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This 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

CPSC 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

In 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

Did 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

Stork 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

After weeks of swirling rumours and talk of shutting down the second-hand children’s clothing market — dumping tons of wearable clothes in landfills, CPSC has clarified their enforcement of the new CPSIA. While selling lead-tainted or other unsafe products still… Read More

CPSC and Jardine just added additional crib models to their recall last year for breaking crib slats. An additional 56,450 cribs are being recalled with 19 more incidents of breaking slats, including one incident where a child fell through the… Read More

Today Illinois Senate Bill 2860 was signed into law. PA 95-1019 will require warning labels on children’s jewelry or painted toys (both for children up to age 12) or child care products designed or intended for use by the manufacturer… Read More

Munire Funiture, Inc. of New Jersey has recalled 3,000 cribs and 6,000 matching furniture pieces after a child was diagnosed with lead poisoning. The “Newport Rubbed Black” furniture has toxic red paint under the covering black paint. If you have… Read More

A family whose baby was strangled by a defective bassinet manufactured by Simplicity for Children, but carrying the licensed Disney Winnie-the-Pooh brand, has filed suit in California against Disney, according to a story in the Chicago Tribune by Patricia Callahan…. Read More