MAY 19, 2025
VOLUME 54 ISSUE 19
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story August 27 is the rescheduled date for CPSC's agenda and priorities hearing. Subscriber-Only Story Commissioners May 13 voted 2-0 to withdraw the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to target battery fires in micromobility products. Subscriber-Only Story Congress should increase funding to CSPC and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for targeting imports, heard Senators May 14 at a hearing on foreign products. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman May 15 disputed one of the concerns about 6(b) restrictions on access to companies' information held by CPSC: speed. Subscriber-Only Story The National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI) disagreed with a CPSC plan to study bathtub slip resistance. Subscriber-Only Story A second report from the CPSC Inspector General (IG) office shows disagreement with agency human resources (HR) staff. Subscriber-Only Story Five Senate Democrats May 9 demanded reversals of the firings of the three Democratic CPSC commissioners. Subscriber-Only Story More than 60 congressional Democrats May 8 sent a letter arguing against the idea of folding CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Subscriber-Only Story Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue. Subscriber-Only Story Numerous CPSC letters to standards development organizations in the past month show staffers' concerns about sleep products as well as about bicycles, clothing storage, gas furnaces, magnets, riding mowers, and toys. Subscriber-Only Story Consumer groups reacted strongly and negatively to the May 8 firing of CPSC's three Democratic commissioners. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on gates, infant swings, light strings, sleepwear, power banks, hairdryer brushes, and youth ATVs, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |