The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced its weekly meeting on August 3, 2011 in which the staff briefs the Commission on various compliance matters. The meeting is closed to the public and the agenda is confidential.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on a petition to require special packaging for torch fuel and lamp oil to make it impossible to see the product when it is in the container, as the liquid may look like a drink to children.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has issued a notice requesting comments by 11:59 p.m. EST on August 3, 2011 regarding a request to remove or restrict the "commercial availability" designation for certain compacted, plied, ring spun cotton yarns, with yarn counts in the range from 42 to 102 metric, classified under HTS subheadings 5205.42.0020, 5205.43.0020, 5205.44.0020, 5205.46.0020, and 5205.47.00201.
The International Trade Commission has issued its second annual report on the effectiveness of the earned import allowance program (EIAP) for certain apparel in the Dominican Republic. According to the report, it appears that the EIAP provides insufficient incentive to increase production of woven cotton bottoms in the Dominican Republic.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall for July 22, 2011:
Commissioners Nord and Northup of the Consumer Product Safety Commission have both posted blogs stating that the CPSC's recent 3-2 vote to go forward with the 100 parts per million lead content limit in children's products starting August 14, 2011 is not in keeping with the President's July Executive Order that called on independent agencies like CPSC to reduce unwarranted regulatory burdens, etc. Northup's statement is available here.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following additional voluntary recall for July 21, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a Federal Register notice formally announcing that the 100 parts per million lead content limit for children’s products will take effect as scheduled, on August 14, 2011. Therefore, all children’s products sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, distributed in commerce, or imported for sale in the U.S. must meet the 100 ppm lead content limit beginning August 14, 2011 as statutorily mandated by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, unless otherwise excluded under CPSC regulations or stayed.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall for July 21, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote on July 27, 2011 on an enforcement statement on the 100 parts per million lead content limit for children's products, which is set to take effect August 14, 2011. In addition, as previously announced, CPSC will also be voting on a phthalates notice of requirements and a phthalates enforcement policy.