CRIB ANPR WOULD INCLUDE DROP-SIDE UNITS CPSC members were set to vote by November 14 on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to address crib safety.
CPSC GIVES MORE CERTIFICATION CLARIFICATION Only importers of foreign made products need to issue conformity certificates under a final rule approved by CPSC commissioners November 10.
TOY REVIEWS ROSE, BUT PROBLEMS FELL, SAYS CPSC CPSC and Customs are inspecting more toys, but are finding fewer problems, said CPSC Acting Chairman Nancy Nord at the agency’s annual holiday-shopping event November 12.
CONSUMERISTS DISLIKE ELEMENTS OF EU TOY PROPOSALS Restriction of dangerous substances, comitology and third-party testing were areas where consumer groups found fault with proposed changes to the EU’s Toy Safety Directive (88/378/EEC).
CPSC WANTS FEEDBACK ON PHTHALATES; CANCELS MEETING CPSC cancelled its December 4 meeting on phthalates and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) so that it can include answers to public comments.
UK SAYS FUNCTION NOT SIZE IMPORTANT IN NANO-REGULATION What a nanomaterials do, rather their smallness, is what should matter in regulatory decisions, according to a November 12 report from the U.K. Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution.
FRENCH EYE CHILD CLOTHING SAFETY France’s Commission de Sécurité des Consommateurs (Consumer Safety Commission) November 10 said that since 2006, it knows of dozens of incidents involving decorative items detaching from clothing.
XRF GETS REVIEW IN CPSC SESSION CPSC’s November 7 meeting on X-ray fluorescence (XRF) involved technical presentations from five manufactures of XRF devices.
CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on dive sticks, toy trains, two-way radios, off-road motorcycles, shelves, CPSC meetings.
