MARCH 18, 2019
VOLUME 48 ISSUE 11
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Product Safety Letter will not appear March 25, 2019, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 48, No. 12, will be April 1, 2019. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners March 13 could not agree on CPSC's FY2020 budget request to Congress. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners voted 5-0 to announce a May 1 hearing on CPSC's fiscal 2020 and 2021 agenda and priorities. Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) March 14 continued its push to change that nation's consumer laws on selling unsafe products. Subscriber-Only Story Lumber Liquidators agreed to pay $33 million to settle securities fraud allegations related to how it handled worries about the safety of its flooring. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.42 working group March 8 did some final, pre-ballot work on nightstand exclusions from stability tests in the F2057 standard on clothing storage units (CSUs). Subscriber-Only Story Helping retailers, especially online, to understand and follow last year's revisions to the WCMA A100 standard on window covering got much attention March 12. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada got 9,017 product reports in the five years of 2013-2017, according to data it made available March 8. Subscriber-Only Story The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) March 13 said it will redirect enforcement of liquid nicotine to focus more on risks to youths. Subscriber-Only Story The European Parliament March 12 came to a provisional agreement with the member states on whistleblower protections. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada March 11 made available reports on enforcement projects in six product areas. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) March 13 said an EU-wide surveillance began. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CPSC data, personal care, makeup, tattoo ink, data security, CDRH, button batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |