The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls on March 1-2, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted remarks by Chairman Tenenbaum at two events in February 2011, the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization conference and Organization of American States (OAS) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regulatory training program Tenenbaum discussed the agency's plans for 2011 which include expanding CPSC's focus on toxic metals beyond lead and cadmium (to antimony, arsenic, barium, mercury, chromium, and selenium), launching the public database, public outreach, etc.

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

Commissioner Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a blog on an internal agency debate over the terms recall, warning, etc. She states that in one recent action, CPSC put out a unilateral warning to the public about a product but called that warning a "recall." In another, it negotiated a voluntary “recall” of a product that consisted of allowing consumers to contact the company to get a warning label. Nord says some at the agency believe that labeling all product safety actions a recall is the only way to get media attention, but she questions this practice.

The Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission are scheduled to vote by March 2, 2011 on a staff memorandum which summarizes the recommendations of the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM) regarding 2010 test method evaluation reports on ocular toxicity testing. Staff recommends that the Commission accept the ICCVAM recommendations, and instruct staff to so inform ICCVAM by letter, and direct staff to update the CPSC’s animal testing policy to reference the ICCVAM recommendations.

On February 24, 2011, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 5-0 to approve the agency's Spring 2011 Regulatory Agenda with changes to be published in a Federal Register notice. The notice, which was not made available, will list those rules which are expected to be proposed or issued during the next 12 months and which may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of entities. Commissioners Nord and Northup made statements on their votes, outlining their understanding that the dates in the regulatory agenda are not set in stone and requesting certain changes to the final notice.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a closed meeting on March 2, 2011, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.

The Center for Environmental Health announces that two leading producers of children’s bounce houses, Ninja Jump and Einflatables, have agreed to strict limits on lead in their products, according to a legal settlement to be signed in Alameda County court today. The legal settlements are the first to follow the lawsuit filed last August after a CEH investigation found high levels of lead in many vinyl bounce houses. In the settlements, the two companies agreed to limit lead in their future bounce houses to no more than 100 parts per million (ppm).

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following additional voluntary recall on February 24, 2011: