PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER View the entire issue in PDF format.

* * * * * * * * LIBRARY NOTE * * * * * * * * Product Safety Letter will not have a July 30, 2007 edition due to its schedule of 50 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 36, No. 31, will be dated August 6, 2007.

CPSC, WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS LOOK AT IMPORT SAFETY The safety of imports the week of July 16 saw considerable attention by both the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government.

CPSC SEEKS CONSUMER FEEDBACK ON RECALLS CPSC July 18 sought input through its new Consumer Opinion Forum on general recall activity.

EU SEEKS MORE PRODUCT SAFETY ATTENTION BY CHINA The European Union is seeking greater emphasis on the safety of products from China.

PRODUCT RECALL, INFORMATION AND SAFETY MODERNIZATION (PRISM) ACT Highlights Printed Mostly Verbatim from CPSC’s Draft Proposal

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on toy ovens, sippy cups, coffeemakers, off-road motorcycles, children's earrings, candles, action figures, tire inflators/hand pumps, flahslights, children's shoes, microwave ovens, CPSC meetings.

STANDARDS & TESTING BRIEFS Briefs on vacuum cleaners, building material, griddles, ovens, labels/instructions, heaters, fans, flotation devices, gas vents.

FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS Briefs on sunscreen, halogen lamps, pools, trampolines, skateboards lights, bicycles, RAPEX.