MAY 11, 2020
VOLUME 49 ISSUE 18
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC got four additional comments addressing its agenda and priorities for FY2021 and FY2022. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners voted 4-0 to approve a final rule to give burden relief involving phthalates and heavy metals in toys and children's products. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff May 6 reported on 14 burden reduction projects over the past three years. Subscriber-Only Story Comments on CPSC's Section 104 rulemaking on children's folding chairs were mostly mixed, short, and vague. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Acting Chairman Robert Adler and Commissioner Elliot Kaye May 4 urge more attention to infant sleepers and carriers that fall outside exiting rules and standards. Subscriber-Only Story A May 6 CPSC report on additive/3D printing includes an overview of agency staffers' research activities. Subscriber-Only Story Youth ages 15-19 represented 7% of those killed in vehicle crashes linked to distracted driving in 2018, according to a recent data report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) April 30 gave advice to companies for ensuring continued product safety compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subscriber-Only Story Product safety was among numerous pandemic-related ecommerce developments and complications identified in a May 4 report by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Subscriber-Only Story The U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) May 7 explained its recent work towards ensuring supply of safe personal protective equipment (PPE). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on chemicals, counterfeits, TVs, sanitizers plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |