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 recalls:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a closed meeting on December 1, 2010, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.
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 a revised version of the following Import Alert 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 issued Federal Register notice of its November 24, 2010 meeting in which it will vote on the final rule to establish a publicly available and searchable database of consumer product safety incidents. A live webcast of the meeting will also be available. CPSC has also issued a notice on the rescheduling of this meeting. (See ITT's Online Archives or 11/17/10 news, 10111737, for BP summary of CPSC's announcement of its deferral of this vote.)
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft document entitled "Strategic Priorities 2011--2015: Responding to the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century," which outlines the goals and priority areas that will guide FDA through the next five years.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Food and Drug Administration is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled “Guidance for Industry: The Safety of Imported Traditional Pottery Intended for Use With Food and the Use of the Term ‘Lead Free’ in the Labeling of Pottery; and Proper Identification of Ornamental and Decorative Ceramicware” in response to recent findings of lead contamination of imported traditional pottery labeled as “Lead Free.” The guidance identifies several key practices that manufacturers of pottery may implement to help ensure that lead contamination of non-lead glazed (NLG) pottery will not occur and also reminds manufacturers of existing requirements for properly labeling certain ornamental and decorative ceramicware as not for use for food-handling purposes.