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There is a cooperation opportunity for standards/certification groups, customs officials, law enforcement authorities, and product safety agencies, CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman told an INTERPOL conference October 28 in Bangkok Thailand.

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CPSC has management challenges in three areas, according to an October 22 report from its inspector general (IG) office.

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Comment by December 1 to an inquiry about tumble dryer safety from the UK Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS).

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New Zealand October 23 set testing requirements for sand in consumer products.

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Fire sprinklers were present in about 8% of U.S. home structure fires during 2020-2024, according to October data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).

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As of October 10, 2026, new restrictions on products such as clothing and related accessories, footwear, paper and cardboard for food contact materials and cosmetics, containing undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA), its salts and PFHxA-related substances at or above set concentrations apply in the EU.

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On October 19, 2026, the European Commission published for consultation a draft Implementing Regulation setting out rules on access to and use of certain information in the battery passport required under the EU Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.

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Briefs on correction, fidget balls, smoke/CO detectors, gate openers, stick figures, fireworks, FISMA, and mattresses, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.