazon is seeking documents about CPSC from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to help build its defense in its forced recall case.

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Mary Boyle's nomination to be a CPSC commissioner remains alive despite a 14-14 party-line committee vote March 3.

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Several weeks ago, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), ignoring its own data, and despite its good intentions, enacted a rule that in our view unnecessarily exposes infants to an increased risk of death in play yards.

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CSPC speakers February 16 confirmed as intentional a trend that has arisen in recent months – movement toward faster action.

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Commissioners February 9 followed through with a threat to launch an administrative suit aimed at forcing a recall by Leachco.

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E-commerce retailers' accuracy in stating the correct age grades for toys varies, especially comparing different toy types.

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Administrative Law Judge James Grimes January 19 declined to dismiss CPSC's lawsuit to force a recall by Amazon, rejecting the company's position that it is not a distributor under the CPSA.

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The first deadline of a just-signed New York State law (S.4630-B/A.5418-B) on certain classes of flame retardants (FRs) affects electronics displays and stands.

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There was an increase in SaferProducts.gov submissions in FY2021 compared to FY2020.

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Wearable items– whether clothing or technology – got specific callout in a CPSC contractor report on product risks to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs).

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The appropriate amount of time given to companies to come into compliance with CPSC rules was the primary topic at a December 14 decisional meeting.

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The Senate October 7 by voice votes confirmed the nominations of Alexander Hoehn-Saric to become CPSC chairman as well as a commissioner until 2027.

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Republican commissioners' September 24 use of their temporary majority to alter CPSC's FY2022 Operating Plan led to an assertion from Acting Chairman Robert Adler that their move was a "clear and serious breach of our internal rules."

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A rarely discussed 1974 CPSC opinion on salmonella transmission from commercially produced pet turtles is the precedent cited in a dog-related petition before the commission.

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Rich Trumka, Jr. is President Joe Biden's third CPSC commissioner selection.

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President Joe Biden July 2 sent two CPSC nominations to the Senate, including one for chairman.

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by Carol Pollack-Nelson

On June 2, 2021, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to require flat infant sleep products that do not fit into one of five product categories for which there are mandatory safety standards (full and non-full-size cribs, play yards, bassinets, bedside sleepers) to meet the requirements of the bassinet standard.

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by Robert Adler, CPSC Acting Chairman

As someone whose connection with the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s experience interpreting and implementing section 6(b) goes back almost fifty years, I want to respond to my longtime friend Alan Schoem’s recent article in Product Safety Letter regarding this troublesome provision of the law. Mr. Schoem’s basic thesis is that 6(b) is not the “gag order” it is portrayed to be.

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by Alan H. Schoem

As the CPSC lawyer previously responsible for interpreting and enforcing the information disclosure provisions in the Consumer Product Safety Act known as “6(b)”, I thought providing some factual information may help all to better understand that while CPSC must take certain legal steps prior to releasing certain information, 6(b) is not the “gag order” it is portrayed to be.