MAY 20, 2024
VOLUME 53 ISSUE 20
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
- Product Safety Letter will not appear May 27, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 53, No. 21, will be June 3, 2024. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners' votes are due May 21 on issuing a direct final rule to incorporate changes to ASTM's F2088-24 infant/cradle swings standard into rules at 16 CFR 1223. Subscriber-Only Story How e-bikes are powered, not just that they are powered, could be a key consideration in defining the products in a potential CPSC regulation, comments to the agency's advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) show. Subscriber-Only Story There are at least two instances of CPSC not complying with "anti-gag" requirements for the nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), according to a May 8 management alert by the agency's Inspector General (IG) office. Subscriber-Only Story An annual estimate of 23,675 home structure fires in 2017-2022 had sprinklers present, according to an April report form the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Subscriber-Only Story The House passed four CPSC-related bills, all by voice vote. Subscriber-Only Story NHSTA earlier in May reported that it knew the restraint use for 675 of 756 children 0-14 years who died in motor vehicle crashes in 2022. Subscriber-Only Story The European Council May 15 formalized its negotiating position for updating EU toy safety regulations. Subscriber-Only Story Five EU agencies, including the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), May 7 issued a "framework for action" on One Health.Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on glue and CPSC payments, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |