SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
VOLUME 49 ISSUE 37
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staffers are urging commissioners to use $1.5 million in FY2021 to fund activity on organohalogen flame retardants (OFRs). Subscriber-Only Story CPSC's draft FY2021 operating plan contains seven instances of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting its operations. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC knows of 17 poisoning deaths in 2018 among children under 5 years old. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC's rulemaking on recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) will not be terminated. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioner Peter Feldman September 18 urged against hampering innovation in micromobility. Subscriber-Only Story DOJ September 16 filed a suit in the western Washington State U.S. district court alleging a bribery scheme by third-party sellers on Amazon. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) September 22 said its socioeconomic analysis committee (SEAC) supports further restricting over 1,000 skin sensitizing substances in textiles, leathers, synthetic leathers, hides, and furs. Subscriber-Only Story The New Zealand Commerce Commission September 23 announced two new fines against toy importers. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on pool/spa drains, e-cigarettes, packaging, CSUs plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |