MAY 18, 2020
VOLUME 49 ISSUE 19
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) May 13 sought information from CPSC-chairman-nominee Nancy Beck about her alleged role in reports of the White House purportedly delaying release of a CDC guideline on post-pandemic reopenings. Subscriber-Only Story Urgent care centers (UCCs) are unlikely to be good sources of data for CPSC, according to an early April memo from agency staff made available May 14. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC members will not be voting on a petition on lawnmower warnings because the submitter has withdrawn it. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.22 working group May 14 discussed early steps towards converting the ANSI Z315.1 tricycle standard into an ASTM standard. Subscriber-Only Story Children can sit in some vehicle booster seats differently than expected from positioning of anthropometric test devices, according to a recent test report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA). Subscriber-Only Story A coalition of testing organizations May 14 told CPSC staff that they will seek a temporary relaxation of protocol involving child resistant closures under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). Subscriber-Only Story CPSC in FY2019 complied with Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA), the agency's inspector general wrote commissioners May 9. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada received 572 product reports in the first quarter of calendar 2020, according to its data made available May 7. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) did 390 compliance checks in calendar 2019, according to its recently available annual report. Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) May 12 updated its hand sanitizer advice due to reports of ingestions by children. Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) May 14 voiced worry about sales of violative magnet sets. Subscriber-Only Story Comments are due in June on three inquiries from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on soft toys, AI, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |