MARCH 9, 2015
VOLUME 44 ISSUE 10
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Ice and snow storms were behind the postponements of two hearings on CPSC’s fiscal 2016 budget request, congressional staff told PSL.Subscriber-Only Story Industry representatives March 3 sought advice on pictograms, warning language, and their placement for coin cell batteries. Subscriber-Only Story A task group for UL 2201, Portable Engine-Generator Assemblies, March 4 reviewed a submission on a CPSC draft test to determine CO emissions rates. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.17 task group March 4 sought to clarify testing language related to positional grab bars on strollers. Subscriber-Only Story There was a “statistically significant decreasing linear trend” in the estimated numbers of injuries linked to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) from 2007 to 2013, according to CPSC’s most recent report on data through 2013. Subscriber-Only Story Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) March 4 asked CPSC, CDC and FTC to look into allegations about laminate flooring sold by Lumber Liquidators. Subscriber-Only Story Smoke alarm activists March 3 urged CPSC action against ionization detectors. Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has concerns that major retailers are not managing product safety as well as they could. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada March 5 promoted its overview of what it considers and does as part of its risk assessment activity for consumer products and cosmetics. Subscriber-Only Story California regulators likely have the enforcement discretion needed to avoid being heavy handed with the state’s new flame retardant reporting law, upholstered furniture manufacturers and other stakeholders heard March 3. Subscriber-Only Story Concern over lead, arsenic, cadmium, and selenium in glass has led to a suit from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on recall effectiveness, frame carriers, 15(b), school supplies, laser displays, whistleblowers, electronics, bassinets, motion lamps, pajamas, snowboard bindings, vacuum tools, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on amusement rides, candles, headgear, helmets, weight benches, A/V equipment, ranges, air fresheners, EV service plugs, gaskets/seals, ice/ice cream makers, lightning protection, motors, outlets, solar power. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on butane cookers, expanding balls, baby walkers, blenders, electrical products, headbands, plush bears, ice augers, vacuum tools, and more. |