Latest Consumer Product Safety Commission Stories
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Swimming Pool Foundation® (NSPF®) will host nineteen free National Pool and Spa Training Sessions, one longer Safety Event, also free, plus periodic webinars in 2011 to educate health officials about the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act (P&SS Act). Training will be held in twenty locations throughout the United States beginning January 2011. A schedule of locations, dates, and times can be found at...
Kids Just Want to Ride Act introduced in Congress PICKERINGTON, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the deadline fast approaching that would effectively ban the sale of kids' dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) has introduced legislation to end the ban, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. On Jan. 25, Rehberg introduced H.R. 412, the Kids Just Want to Ride Act, which would exempt kids' off-highway vehicles (OHVs) from...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Name of product: Propane (LP) Gas sold in portable cylinders and delivered to storage tanks Units: About 700 rail cars Manufacturer: Aux Sable...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Name of product: Programmable thermostats...
The U.S. government is ramping up its use of consumer complaint websites with two new outlets for customer gripes that have trade groups for manufacturers and financial firms concerned about smear campaigns and lawsuits. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) plans to go public on March 11 with a searchable database of consumer complaints about products. The agency unveiled the project on Tuesday on its website. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is also beginning to build a...
PICKERINGTON, Ohio, Jan. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than a dozen federal lawmakers are asking the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to delay enforcement of the so-called lead law that effectively bans the sale of kid-sized dirtbikes and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) drafted the letter and circulated it for other lawmakers to sign before sending it to the CPSC. The CPSC -- charged with...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Name of product: Paging Horn Loudspeakers Units: About 2,600...
U.S. authorities said that they have set a new standard for baby cribs, including a ban on models with sides that drop down, which have been connected to the deaths of several children. The new rules by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) make it illegal to sell a crib with sides that drop down or those that do not pass strict tests on the durability of slats and mattresses. The CPSC has also made it illegal to sell second-hand cribs, since most will be unable to meet the tougher...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- IACC President Robert Barchiesi will join senior Administration officials including: Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission Inez Tenenbaum, and IP Enforcement Coordinator Victoria Espinel, along with other consumer safety advocates for a day-long forum on the health and safety risks presented by counterfeit goods. The event, hosted at the White...
Attorneys with Cappolino Dodd Krebs urge parents to examine imported toys for dangers Cameron, TX (PRWEB) December 10, 2010 When Temple, Texas mom and attorney with the Cappolino Dodd Krebs law firm, Valerie Farwell, read "Playing with Safety," a new study from the American Association of Justice, she was startled. When she got home and really checked, she was appalled. Several of the toys cited in the study as being highly toxic were in her child's toy box. "I try to buy...
