FEBRUARY 5, 2024
VOLUME 53 ISSUE 6
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Seniors were most likely to be hospitalized in FY2022 following emergency room visits for injuries associated with 15 broad categories of consumer products, according to CPSC's annual report made available January 24. Subscriber-Only Story It would take nearly six years to comply with CPSC's proposed rule on carbon monoxide (CO) from gas furnaces and boilers, according to industry comments.Subscriber-Only Story One of nine companies inspected by Health Canada for incident reporting compliance did not pass, according to an agency report made available January 29. Subscriber-Only Story The UK government announced plans to indefinitely extend recognition of goods that meet EU requirements for the GB market to include additional regulations, to introduce digital labelling and other labelling easements intended to cut red tape and reduce costs for businesses, and a new fast track UKCA process on January 24 Subscriber-Only Story The provisionally agreed text of a revised EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) was published by the Council on January 24, 2024. Subscriber-Only Story Federal agencies should provide more information about their safety approaches to emerging technologies according to a January 25 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on table saws, gas furnaces/boilers, fuel containers, focus groups, human trafficking, magnet sets, bassinets, and ECHA, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |