JUNE 7, 2021
VOLUME 50 ISSUE 22
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC could spend $185 million in FY2022 under the May 28 federal budget request. Subscriber-Only Story A group of 24 CPSC stakeholders – from varying interests that sometimes are at odds – June 2 wrote to Congress saying the agency is "significantly underfunded." Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners June 2 voted 3-1 to approve the infant sleep products rule. Subscriber-Only Story The House Oversight and Reform Committee June 7 will question executives from Mattel and Fisher-Price about Rock 'n Play infant sleepers. Subscriber-Only Story The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) May 28 called for transparent consideration of Amazon's proposal to CPSC for a product safety pledge by online platforms. Subscriber-Only Story There is a roughly equal, three-way split among CPSC staffers' comfort with returning to on-site work, according to a May 27 report from the Inspector General office. Subscriber-Only Story Target compliance "as soon as possible," the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said June 1 about the mandates for button and coin cell batteries going into effect in a year. Subscriber-Only Story The European Commission has launched a public consultation on its plans for two related initiatives that aim to make mobile phones and tablets more energy efficient with improved material efficiency on 31 May 2021. Subscriber-Only Story Batteries are in the sights of law makers and regulators in Europe. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on youth ATVs, ATVs, pools, testing/labeling, SaferProducts.gov, and magnets plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |