JANUARY 18, 2021
VOLUME 50 ISSUE 3
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners voted 4-0 to publish an updated Federal Register notice on seeking OMB approval for a child strength study. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC January 8 warned against buying or using loose 18650 lithium-ion batteries. Subscriber-Only Story Comments were generally supportive towards CPSC's proposal for a Section 104 rule on crib mattresses. Subscriber-Only Story A new product safety regulation from the U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) gives advice for post-Brexit compliance in that nation. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.21 task group January 11 began looking at whether testing failures of ring slings are due to lab setups or instructions rather than the products themselves. Subscriber-Only Story Participants in an ASTM F15.74 teleconference January 14 decided to consider an idea to specify appropriate users of weighted blankets by both age and weight. Subscriber-Only Story A new guidance from the U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) includes four elements companies should provide when submitting product reports. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on children's bikes, artificial intelligence, mattress flammability plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |