Product Safety Letter will not appear July 1, 2019, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 48, No. 25, will be July 8, 2019.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle will leave the commission October 27 and will step down as agency head September 30.

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Sens. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) June 20 asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look at six issues related to CPSC.

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CSPC actions on juvenile products and the release of information outside 6(b) got much attention at a June 20 Senate Commerce hearing.

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The EU June 14 announced adoption of product safety and surveillance legislation.

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Commissioners are slated for ballot votes by June 25 on an agency staff recommendation to incorporate ASTM's F1004-19 standard on expansion gates and enclosures.

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Two ASTM F15.18 task groups on in-bed sleepers discussed potential requirements for such products and the need for underlying data.

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Warnings got the most attention in an ASTM F15.77 teleconference on magnetic amusements.

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An ASTM F15.47 task group June 14 did early work towards changes on warning labels in the F2057 standard on clothing storage units (CSUs).

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Responsibility for defects and safety was among topics discussed June 14 by an ASTM F15.75 panel on connected products.

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The biggest product safety disruptions from a no-deal Brexit will be for U.K. companies that do not yet use EU-recognized conformity assessment bodies.

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) June 18 said its risk assessment committee adopted a recommendation on artificial sports and playground surfaces.

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The U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) June 17 gave parameters of phthalates restrictions going into effect July 22 for most electrical and electronic products.

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Briefs on CPSC budget, CPSC IT, CSUs, activity centers, pool drains, air sensors, advisory committees, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.