The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced another meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on phthalates on November 2-4, 2011. The CHAP is studying the effects on children's health of all phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children's toys and child care articles. Its recommendations will be used to inform a future CPSC rulemaking on the topic, including which phthalates, combinations of phthalates, or phthalate alternatives should be prohibited from use in children’s toys or child care articles or otherwise restricted. The CHAP’s final report is expected in April 2012. The meeting will be webcast live here.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on a provisionally-accepted settlement agreement with Henry Gordy International, Inc. which contains a civil penalty of $1,1000,000 to settle charges that it failed to immediately report the deaths of three children involving the darts of its toy gun sets and for material misrepresentation of the facts when it did report the problem to CPSC.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following additional voluntary recall for October 11, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule revoking its April 2010 interpretation of the term “unblockable drain” as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (VGB Act).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has delayed until October 19, 2011 (from October 12) its vote 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 recalls for October 11, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for October 6, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comments on whether a mandatory performance safety standard or other requirement is needed to address an unreasonable risk of injury associated with table saws.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on a provisionally-accepted settlement agreement with Nordica USA which contains a civil penalty of $214,000 to settle charges that Nordica failed to immediately report defective ski binding plates.
In the October 4, 2011 edition of the Official Journal, the European Union published a new regulation repealing certain proof of origin requirements for textile products that are imported from third countries. The EU states the origin certification and declaration requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1541/98 of July 1998 on proof of origin for certain textile products are not needed as customs requires the country of origin of imported products in all cases to be indicated in Box 34 of the Single Administrative Document.