JANUARY 20, 2020
VOLUME 49 ISSUE 3
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC January 16 issued a unilateral warning about a product. This was the second such announcement in eight days. Subscriber-Only Story A House bill to more-than triple CPSC's civil penalty cap and to loosen its 6(b) procedures likely would face a difficult time if it makes it to the Republican-controlled Senate. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F18.58 working group January 16 began the process of creating a standard for adult standing scooters. Subscriber-Only Story The ASTM F15.75 subcommittee is targeting February to put final touches on its in-the works-standard on connected products. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.66 working group January 9 began looking at crib mattresses made with memory foam. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada January 13 offered an overview of its surveillance policy. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada January 14 pointed to its recent product-safety guide covering importing, exporting, and transshipping id consumer products and cosmetics. Subscriber-Only Story Product safety will be an element of a recent EC agreement to address drinking water. Subscriber-Only Story Product safety procedures will be part of a pilot of a new online filing portal by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Subscriber-Only Story Start early and use Chrome (not Explorer) for meeting the January 31 deadline for the next round of reports under Washington State's Children's Safe Products rules. Subscriber-Only Story California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) January 14 pointed to recent updates to its reasonable warning requirements for chemicals exposures from consumer products. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on 3D printing, IoT, firefighting foams, PFAS, escape plans plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |