The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Food and Drug Administration is publishing its annual guidance document agenda to seek public comment on possible topics for future guidance document development or revisions of existing ones. Among other things, the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research requests comments on Current Good Manufacturing Practices (CGMPs)/compliance regarding the importation of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) for use in human drugs and Pre-Launch Activities Importation Requests (PLAIR); and the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition requests comments on its guidance regarding the safety of imported traditional pottery Intended for use with food and the improper use of the terms ‘‘lead free,’’ and the proper identification of ornamental and decorative ware. Comments may be submitted at any time.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published in the Federal Register its provisionally accepted settlement agreement with Winter Bee, Inc., a domestic apparel manufacturer, for drawstring violations in children's upper outerwear and for knowing failure to immediately inform CPSC of the violations as required by statute. The agreement contains a civil penalty of $200,000.00, but CPSC has determined that due to its size and financial condition, the firm will only have to pay $40K of it. Comments are due December 23, 2010. (See ITT's Online Archives or 12/03/10 news, 10120329, for BP summary of a CPSC press release announcing the settlement.)
During a December 2, 2010 Senate hearing1 on consumer product safety issues, Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Tenenbaum discussed some of the agency’s current and future work with emerging hazards as follows:
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Commissioner Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a November 23, 2010 letter from Representative Barton (R), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to CPSC's Chairman Tenenbaum. The letter states that the agency's final rule to establish a publicly available and searchable database of consumer product safety incidents runs contrary to Congressional intent in several respects, including an overly broad interpretation of who may submit incident reports.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will require manufacturers (or importers) of six additional durable infant and toddler products manufactured on or after December 29, 2010 to provide a consumer registration form with each such product and meet certain marking and recordkeeping requirements.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls: