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May 19 2025

May 19 2025

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August 27 is the rescheduled date for CPSC's agenda and priorities hearing.


May 19 2025

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Commissioners May 13 voted 2-0 to withdraw the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to target battery fires in micromobility products.


May 19 2025

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Congress should increase funding to CSPC and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for targeting imports, heard Senators May 14 at a hearing on foreign products.


May 19 2025

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman May 15 disputed one of the concerns about 6(b) restrictions on access to companies' information held by CPSC: speed.


May 19 2025

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The National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) disagreed with a CPSC plan to study bathtub slip resistance.


May 19 2025

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A second report from the CPSC Inspector General (IG) office shows disagreement with agency human resources (HR) staff.


May 19 2025

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Five Senate Democrats May 9 demanded reversals of the firings of the three Democratic CPSC commissioners.


May 19 2025

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More than 60 congressional Democrats May 8 sent a letter arguing against the idea of folding CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


May 19 2025

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.


May 19 2025

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Numerous CPSC letters to standards development organizations in the past month show staffers' concerns about sleep products as well as about bicycles, clothing storage, gas furnaces, magnets, riding mowers, and toys.


May 19 2025

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Consumer groups reacted strongly and negatively to the May 8 firing of CPSC's three Democratic commissioners.


May 19 2025

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Briefs on gates, infant swings, light strings, sleepwear, power banks, hairdryer brushes, and youth ATVs, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.


May 12 2025

May 12 2025

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.


May 12 2025

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.


May 12 2025

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CPSC staffing is roughly 10% below the level in approved funding.


May 12 2025

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CPSC May 5 made available a 2022 contractor market research report on micromobility products that found use is mostly private.


May 12 2025

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An April 30 guidance from the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) includes a list of children's products that will be exempt from furniture flammability mandates.


May 12 2025

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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) May 5 reminded furniture makers and sellers of new stability information requirements that became effective the day before.


May 12 2025

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A coalition of 159 consumer groups May 8 questioned the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to regulate product safety.


May 12 2025

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A pilot study predicted 2,000 completed interviews would be enough for a large-scale sampling to better understand products in U.K. homes.


May 12 2025

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Not complying with button battery warnings is the background for an AU$150,240 penalty for Australian fast-food chain Hungry Jack.


May 12 2025

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Briefs on self-feeding devices, radon detectors, and button batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, and standards activities.



FREE CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
May 19 2025

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.


May 09 2025

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.


May 09 2025

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.


Apr 21 2025

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PSL has seen but not authenticated a 64-page document getting increasing attention in the general press and containing a paragraph on CPSC being absorbed into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


Apr 14 2025

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Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules.


Mar 31 2025

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CPSC's duties under CPSA 29(e) and (f) likely will be key in its review of how and if it can ensure 6(b) protection in complying with an executive order for government-wide access to agencies' information.


Mar 31 2025

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What the term public safety means in recent executive orders has gained more importance now that it is one of four criteria to focus Justice Department scrutiny of attorneys who have represented clients against the government in the last eight years.


Mar 24 2025

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CPSC is using a blanket disclaimer that historical documents on its website might not comply with a January executive order on gender.


Mar 24 2025

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CPSC has reverted to giving NEISS coders three numbers to process hospitals' descriptions of sex and gender.


Mar 17 2025

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A March 11 executive order directs agencies to be aggressive in asking judges to require bonds from those seeking preliminary injunctions against the government.


Mar 10 2025

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CPSC will be neither obliged nor prohibited in providing materials in non-English under a March 1 executive order.


Mar 10 2025

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CPSC publicly posted two February 26 memos to staff against harassment and employment discrimination.


Mar 03 2025

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CPSC and other agencies must have two "technological system[s]" under a February 26 executive order.


Mar 03 2025

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CPSC and other agencies must review their statutes under a February 26 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Managements.


Mar 03 2025

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If anything is clear from the tornado of executive orders in recent weeks, it is that trying to predict how an agency might operate over the next four years is a fool’s errand.


Feb 24 2025

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Policy and legal decisions at CPSC and other regulatory agencies are under more direct White House control via a February 17 executive order.


Feb 24 2025

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A February 18 executive order lays out classification criteria for regulations with an aim towards picking those to amend or eliminate.


Feb 17 2025

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The Department of Justice is set to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the legal precedent used to support the Consumer Product Safety Act's protection against at-will firing of CPSC commissioners and similar shields for other agencies.


Feb 17 2025

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The February 11 executive order that could reduce federal staffing by as much as 75% also contains a provision for agency heads to report on statutorily required activities.


Jan 06 2025

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Commissioners did not reach a majority vote so will take no action on a Nested Bean demand to update safe sleep guidelines regarding weighted infant sleep products.