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There is a cooperation opportunity for standards/certification groups, customs officials, law enforcement authorities, and product safety agencies, CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman told an INTERPOL conference October 28 in Bangkok Thailand.

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CPSC has management challenges in three areas, according to an October 22 report from its inspector general (IG) office.

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Comment by December 1 to an inquiry about tumble dryer safety from the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).

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New Zealand October 23 set testing requirements for sand in consumer products.

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Fire sprinklers were present in about 8% of U.S. home structure fires during 2020-2024, according to October data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

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As of October 10, 2026, new restrictions on products such as clothing and related accessories, footwear, paper and cardboard for food contact materials and cosmetics, containing undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and PFHxA-related substances at or above set concentrations apply in the EU.

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On October 19, 2026, the European Commission published for consultation a draft Implementing Regulation setting out rules on access to and use of certain information in the battery passport required under the EU Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.

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Briefs on correction, fidget balls, smoke/CO detectors, gate openers, stick figures, fireworks, FISMA, and mattresses, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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A CPSC barment letter restricting a lobbyist from entering any of its premises identifies one alleged act occurring repeatedly, but that act is not explicitly prohibited by the regulation and statute cited.

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When and how CPSC should incorporate UL standards on micromobility batteries was the biggest point of pushback at the agency's October 21 hearing.

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Product safety is a part of Temu's October 15 settlement with Texas.

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CPSC's interpretive rule removing fuel additives from flame mitigation requirements was effective upon publication October 19.

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Briefs on CPSC AI use, portable solar panels, button batteries, pressure washers, bedrails, squishy toys, and fire sprinklers, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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A CPSC barment letter restricting a lobbyist from entering any of its premises identifies one alleged act occurring repeatedly, but that act is not explicitly prohibited by the regulation and statute cited.

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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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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.