The Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a public hearing on October 26, 2011 on alternative testing requirements for small batch manufacturers. CPSC explains that H.R. 27151 recently amended CPSC's third-party testing requirements for children's products by allowing it to establish alternative testing requirements for small batch manufacturers, or if alternatives are unavailable or economically impracticable, an exemption from certain of the third party testing requirements.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for Oct. 5, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced its weekly meeting on October 12, 2011 in which the staff briefs the Commission on various compliance matters. The meeting is closed to the public, and the agenda is confidential.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote on October 12, 2011 on four significant and related draft notices on testing, certification, and labeling of consumer products. A live webcast of the meeting will be able to be viewed here.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall for Oct. 4, 2011:
The National Textile Association states that it has been approached by a manufacturer seeking sources for certain circular knit, three-end fleece fabric. The fabrics will be used in a program in the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) region, and requires fabrics knitted and finished in the DR-CAFTA region and composed of yarn made in the region.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted a notice saying that on September 15, 2011, the Turkish Government published the outcome of its safeguard investigations on certain woven fabrics and apparel and apparel accessories. Also on September 15, 2011, the Turkish Council of Ministers approved implementation of additional customs tariffs outlined in Official Gazette Communique no. 2011/2203.
Three Commissioners of the Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued statements on their vote on September 28, 2011 to revoke their April 2010 interpretation of “unblockable drain,” as set forth in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act. Nord states that in revoking this interpretation, CPSC goes beyond mere revocation: it directs enforcement staff to deem as noncompliant any pool that complied with the former interpretation but lacks a second device or system to prevent entrapment. She believes this reinterpretation violates basic principles of rulemaking procedures, imposes large costs on pool operators, and detracts from the safety of swimmers. Adler and Tenenbaum state that with this change, they have now implemented the law as Congress intended and are better protecting the public from drowning hazards.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for Sept 29, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced its weekly meeting on October 5, 2011 in which the staff briefs the Commission on various compliance matters. The meeting is closed to the public, and the agenda is confidential.