CHILD PRODUCT MAKERS OFFER SUGGESTIONS ON RECALL CARDS By Arunjana Das Design flexibility and consumer privacy concerns need to be addressed to make consumer registration cards for children’s products more effective, juvenile product manufacturers said in a meeting with CPSC on June 25.

EU REACH RULES COULD AFFECT U.S. PHTHALATES CHAP CPSC might face a conflict with EU REACH rules in gathering data for its in-the-works Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP), which is mandated by the CPSIA to look at a temporary ban of three types of phthalates.

CPSC SEES PROMISE IN NIST SRM CIGARETTE WORK CPSC staff expressed optimism that National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) work on assessing cigarette ignition strength may lead to the creation of a NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) cigarette.

CPSC GIVES TWO-YEAR STAY TO BIKES FOR LEAD CONTENT Acting Chairman Thomas Moore and Commissioner Nancy Nord voted 2-0 to grant a two-year enforcement stay for bicycles related to CPSIA lead limits for children’s products.

OKK SETTLES CPSC LEAD-PAINT AND OTHER ALLEGATIONS CPSC June 25 said that OKK Trading would pay $665,000 to settle charges it violated various agency rules.

CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on battery equalizers, skateboad wheels, diving wings, coffee makers, framing nailers, mattress sets, generators, bath tubs, body boards, CPSC activity, CPSC meetings.