CERTIFICATION MOST NEEDED FOR IMPORTS, NORD TELLS SENATE The potential requirement that companies must certify that certain imports comply with safety rules and standards would be the most useful of the various provisions in the CPSC reauthorization bills, according to Acting Chairman Nancy Nord April 30.

CPSC IMPORT PLAN OUTLINES LAYERS OF PROTECTION CPSC is seeking comment by May 30 on a draft executive summary of its import safety strategy.

ISPA SEEKS CPSC GUIDANCE ON CIGARETTE TESTS The International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) April 25 asked CPSC what it should do about the increasing difficulty of finding the necessary ignition source for cigarette flammability tests.

CPSC LAUNCHES MONTHLY EZINE CPSC April 29 launched an ezine called The Safety Review.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on table saws, beach chairs, lapel pins, hammocks, lawnmowers, space heaters, storage bins, Section 15, CPSC meeting logs, CPSC meetings.