OCTOBER 1, 2018
VOLUME 47 ISSUE 36
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story The Senate September 25 confirmed Peter Feldman's nominations to join CPSC. Subscriber-Only Story The Senate should not have considered Peter Feldman's second CPSC nomination, according to Consumers Union. Subscriber-Only Story Collaboration as a source of CPSC efficiency was one of the themes woven throughout the September 26 commission briefing on the draft FY2019 operating plan. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff September 19 wrote to commissioners that funding estimates behind the draft FY2019 operating plan likely were more accurate than in past years. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Import Surveillance staff found a correlation between missing or late compliance certificate and violations in the underlying shipment. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners were slated to vote as PSL went to press on whether to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to update fees for processing Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) requests. Subscriber-Only Story Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Cameron Elliot set an October 1 deadline for both sides in the Britax case to file a joint status report. Subscriber-Only Story Members of an ASTM F15.17 working group September 17 discussed preliminary work towards a potential test for jogging strollers. Subscriber-Only Story The European Commission until December 12 will accept input on the effectiveness of the Toy Safety Directive. Subscriber-Only Story NZSales will pay NZ$74,000 related to its guilty plea earlier this year involving noncompliance children's nightwear. Subscriber-Only Story In recent weeks, the UK Government has published a series of technical notices addressing the implications for businesses if the UK leaves the EU without having secured an agreement on key matters by 29 March 2019, when the UK is scheduled to leave the bloc. Subscriber-Only Story On 13 September 2018, the European Parliament adopted Resolution 2018/2008(INI) on dual quality of products sold in the EU single market. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on incidents, product registration, fireworks, hook-on chairs, playground surfacing, asbestos, lead pipes, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |