FEBRUARY 13, 2023
VOLUME 52 ISSUE 7
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners voted 3-1 February 8 to publish the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on revising CPSC's 6(b) rules. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff February 7 called on the ASTM F15.22 subcommittee to look at stronger requirements for water beads in the F963 toy standard. Subscriber-Only Story There was an estimated annual average in 2019-2021 of 19,400 injuries due to tipovers and treated in emergency departments, according to a February 9 CPSC report. Subscriber-Only Story CPCS ended FY2022 with 514 pending Freedom of Information (FoI) requests, according to a February 6 report. Subscriber-Only Story A February 7 proposal from the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) would set three tiers of restrictions for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada February 7 said it has updated seven test methods across three hazard types. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on strollers, portable heaters, batteries, GPSR, electronic waste, Leachco, burns, and recalls, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |