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CPSC serious about drawstring rule — five more recalls
Posted on March 25, 2009CPSC recalled five different children’s sweatshirts and jackets with drawstrings today. Last year they fined more than a dozen companies for selling these products — the drawstrings pose a strangulation hazard for children. If you have a child’s garment with… Read More
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3 in 1 High Chair recalled for fall hazard
Posted on March 24, 2009CPSC and Fisher Price announced the recall today of 24,000 3-in-1 High Chair to Boosters sold exclusively at Target since December. The chair can be released from the base resulting in a fall hazard. There is one reported injury involving… Read More
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Dropside cribs prove too dangerous?
Posted on March 18, 2009The Fullsize Crib Sub-committee of ASTM International, which sets voluntary standards for crib makers, voted this week on a new standard portion that would not allow current dropside crib designs. Dropside hardware failures on cribs have been linked to many… Read More
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Baby bottles go BPA free
Posted on March 9, 2009The six major makers of baby bottles sold in the US agreed to stop selling bottles with BPA, a chemical linked to a variety of health problems. Bisphenol A, commonly called BPA, is in a wide variety of everyday items…. Read More
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ICPHSO conference
Posted on February 26, 2009The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) is really the only place where all the stakeholders in product safety gather each year to discuss emerging issues together. Manufacturers, retailers, testing labs, government regulators from around the world, and… Read More
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NY Times calls for new leadership at CPSC
Posted on February 18, 2009This morning a New York Times editorial called for new leadership at CPSC to effectively implement the new safety law, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and give families the assurance they need that the toys and children’s products they buy… Read More
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CPSC has posted small business guidance for the CPSIA
Posted on February 10, 2009CPSC has recently added many new items on its CPSIA (Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008) page. Today they posted guidance to small businesses, resellers, crafters and charities on complying with the law. The booklet covers definitions, timetables, exclusions… Read More
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Exploding bath bombs; stair gates among recent recalls
Posted on February 5, 2009In addition to thousands of lead-tainted items (see previous post), CPSC has recalled a Spa Aromatherapy Kit for exploding jars of bath fizzies or bath bombs as they are appropriately called in the set. There were 88 reports of exploding… Read More
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Fisher Price announces recall of Simplicity Rainforest Play yard
Posted on January 15, 2009Did you perhaps move your child to a play yard to sleep after your crib was recalled? If so, check that it isn’t a Rainforest Portable Play yard, made by Simplicity and their successor SFCA, Inc, but sold under the… Read More
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Over one million Stork Craft cribs recalled in US, Canada
Posted on January 13, 2009Stork Craft announced both a US and Canadian recall today of over one million cribs sold from 2000 through this month. The mattress support brackets on the cribs can crack or break leading to an entrapment and strangulation hazard. Canada… Read More