LIBRARY NOTE Product Safety Letter will not have a December 28, 2009 issue due to its schedule of 50 issues per year. The next issue, Vol. 39, No. 1, will be January 4, 2010.
The staff of Product Safety Letter wishes you and yours joyous holidays and a happy and prosperous 2010.
CPSC GETS FULL FY2010 FUNDS; CPSIA FEEDBACK DUE CPSC is set to receive the full $118.2 million called for by the CPSIA for fiscal 2010 under the final appropriations bill approved by the Senate 57-35 December 13.
COMMISSION OKs COMPONENT AND CARD MEASURES CPSC members December 16 made two 5-0 votes to approve an interim enforcement policy on component testing and certification and to approve, with technical changes, a final rule on recall registration cards.
OBAMA/TENENBAUM DISCUSS IMPORTS, DRYWALL, CPSIA CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum and President Barack Obama December 16 discussed import safety, drywall and CPSIA implementation at a White House meeting.
ADLER DISCUSSES LEAKED RECALLS The increasing difficulty of controlling information prior to recalls due to social media was a topic discussed by representatives of Stericycle and Commissioner Bob Adler December 14.
MOORE AND ADLER HEAR FROM EX-CPSCers CPSC Commissioners Robert Adler and Thomas Moore December 14 heard from three former CPSC staffers who offered their institutional knowledge against CPSC “reinventing the wheel.”
CPSC AND AFSL DISCUSS CERTIFICATION CPSC Compliance Director Gib Mullan December 15 gave representatives of the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory (AFSL) a suggestion for addressing a problem the industry anticipates in meeting CPSIA certification rules.
TENENBAUM MEETS CRAFT GROUP CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum December 15 got input from the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA) on how the agency and group can work together on the CPSIA.
PRINTING GROUPS SOUGHT STAY EXTENSION Printing Industries of America, the Association of American Publishers (AAP), and the Book Manufacturing Institute December 15 said they petitioned CPSC to extend the testing and certification stay.
CPSC GOT MORE INPUT ON STAY By Andrea Foster Several manufacturers of laboratory equipment and science kits for schoolchildren December 10 told CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum that the CPSIA could severely harm their businesses since it might require expensive and time-consuming testing and certification of their products.
CDC CALLS FOR MORE EXPOSURE REVIEW The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) December 16 called for more research into links between possible health effects and levels of certain chemicals in the blood and urine of Americans.
EPA SAYS TURF NEEDS MORE STUDY The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) December 12 said its recent review of artificial turf made from recycled tires needs more work to extend the results beyond the four study sites.
NJ SUES OUT-OF-STATE FIRM FOR YO-YO BALLS The New Jersey Attorney General Office’s Division of Consumer Affairs December 14 sued a Rhode Island company for allegedly selling yo-yo balls via the web and direct mail to New Jersey residents.
CARB WILL SEEK COMMENTS ON UL 867 The California Air Resources Board (CARB) December 16 said that next month it will be seeking feedback on UL 867, Standard for Electrostatic Air Cleaners.
CPSC BRIEFS Briefs on CPSC policy, ROVs, FoIA, holiday safety, drywall, lead paint, recalls, CPSC calendar.
