The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced another meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on phthalates on November 2-4, 2011. The CHAP is studying the effects on children's health of all phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children's toys and child care articles. Its recommendations will be used to inform a future CPSC rulemaking on the topic, including which phthalates, combinations of phthalates, or phthalate alternatives should be prohibited from use in children’s toys or child care articles or otherwise restricted. The CHAP’s final report is expected in April 2012. The meeting will be webcast live here.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on a provisionally-accepted settlement agreement with Henry Gordy International, Inc. which contains a civil penalty of $1,1000,000 to settle charges that it failed to immediately report the deaths of three children involving the darts of its toy gun sets and for material misrepresentation of the facts when it did report the problem to CPSC.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule revoking its April 2010 interpretation of the term “unblockable drain” as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGB Act).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following additional voluntary recall for October 11, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has delayed until October 19, 2011 (from October 12) its vote on four significant and related draft notices on testing, certification, and labeling of consumer products. A live webcast of the meeting will be able to be viewed here.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on a provisionally-accepted settlement agreement with Nordica USA which contains a civil penalty of $214,000 to settle charges that Nordica failed to immediately report defective ski binding plates.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for October 11, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for October 6, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on whether a mandatory performance safety standard or other requirement is needed to address an unreasonable risk of injury associated with table saws.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a public hearing on October 26, 2011 on alternative testing requirements for small batch manufacturers. CPSC explains that H.R. 27151 recently amended CPSC's third-party testing requirements for children's products by allowing it to establish alternative testing requirements for small batch manufacturers, or if alternatives are unavailable or economically impracticable, an exemption from certain of the third party testing requirements.