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CPSC Asks for Comments on Petition to Ban Cords for Window Coverings
July 15, 2013 by Brian Feito|Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking for comments by Sept. 13 on a petition from advocacy groups to set a mandatory standard for window covering cords. The petition requests that the commission ban window covering cords when a cord is unnecessary, and asks that CPSC require all window covering cords be made inaccessible through the use of a passive guardian device. According to CPSC, the petition says the voluntary standards currently in place are insufficient to protect children from choking, and the amount of recalls demonstrate that the standard isn’t being followed anyway. The petition was filed by: Parents for Window Blind Safety; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers Union; Kids in Danger; Public Citizen; U.S. PIRG; Independent Safety Consulting; Safety Behavior Analysis, Inc.; and Onder, Shelton, O’Leary & Peterson.

Small Businesses Not Using CPSC Small Batch Exception to Children's Product Testing, says Toy Assn
July 11, 2013 by Brian Feito|Consumer Product Safety Commission

Small businesses are not taking advantage of the small batch manufacturer exception to children’s product testing, said Randall Hertzler, vice president-Handmade Toy Alliance, at a July 10 Consumer Product Safety Commission hearing on agency priorities for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. Although the measure can reduce costs for small businesses, it also requires that the names of companies that use the exception are published in a public registry. According to Hertzler, members of the Handmade Toy Association don’t want to be on a public list of companies that don’t test their products.

CPSC Sets Regulatory Exception to Lead Limits in Children's Products
July 9, 2013 by Brian Feito|Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is amending its regulations on exceptions to limits on lead in children’s products, so that the agency’s regulations conform to a 2011 law on the lead standards (see 11080230). The final rule lays out conditions at 16 CFR 1500 for requesting an exception from the commission for children’s products that exceed the 100 ppm threshold for banned hazardous materials. To qualify, the product must (1) be impracticable to manufacture without lead, (2) be unlikely to be placed in a child’s mouth or ingested, and (3) cause no measurable increase in a child’s blood lead levels. The regulatory changes are effective July 10.