Product Safety Letter will not have a December 30, 2024, edition due to its schedule of 48 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 54, No. 1, will be dated January 6, 2025.

Product Safety Letter wishes you joyous holidays and a healthy, happy, and prosperous 2025.

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Commissioners approved the e-filing implementation rule with an extended general effective date of 18 months from publication.

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The recreational off-highway (ROV) and utility vehicle (UTV) industry December 4 asserted that CPSC data do not support the debris penetration rulemaking.

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Comments on CPSC's water beads rulemaking included concerns about limiting the scope to items intended as children's toys.

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A government funding continuing resolution – reportedly skuttled as of the PSL deadline – included CPSC provisions on e-mobility batteries and sodium nitrate.

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Batteries, one-click manufacturing, and human implant devices were ranked among high-harm technologies in a review of emerging issues available December 3 from the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).

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Briefs on design, standards, GPSR, button batteries , e-bike batteries, and construction, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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CPSC staff December 4 alleged that "Amazon's refusal to take legal responsibility" is the reason for phrasing differences between unilaterals and agency demands in the forced-recall case.

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Multiple commenters criticized CPSC's language on crumb rubber in its draft updated Public Playground Handbook.

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Health Canada December 5 circulated education materials for its consumer product and cosmetics reporting systems.

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The Washington State Department of Ecology extended to December 31 a comment deadline on priority products.

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The Environmental Protection Agency December 10 issued a rolling schedule for release of risk evaluations for numerous phthalates.

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Briefs on KID, cribs/play yards, e-filing, carpets/rugs, chemicals, and CLP. plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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Standards development organizations (SDOs) such as ASTM and UL rely heavily on CPSC’s incident data to inform their standards development process.

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The 10th Circuit U.S. appeals court June 4 ruled Leachco cannot stop CPSC's administrative proceeding based solely on whether the commission's structure is constitutional.

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Republicans chairing the House committee and subcommittee that oversee CPSC March 4 asserted that the agency puts policy announcements behind a paywall when speaking before the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICHPSO).

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The Senate March 7 confirmed Douglas Dziak, by unanimous voice vote, to become a CPSC commissioner.

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Consumer product recalls announced by the CPSC in 2023 showed some troublesome extremes.

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The U.S. 5th Circuit appeals court January 17 upheld the protections CPSC commissioners enjoy against not-for-cause removal by presidents.

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Cost-benefit procedure was faulted September 12 by a three-judge panel to vacate CPSC's rule on custom window coverings.

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While the recent $11.5 M civil penalty agreement between Whirlpool and the CPSC certainly raised some eyebrows, what caught my attention are the technical issues behind this penalty.

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CPSC's July 27 hearing on battery fires, especially in micromobility, was marked by a consensus across stakeholders for commission rulemaking.

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Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) April 26 pushed Consumer Reports to detail any contacts by its writers or other staff with anyone at CPSC over gas stoves.

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Furniture manufacturers and retailers are currently at a crossroads not knowing which way to turn.

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Douglas Dziak is the nominee for the open commissioner position at CPSC.

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CPSC's FY2024 budget request, if granted, would give it 39.4% raise over its current funding.

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A child's value of statistical life (VSL) would be twice that of an adult's in a draft CPSC guidance on such calculations.

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The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) kicked off its 30th Anniversary year at the recently held 2023 Annual Meeting and Training Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

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CPSC staff February 22 sent commissioners a draft request for information (RFI) about gas stoves' effects on indoor air.

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CPSC staffers February 10 asked UL to form a working group to look at lithium-ion battery fires in micromobility products.

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Commissioners voted 3-1 February 8 to publish the supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on revising CPSC's 6(b) rules.

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'Second-life' lithium-ion batteries have generally the same hazard patterns as new counterparts, but at higher likelihood, according to a January 31 report by the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS).

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Many of CPSC staff's 6(b) proposals rely on an understanding of disclosure as involving release of new information.