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CPSC Extends Comment Period on Reducing Third-Party Testing Burdens
May 16, 2014 by Brian Feito|Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is extending until July 16 the period for submitting comments on ways CPSC can reduce the burden third-party testing of children’s products. The commission was directed by law in 2011 to get input on “opportunities to reduce the cost of third party testing requirements consistent with assuring compliance with any applicable consumer product safety rule, ban, standard, or regulation.” It asked for comments and held a public workshop on the topic on April 3. Industry groups have asked for more time to collect data related to the issue, said CPSC.

CPSC Proposes New Safety Standard for Frame Child Carriers
May 15, 2014 by Brian Feito|Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a new safety standard for frame child carriers. The mandatory standard would be based on the voluntary standard developed by ASTM International, F2549-14 (“Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Frame Child Carriers”), the only difference being the CPSC would add specific requirements that frame child carriers pass tests related to the carrier’s restraints. Comments on the proposed rule are due July 30.

'Company Doe' in Product Safety Disclosure Case Revealed as Ergobaby
May 9, 2014 by Brian Feito|Consumer Product Safety Commission

The “Company Doe” currently embroiled in a federal court case related to disclosure of a safety incident by the Consumer Product Safety Commission has revealed itself to be Ergobaby, a Los Angeles seller of infant and baby carriers. Ergobaby had challenged the publication of a report of a child’s death purportedly caused by one of its products on CPSC’s Saferproducts.gov database, arguing the report was inaccurate and shouldn’t be made public. The Maryland U.S. District Court agreed, and allowed Ergobaby to go by the pseudonym “Company Doe” during the proceeding to avoid any public link by the incident. But in April, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said the public has a First Amendment right to know who was litigating the case, and ordered the docket unsealed (see 14042225).