APRIL 14, 2025
VOLUME 54 ISSUE 14
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners voted 5-0 to announce a May 14 hearing on CPSC's FY2026 and FY2027 agenda and priorities. Subscriber-Only Story SunSetter Products will pay $9.25 million to settle a federal suit that alleged late reporting of incidents associated with awning covers. Subscriber-Only Story Nested Bean seeks relief in seven areas in its March 28 lawsuit involving government statements against weighted infant sleep products. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC's Inspector General (IG) office has urged changes to hiring practices regarding suitability screening following a complaint over a 2023 withdrawal of an employment offer. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Commissioner Mary Boyle March 28 urged "future-focused" import surveillance. Subscriber-Only Story Sufficient collection systems are in place for duties on de minimis imports from China, according to an April 2 executive order, but a simultaneous order says exemptions will remain for other nations until sufficient collection systems are in place. Subscriber-Only Story Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules. Subscriber-Only Story The Supreme Court might soon review the firing protections for multi-member independent boards and commissions. Subscriber-Only Story Reforms to the UK product safety framework are one step closer after the UK Product Regulation and Metrology Bill (PRM Bill) completed the legislative stages in the UK House of Lords, with a number of amendments made to the proposal on March 12, 2025. Subscriber-Only Story Agreement on the final text of new rules to revise the EU Toy Safety Directive is getting closer after the second round of formal negotiations between the European Parliament, Council and Commission took place on March 18, 2025. Subscriber-Only Story Three recent documents from the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) address consumer protections.Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on notice and comment, stick vacuums, Saferproducts.gov, pool ladders, bathtub slips, replica firearms, in-home drownings, grandparents, batteries, REACH, clay targets, GLPs, glitter, water circulators, and biocides , plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |