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CPSC Working With Mexican and Canadian Safety Agencies on Toys During Holiday Season
November 21, 2014 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is placing renewed emphasis on its work with its Canadian and Mexican counterparts to stop dangerous toys as the holiday season approaches, it said in a press release dated Nov. 20 (here). CPSC has been collaborating with Health Canada and the Consumer Protection Agency of the United Mexican States (Profeco) on enforcement of safety standards, inspections at the border, and ensuring safe manufacturing overseas, it said. The work toward “greater integration” has led to joint industry training and consumer education efforts, said CPSC, such as joint recall announcements. Efforts have also included “joint oversight of product supply chains and timely responses to emerging product hazards,” it said. In fiscal year 2014 toy recalls “remained low,” said CPSC, down to 30 from 172 in fiscal year 2008. According to a new report from CPSC (here), there were 188,400 toy-related, emergency department-treated injuries in 2013 to children younger than 15 years, down from 192,000 in 2012.

CPSC Extends Stay of Enforcement on Child-Resistant Packaging for Imidazolines
November 19, 2014 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is giving some companies another six months to comply with a final rule requiring child-resistant packaging on pharmaceuticals containing imidazolines (here). When it issued its final rule in December 2012, CPSC had given drug companies a year to comply and an additional one-year stay of enforcement, if requested. With the stay set to expire on Dec. 10, several companies told CPSC they still aren’t in a position to comply, said the agency. CPSC is now extending until June 10 the compliance date. Only companies that originally requested the stay in enforcement are eligible for the extension.

CPSC Proposes Safety Standard for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles
November 18, 2014 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a new mandatory safety standard for recreational off-highway vehicles (ROVs) (here). Under the proposed rule, ROVs would have to meet lateral stability and vehicle handling requirements, vehicle speed limits when seat belts are unfastened, and a barrier or structure to prevent the ejection of an occupant in the event of a rollover. Comments on the proposed rule are due Feb. 2.