AUGUST 13, 2018
VOLUME 47 ISSUE 30
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Britax August 3 asked for a stay of CPSC's recall case against it and for the administrative law judge (ALJ) in charge to be disqualified. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC received 30 comments on the resubmitted petition on labeling floor coverings by the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI). Subscriber-Only Story The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in late July offered seven recommendations to improve the standards-support activity of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Subscriber-Only Story Discussion August 8 by an ASTM working group included exemptions and warning language for batteries used in juvenile products. Subscriber-Only Story U.S. PIRG August 7 said that "most of the dozens" of school supplies it tested did not contain problematic substances, but it did list four concerning results. Subscriber-Only Story The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in late July reported that about half of 53 agencies it reviewed had deficiencies related to the 2014 Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on outdoor fires, fire imaging, food containers, blending containers, camping chairs, handgun safes, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on treestands, glass tables, access control, air compressors, boilers, and more. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CCPSA, New Zealand, hoverboards, battery chargers, bean bag chairs, bunk beds, ovens, ROVs, and more. |