MAY 24, 2021
VOLUME 50 ISSUE 20
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story The breadth of CPSC's proposed rule on infant sleep products was the most potentially contentious issue discussed during the May 19 commission briefing. Subscriber-Only Story A May 12 draft of CPSC's final rule on infant sleep products would make 10 clarifications to the 2019 NPR. Subscriber-Only Story Play yard mattresses should have a minimum, not just maximum, thickness requirement, commissioners heard in meetings with Dream on Me and others. Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.58 work group May 18 decided to draft language to allow auxiliary wheels for e-scooter impact tests. The issue is that the two-wheeled devices might not stay balanced for the assessment of curb impact. Subscriber-Only Story There are seven recommendations on CPSC financial management in a contractor report made available May 12 from the agency's inspector general (IG) office. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada received 688 product reports in the first quarter of calendar 2021, according to its data made available May 17. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on inclined sleepers, children's stools, and bike helmets, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |