Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on March 11 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission finalized new safety standards for carriages and strollers. CPSC’s final rule adopts the voluntary industry standard ASTM F-833-13b. CPSC had proposed adopting ASTM F-833-13 with an additional requirement to test for scissoring, pinching, or shearing hazards at the hinge link of 2D fold strollers (see 13051722). ASTM F-833-13b incorporates CPSC’s proposed tests, it said. The new standard takes effect Sept. 10, 2015.

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on March 6 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on March 5 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Feb. 27 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Feb. 26 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Feb. 25 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a meeting on April 3 in Rockville, Md. to gather input from industry on how to reduce costs of third-party testing of children’s products. At the workshop, which will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., CPSC will ask for information on products that should not be subject to third-party testing requirements because they never contain lead, phthalates, or other restricted elements in excess of CPSC standards. To give a presentation or sit on a panel at the workshop, registration is required by March 13.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing to amend its regulations on disclosures of business information to the public. The proposed rule modernizes process by, for example, notifying manufacturers by email that information pertaining to them will be disclosed. It also “streamlines” the rule by “eliminating unnecessary administrative burdens to the agency, removing extra-statutory requirements,” and "eliminating redundancies in providing notice,” among other things. Comments on the proposed changes to CPSC’s 6(b) information disclosure regulations are due April 28.

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Feb. 20 the following voluntary recalls of imported products: