The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced its weekly meeting on September 21, 2011 in which the staff briefs the Commission on various compliance matters. The meeting is closed to the public, and the agenda is confidential.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a teleconference of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel (CHAP) on phthalates and phthalate substitutes on September 20, 2011. The CHAP is studying the effects on children's health of all phthalates and phthalate alternatives as used in children's toys and child care articles. Its findings will be used to inform a future CPSC rulemaking on the topic, including whether to continue interim bans on certain phthalates, whether to prohibit other phthalates or phthalate combinations, etc.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for Sept 14, 2011:
Commissioner Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget disagreeing with recent assertions by Chairman Tenenbaum that CPSC is implementing the President's July Executive Order 13579 on independent agency regulatory review.1 Nord states that CPSC is only complying with the retrospective analysis of existing rules and has been ignoring the cost-benefit analysis of new rules.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall for Sept 13, 2011:
The TPP Apparel Coalition and National Council of Textile Organizations have issued their position statements for the Chicago round of TPP negotiations taking place on September 6-15, 2011. These talks will include a forum where nearly 250 stakeholders representing business and other groups will be able to provide input to the negotiations.
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has issued monthly reports containing official July 2011 trade data from the Census Bureau for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
According to a statement by Chairman Tenenbaum, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has voted to grant a petition asking it to initiate a rulemaking to declare children’s jewelry containing cadmium in greater than trace amounts to be a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of the Federal Hazardous Substance Act.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall for Sept 8, 2011:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is seeking comments on the provisionally accepted settlement agreement announced September 1, 2011 with Sunsations Inc. of Virginia. The settlement includes a civil penalty of $60,000 to settle allegations that Sunsations knowingly failed to report to CPSC immediately that it sold children's hooded sweatshirts with drawstrings at the neck from March 2008 - November 2010. Comments are due September 23, 2011.