The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote by August 12, 2010 on a draft Federal Register notice seeking comments on a proposed information collection regarding durable nursery products. The information collection would seek information on ownership characteristics, the life cycle of the products, and consumer behaviors and perceptions regarding such products.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote by August 12, 2010 on corrections to two recently issued final rules: a June 21, 2010 final rule establishing a safety standard for infant walkers and a June 4, 2010 final rule establishing a safety standard for infant bath seats.
Four of the five Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission have posted statements regarding their recent vote to adopt a different definition of “public accommodation facility” from the one they adopted in draft form last March for purposes of enforcing the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.
Illinois has become the third state to regulate cadmium in children's jewelry. The new law prohibits the manufacture, distribution, sale or marketing of children's jewelry manufactured after July 1, 2011 with levels of cadmium in excess of 75 parts per million, unless superseded by a federal standard applicable to children's jewelry.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:
The Food and Drug Administration has posted a revised version of the following Import Alert on the detention without physical examination of:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has postponed its planned August 4, 2010 discussion of its draft Strategic Plan for 2011-2016.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote by August 11, 2010 on a draft Federal Register notice establishing accreditation requirements for third-party labs to be able to test children's (or youth) all-terrain vehicles for compliance with 16 CFR Part 1420. Publication of these lab requirements would effectively lift the testing and certification stay that has been in effect for these products since February 2009.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall: