MAY 30, 2022
VOLUME 51 ISSUE 21
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC could set up a very-brief, two-week comment period on whether there are safety improvements in recent revisions to ASTM's F2907 on sling carriers. Subscriber-Only Story Companies wanting to participate in CPSC's e-filing beta pilot will have 45 days from publication of a Federal Register notice to submit requests. Subscriber-Only Story Youth models were among topics getting attention from commissioners during CPSC's May 25 briefing on certain off-highway vehicles and debris penetration. Subscriber-Only Story Purchasing power and retail deserts need to be considered in CPSC's safety equity work, participants of the agency's May 25 roundtable heard. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff has urged commissioners to defer a 2015 petition to ban supplemental play yard mattresses with non-rigid sides. Subscriber-Only Story Four barriers to recall effectiveness are among the findings of a U.K. report made available May 24. Subscriber-Only Story Artificial intelligence (AI) creates both opportunities and challenges for product safety, according to a report made available May 23 from the U.K. Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).Subscriber-Only Story EPA May 24 gave an overview of two-part method developed by its staffers to identify and quantify microplastics. Subscriber-Only Story A still-pending Senate bill on tracking pandemic injuries would cause CPSC to spend under $500,000 over six years, according to a Senate Commerce Committee report made available May 18. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada May 19 issued enforcement data in four product categories. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada received 739 product reports in the first quarter of calendar 2022, according to its data made available May 19. Subscriber-Only Story A May 5 supporting study for the evaluation of the EC's New Legislative Framework (NLF) identifies introduction of e-labelling and broadening essential product requirements beyond traditional product safety as potential areas for future reform. Subscriber-Only Story Political agreement reached among the European Commission, Council and Parliament in April is expected to help discussions move forward on amendments about online marketplaces in the draft General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CPSC midyear, fuel containers, bikes, energy storage, and OHVs, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |