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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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The Justice Department's July 22 CPSA Section 12 complaint against two companies caps a multiyear journey to revitalizing the dormant CPSC legal tool.

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Two CPSC direct final rules will revoke requirements in five product areas as obsolete or unnecessary.

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CPSC July 22 said that its "NEISS-Remodel" (NEISS-R) modernization will captures U.S. regions and states previously unrepresented.

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The U.S. government reportedly is acting to mitigate a NEISS-modernization challenge.

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CPSC seeks input by August 12 on its FY2027 and FY2028 agenda and priorities.

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Seven procedural concerns in two areas are behind the €550 million fine AliExpress must pay to the EC under the Digital Services Act.

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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) July 22 announced court action against Dusk Australasia.

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Potential movement of "4D" injectable gels out of controlled, medical situations was one of three new emerging risks identified by a recent report from the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER).

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An estimated annual average of 46,652 residential structure fires in 2020-2024 involved electrical products and systems, according to a report from the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA).

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Briefs on immersion heaters, mattresses, pajamas, CPSC-EU, toys, fireworks, construction materials, and microplastics, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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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.

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

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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).

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

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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.