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MARCH 9, 2026
VOLUME 55 ISSUE 10
PREMIUM CONTENT FROM PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER
Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman March 3 tamped down the idea of an enforcement transition in the early months after the e-filing effective date. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC promised to finalize a plan by July to ensure companies are timely and accurate in e-filing certificate data. Subscriber-Only Story CPSC Chairman Peter Feldman February 26 said that the agency is reviewing the safety of wire grill brushes generally. Subscriber-Only Story Submitters' errors or similar issues were behind a nearly 60% drop in FY2025 of CPSC's full grants of Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) requests.Subscriber-Only Story Expect possible activity in April on the potential settlement of the long-running Amazon forced recall case. Subscriber-Only Story Fired CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka March 5 suggested that CPSC's stepping away from its independent agency status is risking lives. Subscriber-Only Story The CPSA definition of children's products as intended for those up to 12 years old might be the basis for changing tests in the ASTM F2456 firearm container standard. Subscriber-Only Story Health Canada processed 2,571 product safety reports in calendar 2025, according to its February 20 update. Subscriber-Only Story The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) held its 33rd Annual Meeting and Training Symposium on February 23-26, 2026 in Orlando, Florida, themed "Safety: Community-Collaboration-Commitment." Subscriber-Only Story Keep recognizing EU machinery requirements said most respondents to an UK inquiry. Subscriber-Only Story Reply by May 20 to a UK inquiry on the safety of construction products, including possibly moving some meant for consumers away from the General Product Safety Regulation. Subscriber-Only Story The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) February 27 reported that in 2025 it sent 208 requests for more data on the safety of chemicals. Subscriber-Only Story The UK Environment Agency February 27 outlined what companies must do with recalled products containing trace amounts of asbestos. Subscriber-Only Story Consumer Reports in February detailed cases of successfully getting Amazon and Temu to address safety concerns with products sold on those platforms. Subscriber-Only Story US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) March 5 made numerous recommendations in a report criticizing the time CPSC sometimes has taken in recalling certain products. Subscriber-Only Story Briefs on power strips, heated insoles, dressers, snorkel masks, flameless candles, toy figures, epinephrine, EC SCCS, and brain stimulators, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings. |
