JULY 27, 2020
VOLUME 49 ISSUE 28
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC in FY2021 would get $137 million under HR 7668, introduced July 17 by Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.).Subscriber-Only Story There was an estimated annual average of 361,800 residential structure fires in 2015-2017 associated with consumer products and attended by fire services. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff told commissioners that it likely is best to hold off until FY2022 on a recommendation on a petition involving adult portable bed rails. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners July 21 voted 4-0 to seek comments on a General Counsel office recommendation to review children's product testing, certification, and labeling. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners July 21 voted 3-1 to give a five-month extension to the effective date for the recent final rule involving hand-held infant carriers. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners cast two 4-0 votes for CPSC forums on artificial intelligence (AI) and micromobility. Subscriber-Only Story A July recommendation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) asserts that product safety systems should at the least address three areas.Subscriber-Only Story Product safety is among the issues affected by a July 16 U.K. inquiry on regulating smart products. Subscriber-Only Story Prosafe seeks response by August 28 from labs interested in participating in surveillance activity on portable heaters. Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) July 23 sued Decathlon in the New South Wales district federal court. Subscriber-Only Story Australia saw 151 recalls in the quarter that ended March 31, according to the latest ACCCount report from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on SaferProducts.gov, CPSC contracts, lighters, exports, big tents, Whirlpool, inclined sleeper, cloth masks, sustainable materials, hot cars, crib mattresses, vaping products, REACH, EU import/exports, and infringement notices plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |