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An organization formed this year and called Consumer Advocacy Institute, as of October 2 and since mid-August, had filed more than 120 lawsuits under Washington, DC law, most alleging violations of CPSC requirements.

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Commissioners voted 3-0 to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) that would use certain window covering elements for declaring product substantial hazards.

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CPSC renamed the Director of Compliance position to Chief Enforcement Officer.

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CPSC staff September 25 urged the commission to continue deferring a petition seeking a mandatory rule for carbon monoxide (CO) alarms.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman September 25 asked state fire marshals to aid in addressing sprinklers recalled over 25 years ago.

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Comment by October 15 on an EC draft act to update the Toy Safety Directive related to bisphenol A (BPA), fragrances, and chemical testing.

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CPSC must review its past general warning against using weighted infant blankets and swaddles.

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There was little fanfare to the end of the appeals court review of the 2025 firings of three Democratic CPSC commissioners.

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Health Canada referred 943 shipments to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in the fiscal year that ended March 2026.

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Australia seeks feedback through October 18 on updating its recall procedures.

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Health Canada September 18 added products using button/coin batteries and packaging of such batteries onto its General Prohibitions Table 3.

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Briefs on garage doors, clothing, CPSC services, pressure washers, crib bumpers, bunkbeds, CPSC vehicles, revoked rules, compliance costs, Australia, chemicals, and air guns, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

Product Safety Letter will not appear September 28, 2026, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 55, No. 37, will be dated October 5, 2026.

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CPSC September 17 withdrew its direct final rule that would have revoked decades-old requirements for bouncer seats and stationary activity centers.

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CPSC got numerous comments urging packaging leniency with zinc-air batteries for hearing aids.

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The EC September 15 reported mixed results from testing of sports helmets.

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The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) held its 2026 International Symposium in Brussels on September 9-10, in conjunction with the European Commission's International Product Safety Week.

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There was a 39% unrestrained percentage in 2024 among children killed in road accidents and for whom restraint use was known.

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Recent CPSC activity on voluntary standards addressed carbon monoxide, children's jewelry, flameless lighters, flammable refrigerants, indoor play structures, LP gas containers, robots, solid fuel heating, soccer goals, storage furniture, torch/lamp fuel devices, and torch lighters.

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Briefs on power banks, dressers, infant walkers, pool drain covers, and pool grants, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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An organization formed this year and called Consumer Advocacy Institute, as of October 2 and since mid-August, had filed more than 120 lawsuits under Washington, DC law, most alleging violations of CPSC requirements.

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Commissioner Brien Lorenze was sworn in September 8. This followed Commissioner Karen Sessions being sworn in August 19. 

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CPSC should have a hazard-determination procedure for issuing unilateral warnings, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) told the agency.

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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.