The Consumer Product Safety Commission seeks comments by June 24 on a potential exemption for spandex from fabric flammability testing requirements. CPSC’s regulations at 16 CFR 1610.1(d) currently list all plain surface fabrics weighing at least 2.6 ounces per square yard, as well as all plain and raised-surface fabrics of acrylic, modacrylic, nylon, olefin, polyester, wool, from flammability testing requirements because they consistently yield acceptable test results under the required standard. CPSC is gathering input on the potential addition of spandex, and in particular data from testing a range of fabric constructions, fabric weights, and fiber blends. CPSC also seeks comments on various changes to the flammability test method itself.

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 17 the following voluntary recalls:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 15 the following voluntary recalls:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 12 the following voluntary recalls:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 10-11 the following voluntary recalls:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 9 the following voluntary recalls:

Three product safety agencies of North America -- the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Health Canada and the Consumer Protection Federal Agency of Mexico -- jointly developed consensus recommendations to improve test methods for ensuring the safety of AC and USB chargers, the CPSC said in an April 4 news release. In trilateral letters to the standards development organizations in the three countries, the agencies recommended new testing to assess potential fire and burn hazards caused by AC and USB chargers for small electronic devices. The effort is the first example of a joint consumer product safety standard recommendation developed among multiple governments that aren’t members of a single administrative region, they said. The goal of the multiyear project is to foster closer alignment of consumer product safety requirements through technical consultations and to seek consensus approaches to consumer product hazards not yet being addressed through formal regulatory or standards work, they said.

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 4 the following voluntary recalls:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on April 3 the following voluntary recalls:

Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on March 28 the following voluntary recalls: