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 recall:
On July 14, 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously to approve the publication of a proposed rule to establish new mandatory standards for cribs.
The Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission are scheduled to vote by July 20, 2010 on a draft Federal Register notice seeking comments on the technological feasibility of meeting the 100 parts per million (ppm) lead content limit for children’s products.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission are scheduled to vote by July 19, 2010 on a request it received to reopen the comment period for its April 2010 proposed rule on safety standards for bassinets and cradles as the proposed rule was posted late on the Regulations.gov site and some parties may not have had time to comment.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a revised draft proposed rule to establish new safety standards for full-size and non-full size cribs, which is scheduled for Commission vote on July 14, 2010. Among other things, the revision reflects the change in name of the ASTM standard for cribs, which was recently updated.
Chairman Tenenbaum of the Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a statement announcing that she voted in favor of publishing the lab accreditation requirements for third-party flammability testing for children’s carpets and rugs and children’s products with vinyl plastic film. With her vote, the Commission will now publish the two lab accreditation notices which will trigger the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act third-party testing and certification requirements 90 days after publication. Chairman Nord posted a statement opposing the vote.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its laboratory test manual for the Standards for the Flammability of Children’s Sleepwear to assist with the testing procedures specified in these long-standing standards codified at 16 CFR Parts 1615 and 1616.
On July 8, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration warned that Que She, marketed as an herbal weight loss supplement, contains active pharmaceutical ingredients not listed on the product label that could harm consumers, especially those with cardiovascular conditions. Advertised as “Slimming Factor Capsule” and as “an all-natural blend of Chinese herbs,” Que She contains: fenfluramine, propranolol, sibutramine, and ephedrine.