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

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

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CPSC staffing is roughly 10% below the level in approved funding.

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CPSC May 5 made available a 2022 contractor market research report on micromobility products that found use is mostly private.

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An April 30 guidance from the UK Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) includes a list of children's products that will be exempt from furniture flammability mandates.

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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) May 5 reminded furniture makers and sellers of new stability information requirements that became effective the day before.

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A coalition of 159 consumer groups May 8 questioned the authority of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to regulate product safety.

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A pilot study predicted 2,000 completed interviews would be enough for a large-scale sampling to better understand products in U.K. homes.

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Not complying with button battery warnings is the background for an AU$150,240 penalty for Australian fast-food chain Hungry Jack.

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Briefs on self-feeding devices, radon detectors, and button batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, and standards activities.

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A $2 million NEISS expense due to loss of participation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would take most of $3.5 million in unexecuted funds that might be available for use in CPSC's midyear update of its operating plan.

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CPSC's independence got most of the attention at the April 30 decisional meeting at which commissioners voted 3-2 on party lines to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) on lithium-ion batteries in micromobility products.

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Commissioners April 16-18 could not reach a majority on what historically has been a unanimous and merely procedural ballot.

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Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) April 30 said he would write to Russel Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), about the supposed plan to merge CPSC into the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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CPSC staffers seek a voluntary standard on residential structure fire hazards from consumer products and involving wildfire defensible zones.

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CPSC staff in March revisited a 14-year-old EPA report on copper particles from pressure treated wood.

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The European Commission has continued work on the roll-out of the EU's new General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) that entered into application across the EEA (comprising European Union Member States, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and Northern Ireland on December 13, 2024.

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The European Commission is planning to introduce new requirements for repairability, including a repair score for a range of products, according to the ESPR and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025-30 published April 16, 2025.

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Briefs on strollers, infant swings, e-filing, batteries, poisoning, and children's jewelry, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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

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

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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).

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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CPSC and other agencies must have two "technological system[s]" under a February 26 executive order.

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CPSC and other agencies must review their statutes under a February 26 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Personnel Managements.

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If anything is clear from the tornado of executive orders in recent weeks, it is that trying to predict how an agency might operate over the next four years is a fool’s errand.

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Policy and legal decisions at CPSC and other regulatory agencies are under more direct White House control via a February 17 executive order.

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A February 18 executive order lays out classification criteria for regulations with an aim towards picking those to amend or eliminate.

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The Department of Justice is set to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the legal precedent used to support the Consumer Product Safety Act's protection against at-will firing of CPSC commissioners and similar shields for other agencies.

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The February 11 executive order that could reduce federal staffing by as much as 75% also contains a provision for agency heads to report on statutorily required activities.

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Commissioners did not reach a majority vote so will take no action on a Nested Bean demand to update safe sleep guidelines regarding weighted infant sleep products.

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