Product Safety Letter will not have a December 30, 2024, edition due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 54, No. 1, will be dated January 6, 2025.

Product Safety Letter wishes you joyous holidays and a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2025.

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Commissioners approved the e-filing implementation rule with an extended general effective date of 18 months from publication.

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The recreational off-highway (ROV) and utility vehicle (UTV) industry December 4 asserted that CPSC data do not support the debris penetration rulemaking.

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Comments on CPSC's water beads rulemaking included concerns about limiting the scope to items intended as children's toys.

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A government funding continuing resolution – reportedly skuttled as of the PSL deadline – included CPSC provisions on e-mobility batteries and sodium nitrate.

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Batteries, one-click manufacturing, and human implant devices were ranked among high-harm technologies in a review of emerging issues available December 3 from the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).

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Briefs on design, standards, GPSR, button batteries , e-bike batteries, and construction, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.