FEBRUARY 20, 2023
VOLUME 52 ISSUE 8
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Two industry groups are seeking an 18-month CPSC enforcement stay of child-resistant packaging rules for 1.4-1.45-volt zinc air batteries with 5.8-11.6mm diameters. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staffers February 10 asked UL to form a working group to look at lithium-ion battery fires in micromobility products. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC lawyers February 3 sought sanctions against Leachco related to a discovery deadline in the administrative suit to force the company to recall infant loungers. Subscriber-Only Story Causing lateral and rearward tipping of certain 2021 model riding mowers required SEA to go beyond ANSI/OPEI B71.1 test setups. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC is allowed to use pandemic stimulus money to pay for activities by its inspector general (IG) office to monitor other spending of the same funds. Subscriber-Only Story March 31 is the deadline to comment on a European call for evidence on carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic (CMR) substances in childcare items. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners Mary Boyle and Richard Trumka commented on the decision to move towards updating CPSC's 6(b) rules. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on bedside sleepers, SaferProducts.gov, bicycles, indoor air, and fire incidents, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |