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AUGUST 2, 2021
VOLUME 50   ISSUE 29

 

PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER

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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Elevators and ports presence were the topics that got the most time during Senate Commerce Committee interviews of the three CPSC nominees.

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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.