PRODUCT SAFETY LETTER View the entire issue in PDF format.

TRACKING LABEL FORMAT MIGHT BE FLEXIBLE; STAY VOTE SPLITS 1-1 Do not expect CPSC to prescribe the format for CPSIA tracking labels any time soon.

BIKES LIKELY TO GET STAY OF CPSIA LEAD ENFORCEMENT CPSC members voted 2-0 May 11 to deny a petition from the bicycle industry for exclusion from CPSIA lead limits, but they directed staff to draft a one-year enforcement stay.

CPSC STAFF URGES OBJECTION TO ASTM TOY CHEST REVISION CPSC members should vote to object to a proposed changes related to toy chests in ASTM’s F963 Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety, staff urged May 11.

CPSC ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR NEW AND MODERN TEST FACILITY CPSC announced May 13 that it will construct a new and modernized testing facility in Rockville, Md. and will close its existing testing facility in Gaithersburg, Md.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on CPSC activity, ATVs (2 briefs), used products, play yards, decking, snowmobiles, knife sheaths, candles, toy beach chairs, off-road motorcycles, freezers, bikes, CPSC meetings.

OTHER FEDERAL BRIEFS Briefs on face paint, pool chemicals.

STANDARDS & TESTING BRIEFS Briefs on amusement rides, building material, bed rails, baby gates, child carriers (2 briefs), infant carriers (3 briefs), cribs, carriages/strollers, bassinets/cradles, bean bag chairs, gun safes, scald prevention, thermal shock prevention.

FOREIGN & INTERNATIONAL BRIEFS Briefs on roof racks, chafing fuel, charm bracelets, athletic cups, toiletries (2 briefs), toys, toy helicopters, cleaning chemicals, pool chemicals, RAPEX.