AUGUST 5, 2024
VOLUME 53 ISSUE 30
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Product Safety Letter will not appear August 12, due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 53, No. 31, will be August 19, 2024. Subscriber-Only Story Lack of firm language about risks weighed heavily in CPSC members' July 29 5-0 finding that Amazon must do more in recalls of third-party products. Subscriber-Only Story The chairman of the House Small Business Committee July 25 called for copies of letters sent by Commissioner Richard Trumka on CPSC letterhead. Subscriber-Only Story The European Commission has been continuing its work to get ready for the new EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) with amendments made to the recall notice template published in the Official Journal of the EU, and draft legislation setting out the roles and tasks of national contact points of the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System presented to the GPSR committee in July. Subscriber-Only Story A Bill granting powers to make changes to the UK's product safety framework has been included in the new Government's upcoming legislative programme for the 2024-2025 parliamentary session, announced July 17, 2024. Subscriber-Only Story A July 29 guidance from the U.K. Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) targets consumers' understanding of reporting product safety issues. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on gun safes, duster, and Leachco plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |