The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Nov. 21:
The Consumer Product and Safety Commission is issuing its final rule updating the safety standard for soft infant and toddler carriers, it said in a notice. The final rule updates the mandatory standard to incorporate a 2024 version of the ASTM standard, and is effective Feb. 22, barring significant adverse comments, CPSC said.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission proposes to make the safety standard for aquatic toys such as neck floats more stringent "to address potentially deadly hazards associated with neck floats," it said in a notice of proposed rulemaking.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Nov. 14:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is welcoming more importers to its eFiling initiative, according to an emailed Nov. 14 announcement from the agency. "The eFiling voluntary stage has begun with a phased invitation schedule for interested importers and their trade partners to begin testing eFiling systems," CPSC said. "CPSC will continue to accept registration requests and add to the waitlist for the eFiling voluntary stage." The agency began its phased eFiling invitation schedule on Oct. 28. The eFiling voluntary stage will continue until CPSC reaches its maximum participation capacity of 2,000 importers (see 2406030059). The Biden administration has said CPSC will issue its final rule making eFiling mandatory this fall (see 2409130004).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Nov. 7:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Oct. 31:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a final rule setting a new safety standard for infant support cushions (see 2401120054), it said in a notice. CPSC is also amending CPSC’s consumer registration requirements to identify infant support cushions as durable infant or toddler products and amending CPSC’s list of notices of requirements.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Oct. 24:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is issuing a final rule that sets a consumer product safety standard for nursing pillows. The new standard takes effect April 23, the comission said in a Federal Register notice.