Small businesses are not taking advantage of the small batch manufacturer exception to children’s product testing, said Randall Hertzler, vice president-Handmade Toy Alliance, at a July 10 Consumer Product Safety Commission hearing on agency priorities for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Although the measure can reduce costs for small businesses, it also requires that the names of companies that use the exception are published in a public registry. According to Hertzler, members of the Handmade Toy Association don’t want to be on a public list of companies that don’t test their products.
Registration for the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s 2013 Safety Academy in Seattle, Wash., is now open. The event is free and capacity is limited, so individuals are encouraged to sign up early. The registration deadline is Sept. 9, and the online registration form can be found (here).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is amending its regulations on exceptions to limits on lead in children’s products, so that the agency’s regulations conform to a 2011 law on the lead standards (see 11080230). The final rule lays out conditions at 16 CFR 1500 for requesting an exception from the commission for children’s products that exceed the 100 ppm threshold for banned hazardous materials. To qualify, the product must (1) be impracticable to manufacture without lead, (2) be unlikely to be placed in a child’s mouth or ingested, and (3) cause no measurable increase in a child’s blood lead levels. The regulatory changes are effective July 10.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls July 3:
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 27:
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 25:
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 20:
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 19:
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 18:
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls June 13: