OCTOBER 19, 2015
VOLUME 44 ISSUE 39
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC stopped about 1,600 import shipments in FY 2014, it reported earlier in October. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC representatives, including Chairman Elliot Kaye, will meet with Canadian and Mexican counterparts November 18 and 19 to discuss product safety.Subscriber-Only Story More than 100 comments to CPSC favored a petition to CPSC seeking a ban of supplemental mattresses for play yards with non-rigid sides.Subscriber-Only Story The Government Accountability Office October 8 reported its assessments of chemicals management programs by Australia, Canada and the World Health Organization.Subscriber-Only Story Frustration was the prominent emotion in an October 9 discussion by a CSA ANSI Z21 panel on mitigating delayed ignitions in gas fireplaces. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.71 panel October 9 discussed plans for a public discussion of work towards the recently adopted laundry packets standard. Subscriber-Only Story There were 864 non-fire carbon monoxide (CO) deaths associated with engine-driven tools from 2004 to 2014, according to a CPSC report available October 13. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staffers October 13 discussed clothes dryer internal temperature and insulation, survey progress, and sample lint issues with members of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.Subscriber-Only Story Representatives of the Portable Fuel Container Manufacturers Association (PFCMA) October 13 sought guidance on compliance issues and discussed the ASTM F15.10 flame mitigation task group’s progress with CPSC commissioners. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.10 task group on gasoline container flame arrestors October 14 heard about four tests to be done by Worcester Polytechnic Institute in phase 3 of its work for the panel.Subscriber-Only Story A CANENA 61C working group October 14 held a kickoff session about what to do with flammable refrigerants in 60335-2-24 standards.Subscriber-Only Story A preliminary report is expected in November on an EU consultation on estimating how much toy materials children ingest. Subscriber-Only Story An EU opinion report made available earlier in October discusses the issues that regulators will face with 3D printing, including safety. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CPSC budget, sports concussions, children's products, fire safety, Vermont, battery chargers, roasters, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on fitness equipment, ski/skate parks, XRF, ceiling grid, doors/gates, furnishings, humidifiers, photovoltaics, polymeric material, ranges, signals, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on harmonized standards, REACH, children's products, bicycles, blenders, fault detectors, LED drives, ROVs, strollers, toys, and more. |