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Who has access to consumers' data and is best situated to contact them were among the recurring themes in comments to CPSC's request for information about recall effectiveness.

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The California legislature, in the closing days of August, passed a bill to phase out certain flame retardants in selected product classes by 2020.

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CPSC got two positive reactions to its proposed Section 104 rule on activity centers.

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U.S. PIRG August 31 said that a recall a few days before showed that "some toys with lead paint contamination are still reaching store shelves and getting into kids’ hands."

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) September 3 said that its reviewers had finished "completeness checks" for dossiers submitted in last spring's REACH deadline.

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The European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) September 3 voted 28-5 (with one abstention) to move the "Goods Package" forward.

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The UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), on 10 August 2018, published its detailed strategy paper, outlining its plans and priorities until 2020.

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The European Commission's new expert formations on Product Liability and New Technologies, established in March 2018, recently conducted their first meetings.

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Briefs on car seats, head injuries, and New Zealand, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.