The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule that creates a new “Substantial Product Hazard List” and names as the first product on the list, any hand-supported hair dryer without UL-compliant integral immersion protection. Effective July 28, 2011, these non-compliant hair dryers must be immediately reported to CPSC, are subject to recall, and will be refused admission into the U.S. A similar rule for drawstrings in children’s upper outerwear is expected.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls on June 22-23, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced its weekly meeting on June 29, 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 has updated the list of meetings between CPSC and its stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has scheduled a Commission vote on June 29, 2011 on a draft Federal Register notice announcing an opportunity for comments and a public hearing on July 20, 2011 concerning CPSC's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following additional voluntary recall on June 21, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall on June 21, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall on June 16, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced another meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on phthalates on July 25-26, 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 findings will be used to inform a future CPSC rulemaking on the topic, including whether to continue the interim bans on three phthalates in certain children's products. The meeting will be webcast here.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a press release and several statements by Commissioners regarding their June 16, 2011 vote to deny a request by certain retailers to receive an extension of the June 28, 2011 effective date of the new crib standards. The Commissioners did vote to extend the length of time that short-term crib rental companies have to comply with the new mandatory standards for full-size and non-full-size baby cribs until December 28, 2012.