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CPSC to Vote on Mandatory Test Methods for Lead Paint on Children’s Products
March 24, 2011 by Barbara Chaves|FDA and EPA

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote by March 29, 2011 on a draft Federal Register notice that would revise its September 2008 notice of lab accreditation requirements for third-party labs to test children’s products for compliance with the lead paint ban of 16 CFR Part 1303. CPSC states that its 2008 notice did not specify that labs use any specific test method. In response to requests by third-party labs that CPSC be more specific, the draft revision would require third-party accredited labs to use CPSC and/or ASTM published test methods upon publication of the notice in the Federal Register.

Revised FDA Import Alerts
March 23, 2011 by Elizabeth Parker|FDA and EPA

On March 18 and 22, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

CPSC's Tenenbaum Discusses Toddler Bed & Bassinet 2011 Rules, Public Database, Etc.
March 23, 2011 by Barbara Chaves|FDA and EPA

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a March 15, 2011 speech by Chairman Tenenbaum at the Juvenile Product Manufacturers Association's summit. Among other things, Tenenbaum stated that CPSC should have final rules for toddler beds and bassinets in 2011 and proposed rules for swings, bed rails, play yards, and bedside sleepers. She also discussed the public database of consumer product safety incidents, encouraging businesses to register and stating that the agency was taking industry concerns about the database seriously.

CPSC Posts Draft Proposed Rule to Establish Portable Bed Rail Standard
March 23, 2011 by Barbara Chaves|FDA and EPA

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a draft proposed rule that would establish a mandatory safety standard for portable bed rails. According to the draft notice, the proposed standard would be substantially the same as the voluntary standard ASTM F 2085-10a, “Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Portable Bed Rails,” but with some modifications to strengthen it. The Commission is to vote on the proposed rule on April 6, 2011.

Revised FDA Import Alerts
March 22, 2011 by Elizabeth Parker|FDA and EPA

On March 18-21, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

FDA Denies Hearing, Stay of Effective Date on Rule on Certain Shellfish Irradiation
March 22, 2011 by Kelly Sly|FDA and EPA

The Food and Drug Administration has denied requests for a stay of effective date and for a hearing on the final rule that amended the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ionizing radiation for the control of Vibrio species and other foodborne pathogens in fresh or frozen molluscan shellfish. The August 16, 2005, effective date is confirmed.

Revised FDA Import Alerts
March 21, 2011 by Elizabeth Parker|FDA and EPA

On March 18, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: