JULY 15, 2019
VOLUME 48 ISSUE 26
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story The House consumer protection subcommittee July 10 forwarded six CPSC bills to the larger Energy and Commerce Committee, and leaders expressed intent to keep working on a seventh. Subscriber-Only Story Manufacturing tolerances was a concern July 10 of members of an ASTM F15.18 working group looking at play yard mattresses. Subscriber-Only Story The U.K. Office of Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) July 10 confirmed reaching an agreement with Whirlpool to begin publicizing a dryer recall around July 22. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada got 718 product safety reports in the quarter that ended March 31. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada received 2,355 consumer product reports in calendar 2018, according to data it distributed July 4. Subscriber-Only Story The EC is seeking applicants to study the effects of the 2018 REACH registration activity. Subscriber-Only Story Comment by August 8 on an EC consultation on sustainable batteries, including safety issues. Subscriber-Only Story The U.S Fire Administration (USFA) recently added to its pictograph sets, most of them directly targeting product safety. Subscriber-Only Story Grills and similar products were involved in an annual average of 10,200 home fires for 2013-2017, according to recent data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Subscriber-Only Story Safety is one of the aspects of a draft plan for federal engagement on artificial intelligence (AI). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on generators, expansion gates, toxicity, and phthalates, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |