AUGUST 4, 2025
VOLUME 54 ISSUE 29
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC in July suggested three ideas for importers preparing for the January 2027 effective date for e-filing of goods entering through foreign trade zones (FTZ). Subscriber-Only Story CPSC's July guidance on staff use of generative AI distinguishes between tools managed by CPSC and publicly available ones. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC's inspector general (IG) office referred the actions of one agency staffer to the Department of Justice (DOJ) over personal actions involving pandemic relief fraud. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC July 23 ended its official relationship with the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO). Subscriber-Only Story Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) July 22 hosted a "spotlight" session via Blumenthal's Facebook page against the plan to merge CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Subscriber-Only Story CPSC's three removed commissioners are seeking expedited review of their case by the 4th circuit U.S. appeals court. Subscriber-Only Story The fight over CPSC's structure and future came to a head in the latter half of July and was marked by both enmity among commissioners and a focusing Supreme Court decision. Subscriber-Only Story The European Commission has taken the first steps to reform the New Legislative Framework for CE marked products by publishing a call for evidence on July 14, 2025. Subscriber-Only Story Legislation granting the UK government wide-ranging powers to reform the UK product safety framework has completed the legislative process, having received Royal Assent on July 21, 2025. Subscriber-Only Story The Supreme Court July 23 stayed the district court decision that returned the three Democratic commissioners to CPSC. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on CPSC agenda, youth ATVs, heated gloves, hair serum, Jack Walsh, and infant nests, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |