JUNE 6, 2022
VOLUME 51 ISSUE 22
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners June 1 voted 4-0 to approve amended midyear updates to CPSC's FY22 operating plan.Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners Peter Feldman and Richard Trumka June 1 gave commentary on the finalized midyear updates to the FY22 operating plan. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC June 2 issued a unilateral stop-use warning for 285,000 adult portable bedrails sold from 1992 to 2022. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC had 122 open Inspector General (IG) recommendations as of the end of March, according to a May 27 report from that office. Subscriber-Only Story Manufacturers in the U.K. are more likely than distributors/retailers to do internal audits for product safety or to have designated people/departments for product safety. Subscriber-Only Story Consumers in the U.K. have age-related differences in perceptions and expectations of the nation's product safety system. Subscriber-Only Story Nine categories in 2010-2018 surpassed expected trends as ignition sources in residential fires in the U.K., according to a report for that nation's Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS). Subscriber-Only Story A "sustained demand" for used electrical products in the U.K. raises some product safety concerns, according to a contractor report done for the Office for Product Safety & Standards. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on pools/spas, firearm safes, infant carriers, space heaters, and hunting/fishing, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |