FEBRUARY 27, 2023
VOLUME 52 ISSUE 9
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff February 22 sent commissioners a draft request for information (RFI) about gas stoves' effects on indoor air. Subscriber-Only Story A commission vote was slated for near the PSL deadline on whether to follow CPSC staffers' recommendation to incorporate ASTM F406-22 revisions on non-full-size cribs into the rules at 16 CFR 1220. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners should vote against incorporating play yard portions of ASTM F406-22, CPSC staffers recommended. Subscriber-Only Story Riding mowers remain a death risk for children, CPSC staff wrote February 16, pointing to a just-available contractor study from last fall. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC is eager for and urging recalling companies to contact consumers in less traditional ways, ICPHSO audiences in Orlando heard February 22. Subscriber-Only Story Comment by March 20 on hundreds of additional chemicals that would require reporting under the New York State Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products program. Subscriber-Only Story The special factors applying to Northern Ireland after Brexit could exacerbate the effects of upcoming EU product safety updates on UK businesses. Subscriber-Only Story Categorizing fireworks as less or more noisy is not practicable, according to an early February report from the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on 6(b), bedside sleepers, Leachco, CPSC oversight, pools, winter storms, and monomers, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |