CPSC HEARS PLEAS FOR E-CERTS AND ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION Upcoming conformity certification requirements spurred by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) should reflect modern information technology and current business practices, a coalition of manufacturer and retailer organizations urged CPSC October 21.

DIRECT PURCHASE IS KEY CPSC TOY ADS RULE Direct means of purchase is the key concept in upcoming CPSC toy advertising rules that stem from the recently enacted Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA).

CPSC FY08 COMPLIANCE NUMBERS SET RECORDS CPSC in fiscal 2008 (ended September 30) administered 563 recalls and received 630 Section 15 reports, according to data supplied to Product Safety Letter from the compliance office.

CPSC LIKELY TO SEEK CRIBS STANDARDS CPSC October 21 said it will consider beginning a rulemaking on cribs with drop sides.

CPSC ISSUES CRIB/PACIFIER TEST LAB RULES CPSC’s rules for accrediting labs that do third-party conformity assessments of cribs and pacifiers became effective October 22.

BOSTON BILLOW COMMENTS ARE ALL FAVORABLE CPSC received only favorable comments on its notice of proposed rulemaking to exempt Boston Billow and substantially similar nursing pillows from the infant cushion ban.

CPSC KNOWS OF 547 ATV DEATHS IN 2007 CPSC has reports of 547 deaths associated with all-terrain vehicles in 2007, according to data the agency made available October 22.

CPSC INFORMATION SECURITY NEEDS WORK, REPORT ASSERTS CPSC needs to do more to protect privacy and personally-identifiable information in its non-IT records, according to an independent audit made available October 20.

CPSC INFORMATION OPENNESS NEEDS WORK, REPORT ASSERTS CPSC needs allow more media access to staff, asserted the Union of Concerned Scientists.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on cribs (2 briefs), gas grills, wireless guitars, batteries, bike wheels, lighters, lawn mowers, CPSC statutes, clothing, toys, Roman shades, CPSC meetings.