The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a report on the estimated number of unintentional non-fire deaths attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning that were associated with the use of consumer products in 2007 (183 deaths estimated), and companion statistics since 1999.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Food and Drug Administration has launched a new website called FDA Basics for Industry (www.fda.gov/FDABasicsforIndustry) to help companies and others save time and resources in their interactions with the agency. The website includes basic information about the regulatory process, including information that is frequently requested by industry. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/07/11 news, 11010709, for BP summary of related FDA report to make agency actions more transparent to industry.)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing two Web conferences to demonstrate to interested stakeholders various functions of the publicly available consumer product safety information database that CPSC is scheduled to launch in March 2011.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
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:
Consumer Product Safety Commission sources confirm that the agency’s stay of enforcement that has been in effect since February 10, 2009 on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) third-party testing and manufacturer/importer certification requirements for lead content of children’s products is set to lift on February 10, 2011, absent Commission action.
The Food and Drug Administration updated its November 2010 FAQ on "Low Levels of Lead in Some Juice Products" on December 6, 2010, noting that it tests food products such as fruit juice and canned fruit products for lead on a regular basis as part of its surveillance activities to monitor the safety of the U.S. food supply. In July 2010, FDA completed its most recent check of amounts of lead in some commercial juice and food products that contain fruit, finding that none of the products contained lead in an amount that would pose an unacceptable risk to health. FDA had tested samples of apple juice, grape juice, peach slices, pears, mixed fruit and fruit cocktail.