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CPSC legal staffers November 7 used the phrase "voluminous 'kitchen-sink' Brief" to describe filings by Leachco in the appeal of the forced-recall case.

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Commissioners voted 5-0 November 6-13 to update 16 CFR 1226 with 2024 and 2016 updates in ASTM's F2236 standard on infant and toddler carriers.

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JPMA November 5 asserted that CPSC data draw into question whether infant rockers and incidents associated with the products can be linked by "direct causation."

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Commissioner Richard Trumka November 7 criticized the denial of the floor slip petition.

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Nested Bead November 11 asked CPSC to make revisions regarding weighted infant sleep products to safe sleep guidelines.

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Health Canada processed 620 product safety reports in the third quarter of calendar 2024, according to its most recent data.

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Charts on bed rails, ops plan, CPSC gym, e-commerce, and toxicity testing, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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CPSC International Programs staff would move towards virtual training of foreign companies under the FY2025 Operating Plan commissioners approved 5-0 November 6.

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Commissioners voted 4-1 to deny the flooring petition and for staff to draft a letter to the petitioner, National Floor Safety Institute.

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A November 2 CPSC poster solicits SaferProducts.gov reports on micromobility fires.

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Kids in Danger (KID) November 4 announced it will be closing "by year's end."

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Briefs on hammering toys, infant cushions, election, Temu, and batteries, plus the regular charts on recalls/corrections, standards activities, and CPSC meetings.

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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.

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The Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA) January 10 won a stay of the recent CPSC rule on custom window coverings.