OCTOBER 7, 2024
VOLUME 53 ISSUE 38
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Hazard patterns for a broadly defined product class of infant support cushions match those of the subset infant loungers, commissioners heard October 2. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioner Peter Feldman October 2 raised concern about CPSC staffers' approach to neck floats, which is limited to toys. He called for closed-session legal discussion on ways to possibly expanding the approach. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners September 25-27 voted 5-0 to publish a notice of availability and request for comments on incident data used for CPSC's rulemaking on debris penetration in off-highway vehicles. Subscriber-Only Story The European Commission has been continuing its work to get ready for the new EU General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) adopting a Delegated Regulation on August 17, 2024, laying down operating rules for the Safety Gate Rapid Alert System and updated risk assessment methodology for Member States to use to support a notification. Subscriber-Only Story The Product Regulation and Metrology Bill was introduced into the UK Parliament and read for the first time on September 4, 2024. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on drain covers, playgrounds, infant rockers, and batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |