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Three new bipartisan House bills on CPSC cover the emerging issues of artificial intelligence (AI) and e-commerce/counterfeiting as well as the topical one of pandemic-related injury trends.

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An ASTM F15.18 working group September 2 began the process of looking at bassinets intended for multiple occupants.

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An ASTM F15.17 working group August 31 restarted attention to fraying support straps on suspended activity centers.

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An ASTM F15.45 working group September 2 leaned away from work on allowing pictogram-only warnings on candles.

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Stakeholder participation, particularly by testing labs, continues to be a challenge for an ASTM group looking at creating standards for motorized partitions.

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Individuals do not have rights to action under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) for incidents due to noncompliance with voluntary standards, according to an August 31 dismissal order out of the eastern Tennessee U.S. district court.

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in late August said it seized more than 2,400 hairdryers for lacking required immersion-protection devices.

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The late August recall of plush toy ducks grew out of the seizure of a much smaller number.

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The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) August 27 warned about use of food and drink packaging for hand sanitizers.

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Toy safety is an area of constant focus for the European Commission, keeping up-to-date with scientific developments and risks associated with new types of toys.

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Using the UKCA (U.K. conformity assessment) mark was the subject of one of three product safety guidances made available September 1 by that nation's Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.

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The pandemic has accelerated the use of e-commerce, and with it, related product safety concern, according to the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC).

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Product safety is always a hot topic on the agenda in the EU and despite difficulties caused by COVID-19, the European Commission has been pushing ahead with a number of initiatives.

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Vermont's Department of Health September 1 stressed that updates to its chemical reporting rules went into effect that day.

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CPSC staff lauded an ATV-rollover simulator created by a contractor in its work towards assessing occupant protection devices (OPDs).

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) August 28 signed SB 793 to ban flavored tobacco products and tobacco product flavor enhancers.

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Briefs on child strength, cribs, generators, firewalled labs plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.