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CPSC's April 3 FY2027 budget request again seeks reduced funding to $135 million, but it does not envision staffing reductions from 459 full time equivalents.

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Issuing only half as many rulemaking packages as targeted was one of the three misses among CPSC's 33 performance measures in FY2025, according to its report made available April 3.

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Unauthorized staff have obligated CPSC to spend funds, the inspector general (IG) office warned April 1. CPSC management pushed back.

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The UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published two long-awaited consultations on March 31, 2026, setting out proposals to reform the UK product safety framework using powers granted under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025 (PRAM Act).

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The European Commission has been working on draft legislation that would exempt certain wearable devices and electric toys from the requirement under the EU Batteries Regulation for products to be designed so batteries are removable and replaceable by end users.

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CPSC March 31 warned of two concerns about male-to-male extension cords sold as a way to send power directly from portable generators into buildings' power systems.

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Briefs on gates/enclosures, hook-on chairs, windows, infant walkers, toy figures, fire pits, torch lighters, bedrails, pressure washers, grill tables, and swim floats, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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CPSC Acting-Chairman Peter Feldman March 26 again focused on the issue of metal bristles detaching from grill brushes.

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Having the same parties is not enough – for purposes of case designation and judge assignment – to link CPSC's current suit against Black & Decker to the case settled in 2015.

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The ASTM F15.24 subcommittee is considering a warning for children's jewelry against use by children under 3.

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Screw threading was a focus at a March 12 ASTM F15.42 meeting on wall beds.

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Gaps persisted through at least early 2025 in U.K. companies' confidence in product safety regarding e-commerce and awareness of duties with artificial intelligence (AI).

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The Warehouse will pay NZ$234,000 over toys with small parts and advertising materials depicting babies playing with them.

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The U.K. Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) developed a cost-benefit method outlined in a report made available in mid-March.

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Briefs on travel steamers, rocking chairs, grill carts, bedrails, and SaferProducts.gov, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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