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Jun 12 2023

Jun 12 2023

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All four commissioners June 6 jointly wrote Meta Platforms about sales of recalled items – especially Boppy infant loungers – on Facebook Marketplace.


Jun 12 2023

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Administrative Law Judge Michael Young June 8 partially granted a Leachco motion to compel discovery in CPSC's force-recall case about Podster infant loungers.


Jun 12 2023

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The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) June 1 said CPSC is infringing the rights of its client, Wildchild Stockholm.


Jun 12 2023

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CPSC heard it needs more clarity and nuance in its proposal to double for children the value of statistical life (VSL) it applies to adults.


Jun 12 2023

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The CPSC Inspector General (IG) said it is submitting a separate FY2024 budget request from the agency's overall request.


Jun 12 2023

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CPSC wants input in three areas at a July public meeting on lithium-ion battery fires.


Jun 12 2023

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Companies and researchers have to September 8 to apply for the newest round of the EC's Product Safety Award.


Jun 12 2023

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The California Department of Toxic Substances Control will seek input for a month – starting June 27 – about its proposal to add microplastics to the state's Candidate Chemicals List for the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program.


Jun 12 2023

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Briefs on generators, garage doors, chemicals, carriages/strollers, furniture, animal tests, winter.

Jun 05 2023

Jun 05 2023

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The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) was published in the EU Official Journal on 23rd May 2023.


Jun 05 2023

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The European Parliament Internal Market Committee and Civil Liberties Committee adopted the draft report on the European Commission's proposed EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.

Jun 05 2023

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NZME will pay NZ$87,750 over sales of magnet set puzzles deemed unsafe under the 2014 New Zealand ban of high-powered magnets.


Jun 05 2023

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June 19 is the effective date of a ban in Japan of certain magnet sets and balls that expand in water.


Jun 05 2023

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Assessing products for skin and eye irritation are where Europe is seeing most progress towards minimizing animal testing.


Jun 05 2023

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Briefs on fire extinguisher balls, bikes, child passengers, and chemicals, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.


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May 08 2023

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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) April 26 pushed Consumer Reports to detail any contacts by its writers or other staff with anyone at CPSC over gas stoves.


Apr 17 2023

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Furniture manufacturers and retailers are currently at a crossroads not knowing which way to turn.


Apr 03 2023

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Douglas Dziak is the nominee for the open commissioner position at CPSC.


Mar 20 2023

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CPSC's FY2024 budget request, if granted, would give it 39.4% raise over its current funding.


Mar 13 2023

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A child's value of statistical life (VSL) would be twice that of an adult's in a draft CPSC guidance on such calculations.


Mar 13 2023

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The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) kicked off its 30th Anniversary year at the recently held 2023 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium in Orlando, Florida.


Feb 27 2023

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CPSC staff February 22 sent commissioners a draft request for information (RFI) about gas stoves' effects on indoor air.


Feb 20 2023

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CPSC staffers February 10 asked UL to form a working group to look at lithium-ion battery fires in micromobility products.


Feb 13 2023

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Commissioners voted 3-1 February 8 to publish the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on revising CPSC's 6(b) rules.


Feb 06 2023

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'Second-life' lithium-ion batteries have generally the same hazard patterns as new counterparts, but at higher likelihood, according to a January 31 report by the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).


Jan 23 2023

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Many of CPSC staff's 6(b) proposals rely on an understanding of disclosure as involving release of new information.


Jan 16 2023

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The Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) January 10 won a stay of the recent CPSC rule on custom window coverings.


Jan 09 2023

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Peloton will pay $19.065 million to settle two CPSC allegations involving Tread+ treadmills – reporting incidents late and selling 38 units after recalling.


Jan 02 2023

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CPSC's budget for the ongoing fiscal year is $152.5 million under the appropriations act signed December 29.


Dec 19 2022

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CPSC's Inspector General (IG) office made seven recommendations following its investigation into the vote on the agency's FY2022 operating plan.


Dec 12 2022

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Whether there is a duty to remedy products that are functionally equivalent to those found to be hazardous is among the debates in recent filings in CPSC's administrative suit to force recalls by Amazon.


Dec 06 2022

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With just few finalization steps left, the European Parliament and Council November 29 provisionally agreed on the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).


Nov 28 2022

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CPSC November 22 continued its recent run of unilateral warnings by urging against use of Lumi and Mini infant flotation neck rings from Otteroo.


Nov 07 2022

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An October 27 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on CPSC's early-pandemic ports pullback gave two recommendations.


Oct 31 2022

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Commissioners October 26 voted 3-1 to approve the FY2023 CPSC Operating Plan with more than two dozen amendments.