JUNE 27, 2022
VOLUME 51 ISSUE 25
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story The Senate June 22 confirmed Mary Boyle to be a CPSC commissioner.Subscriber-Only Story CPSC members voted 4-0 June 22 to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR), with five amendments, targeting debris penetration in recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) and utility vehicles (UTVs). Subscriber-Only Story CPSC got three comments on its implementation of the 2020 Portable Fuel Container Safety Act. Subscriber-Only Story Thirteen Members of Congress June 21 asked Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz if CPSC should get more power on unilateral recalls. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioner Richard Trumka June 17 urged CPSC action on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS). Subscriber-Only Story The U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) June 20 announced five actions it said would ease burdens related to the UKCA (U.K. conformity assessment). Subscriber-Only Story An ASTM F15.18 task group is looking at zipper and similar entrapments in play yards. Subscriber-Only Story ASTM June 17 began work on withdrawing two cigarette-ignition standards as redundant to NFPA 260.Subscriber-Only Story The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) June 16 gave planned steps to implement its product safety priorities for the fiscal year that begins July 1.Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) June 17 reported as "considerable progress" the assessments in 2021 of more than 1,900 substances. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC June 22 provided a sign-language translator for the first time. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioner Richard Trumka June 23 urged reporting of "illicit products" in short remarks on the effective date of CPSC's sleep products rule. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC has 20 items in is spring regulatory agenda made available June 21. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC canceled a roundtable discussion on accessing agency information under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on infant tubs, RVs, CLP, and button batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |