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

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

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls on February 23, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted the presentations and comments received on its February 16, 2011 public hearing on the technological feasibility of the 100 parts per million lead content limit for children's products. The limit is set to take effect August 14, 2011 unless CPSC determines that such a limit is not technologically feasible with regard to a product or product category. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/17/11 news, 11021723, for BP summary of the Feb 16 hearing.)

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

Commissioner Northup of the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a blog on her February 17, 2011 statements before a House Subcommittee hearing entitled “Review of CPSIA and CPSC Resources.” She says she argued for two immediate actions: prohibiting the launch of the public database and holding any regulatory action until CPSC performs a full cost-benefit analysis. She also made two long-term recommendations: amending the CPSIA lead content exclusion provisions and eliminating third-party testing, certification and tracking labels of all children’s products, allowing CPSC to retain its authority to impose such requirements only where necessary to address a risk. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/18/11 news, 11021819, for BP summary of the hearing.)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls on February 22, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published a provisionally accepted settlement with Ms. Bubbles, Inc. containing a $40,000 civil penalty for failure to immediately inform CPSC, as required by Federal law, that certain girls' denim jackets it imported and distributed in commerce were a substantial product hazard as they did not meet CPSC drawstring requirements.

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