MAY 23, 2022
VOLUME 51 ISSUE 20
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story A May 25 CPSC briefing will address agency staff's recommendation that the commission issue an NPR on debris penetration of recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) and utility vehicles (UTVs). Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners May 17 voted 4-0 in favor of a CPSC staff recommendation to determine that three voluntary standards meet the exception requirements in the 2020 portable fuel container law. Subscriber-Only Story The American Chemistry Council (ACC) asserts that there are flaws in CPSC's cost-benefit analysis of DINP restrictions in toys and childcare products. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Chairman Alexander Hoehn-Saric and Commissioner Richard Trumka May 16 lauded enactment of HR 3182 to ban sales of inclined sleepers and crib bumpers. Subscriber-Only Story Tiger Mist will pay AU$26,640 following allegations of misleading statements about consumers' return rights in Australia. Subscriber-Only Story June 13 is the deadline to comment on an Australian inquiry on furniture stability. Subscriber-Only Story The U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) May 11 announced that it was satisfied with Kingspan Insulation's compliance with an order to stop selling building insulation that failed fire safety testing. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada May 12 pointed to a U.S. recall of magnet sets, urging consumers to dispose of them. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC May 20 used its power to make unilateral safety announcements with infant rescue bags. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on play yards, crib mattresses, and non-animal tests, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |