The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a proposed rule on safety standards for carriages and strollers. The proposal is based on the voluntary standard developed by ASTM International, ASTM F833-13, “Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Carriages and Strollers,” with a proposed additional requirement and test method to address scissoring, pinching, or shearing hazards at the hinge link of 2D fold strollers, CPSC said. ASTM F833-13 includes carriages and strollers, as well as convertible carriages/strollers, so the proposed rule would cover all of these product types, it said. Comments are due by about Aug. 3. The ASTM standard is copyrighted, but can be viewed as a read-only document during the comment period (here).
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 15:
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 10 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 9 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 8 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
The Consumer Product Safety Commission said it reached a $987,500 settlement with Williams-Sonoma for the company’s alleged failure to report a defect in its imported hammock stands. According to CPSC, the support beams were susceptible to rotting, presenting a fall and laceration hazard to users.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 2 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 25 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 24 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
The Consumer Product Safety Commission scheduled a May 1 meeting to consider whether to issue a draft proposed rule that would amend Section 1110 rule for certificates of compliance. The agency recently delayed a vote on the proposal, which would require electronic filing of CPSC compliance certificates along with other entry documents and add new required data elements, to do more cost analysis (see 13013123).