MARCH 18, 2024
VOLUME 53 ISSUE 12
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Republicans chairing the House committee and subcommittee that oversee CPSC March 4 asserted that the agency puts policy announcements behind a paywall when speaking before the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO). Subscriber-Only Story CPSC seeks $183.05 million for its FY2025 budget. That would be a roughly 20% increase above its current funding level of $152.5 million under a continuing resolution that is based on its FY2023 appropriation. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC staff deemed there to be poor online presentation of safety information for portable electric heaters in a review of 10 models. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC received two comments, both positive, on its request for feedback on whether recent changes in ASTM's F3429/F3429M-23 fuel container standard improve safety. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioner Mary Boyle March 12 expressed pleasure with CPSC's recently approved publication of an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on mechanical hazards of e-bikes. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners Richard Trumka and Mary Boyle added their praise of the confirmation of Douglas Dziak. Subscriber-Only Story Give the EC input by April 10 on an initiative to increase quality control of food contact materials. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada processed 2,612 product reports in calendar 2023, including 1,370 from consumers and 1,242 from industry. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on crib bumpers, extension cords, garage doors, and CPSC performance, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |