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CPSC Proposes Prohibition on Children's Goods Containing Four New Phthalates
March 19, 2015 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is extending until April 15 the period for comments on a proposal to prohibit children's toys and child care articles that contain four phthalates not currently subject to restrictions (here). CPSC in December proposed to ban toys containing Diisobutyl Phthalate (DIBP), Di-n-pentyl Phthalate (DPENP), Di-n-hexyl Phthalate (DHEXP) and Dicyclohexyl Phthalate (DCHP) (see 1412300018). The agency also proposed relaxing the interim prohibitions on Diisodecyl Phthalate (DIDP) and Di-n-octyl Phthalate (DNOP), while expanding the prohibition on Diisononyl Phthalate (DINP). Comments were originally due March 16.

CPSC Working to Develop Safety Standard for Laundry Detergent Packets
March 19, 2015 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is working with industry, child safety advocates, and standard-setting organization ASTM International to develop a “new and effective safety standard” to prevent exposure of children to single-load laundry detergent packets, it said March 17 (here). The agency is also working with “more than 20 countries around the world” to raise awareness of the dangers of detergent packets, which are poisonous but often come in colorful packaging that is attractive to children.

CPSC Officials to Discuss Certificate E-filing Pilot with COAC Group
March 10, 2015 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

Consumer Product Safety Commission officials are scheduled to meet with members of the a CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations workgroup on March 12 to discuss a coming CPSC certificate filing pilot program. According to CPSC's public calendar (here), CPSC Director of Import Surveillance Carol Cave will "present information on the certificate e-filing pilot concept." CPSC announced the e-filing pilot by November (see 1411100043), and recently said it hopes to begin the pilot by February 2016 (see 1502110065).