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Companies must get new certifications if they used four Chinese testing labs, according to a January 15 announcement by CPSC Acting Chairman Peter Feldman.

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CPSC's FY2026 Operating Plan has numerous "priority activities" that indicate the agency's likely direction.

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The EU's focus in 2025 was on simplification and implementing recent laws, while preparing for new 2026 proposals.

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New rules will apply to toys across the EU from August 1, 2030 under the Toy Safety Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 published in the Official Journal of the EU on December 12.

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Briefs on CPSC budge, CPSC commissioners, e-commerce, self-feeding pillows, e-trikes, submersible lights, and music toys, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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CPSC's December 6 FY2026 Operating Plan emphasizes surveillance and enforcement, especially of imports, explicitly taking a step back from rulemaking.

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CPSC staff January 8 said some companies should start with the agency's Regulatory Robot in planning with for July e-filing implementation.

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William Hewes III must be renominated for his confirmation to occur due to the Senate rules that govern unaddressed activity when congressional sessions end.

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CPSC staffers asked the Portable Generator Manufacturers' Association (PGMA) to address consumers disabling carbon monoxide (CO) shutoffs on portable generators.

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CPSC staff wrote to the UL 2849 panel about concerns with a planned provision to treat battery compartment seals as safety deterrents for e-bike.

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Use of authorized components could be instructed under potential changes to the APSP-16 standard for suction outlet fitting assemblies (SOFAs) for pools and spas.

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CPSC staff told the UL 4200 committee that they disagree with possible decisions related to warnings for button/coin cell batteries.

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The ASTM F15.42 subcommittee is looking at multiple performance requirements in its effort to create a voluntary standard for wall beds.

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) January 5 promoted the goal of a single platform for chemicals data.

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Briefs on adult bedrails and phthalates, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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The October 2 nomination of William Hewes III to fill the slot vacated by Douglas Dziak is a step towards CPSC having an operational commission.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.