Product Safety Letter will not appear August 9, 2021, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 50, No. 30, will be August 16, 2021.

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Senate Commerce leaders of both parties used the hearing for three CPSC nominees to highlight two issues: elevators and ports.

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Data interpretation was the topic of disagreement among commenters to a CPSC request involving off-highway vehicles (OHVs) and debris penetration.

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There was an estimated annual average in 2016-2018 of 362,000 residential fires associated with consumer products.

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CPSC Acting Chairman Bob Adler July 27 voiced support of considering a petition to treat certain commercially bred dogs as products subject to CPSC oversight.

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The Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU) (LVD) regulates the safety of electrical equipment placed on the EU market within certain voltage limits.

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In the EU, the product safety framework is complemented by the product liability regime that provides a mechanism for consumers to obtain compensation for damage caused by defective products.

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Briefs on home elevators, butane stoves, CO/Smoke alarms, warnings, and CPSC contracts plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.