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Sep 08 2025

Sep 08 2025

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E-commerce/imports and data were frequent mentions in written comments on CPSC's agenda and priorities.


Sep 08 2025

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Six consumer groups criticized CPSC's agenda and priorities format, which lacked oral input.


Sep 08 2025

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An exception to a rule is being treated as a rule, argued the Department of Justice (DOJ) in its August 29 brief on the CPSC firings.


Sep 08 2025

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The firing of three CPSC commissioners is an attempt to usurp Article I congressional powers, according to one of multiple amicus filings on the government's appeal of the reinstatements.


Sep 08 2025

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Briefs on Richard Trumka, heated insoles, power stations, and gas furnaces/boilers, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.


Sep 01 2025

Sep 01 2025

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CPSC Acting-Chairman Peter Feldman received sole power to take steps usually involving a commission majority, including publishing rulemaking actions.


Sep 01 2025

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Written comments are shaping CPSC's work, Acting-Chairman Peter Feldman told viewers of the August 27 agenda and priorities webcast.


Sep 01 2025

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CPSC Federal Register notices August 28 gave explanations for the withdrawals of the rulemakings on disclosures of interests and 6(b).


Sep 01 2025

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Amazon pointed to the Supreme Court stay of commissioners' reinstatements in its August 20 request for summary judgment of its appeal of CPSC's forced recall order.


Sep 01 2025

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CPSC staff in late July expressed concern about gun-shaped fireworks.


Sep 01 2025

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CPSC staff in July wrote to two ASTM subcommittees about indoor home triangle climbers and projections on public playgrounds.


Sep 01 2025

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The two arguments for the fired CPSC commissioners in an August 22 brief to the 4th circuit U.S. appeals court are reiterations of those made throughout the case.


Sep 01 2025

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A new Q&A document has been published by the European Commission providing clarity regarding the use of the recall notice template and aspects of the new risk assessment methodology adopted under the EU's General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR).


Sep 01 2025

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The European Commission has signalled the start of a far-reaching evaluation and potential revision of its Market Surveillance Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (MSR).


Sep 01 2025

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Briefs on CPSC science, bike helmets, play yard mattresses, Dreamland Baby, and back to school, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.



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Aug 28 2025

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CPSC Acting-Chairman Peter Feldman received sole power to take steps usually involving a commission majority, including publishing rulemaking actions.


Jul 23 2025

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The Supreme Court July 23 stayed the district court decision that returned the three Democratic commissioners to CPSC.


Jun 23 2025

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Whether disruptions at CPSC are due to the firings or to the reinstatements of the Democratic commissioners is a question that may determine if two stays are granted.


Jun 14 2025

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The three fired CPSC commissioners can return to their jobs under a permanent injunction issued June 13 by Judge Matthew Maddox in Maryland U.S. district court.


Jun 09 2025

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Marc J. Schoem

 

During the 1960s, product safety concerns were managed by multiple government agencies, including the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW, predecessor to the Department of Health and Human Services), the National Bureau of Standards, the Food and Drug Administration, and others.


May 30 2025

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The idea to move CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) became a confirmed plan May 30 with the publication of CPSC and HHS FY2026 budget requests.


May 27 2025

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Robert Adler and R. David Pittle, Ph.D.

 

If you think that President Trump's legally dubious war on regulatory agencies like EEOC, NLRB, and FTC is outrageous, be prepared to recognize the tiny Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as the hands-down winner for most savaged regulatory agency in this administration.


May 21 2025

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CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman is among the defendants in a May 21 civil complaint over the firings of the three Democratic commissioners.


May 19 2025

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Who is encroaching on whose constitutional powers is the question that will ultimately determine if the DOGE process can continue.


May 09 2025

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The three Democratic commissioners were removed from their posts May 8, setting up a likely legal battle.


May 09 2025

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DOGE operatives arrived at CPSC May 8, corroborated multiple sources whose accuracy on the matter PSL trusts.


Apr 21 2025

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PSL has seen but not authenticated a 64-page document getting increasing attention in the general press and containing a paragraph on CPSC being absorbed into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).


Apr 14 2025

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Two April 9 directives set into motion more reviews by agencies of their rules.


Mar 31 2025

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CPSC's duties under CPSA 29(e) and (f) likely will be key in its review of how and if it can ensure 6(b) protection in complying with an executive order for government-wide access to agencies' information.


Mar 31 2025

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What the term public safety means in recent executive orders has gained more importance now that it is one of four criteria to focus Justice Department scrutiny of attorneys who have represented clients against the government in the last eight years.


Mar 24 2025

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CPSC is using a blanket disclaimer that historical documents on its website might not comply with a January executive order on gender.


Mar 24 2025

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CPSC has reverted to giving NEISS coders three numbers to process hospitals' descriptions of sex and gender.


Mar 17 2025

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A March 11 executive order directs agencies to be aggressive in asking judges to require bonds from those seeking preliminary injunctions against the government.


Mar 10 2025

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CPSC will be neither obliged nor prohibited in providing materials in non-English under a March 1 executive order.


Mar 10 2025

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CPSC publicly posted two February 26 memos to staff against harassment and employment discrimination.