U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

#NEWS - CPSC secures agreement with Apple for enhanced #warnings to protect children from hazards of battery ingestion; Apple takes action to address labeling violations on AirTags. Reese’s Law and CPSC regulations that implement it, establish performance and warning label requirements for consumer products with #button cell or coin #batteries, to protect children from life threatening ingestion. More: https://lnkd.in/e-Vq8Veu

Every year, an estimated 16,000 people head to the hospital for holiday-decor-related injuries across the United States. In the past two decades, that added up to nearly 312,000 estimated trips to the emergency room, according to a CNN analysis of data from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission More from CNN - https://lnkd.in/eH9k34F5

Are you a small #business starting out and manufacturing a product for children or other consumers?  You may be wondering which federal #product safety requirements apply to your product.  We've designed our Regulatory Robot to guide you through our requirements to identify important safety #requirements that you should review before manufacturing or importing your consumer product. Start here: https://lnkd.in/efChMiyr

#NEWS - CPSC has approved a Final Rule to implement electronic filing (eFiling) of certificate information for #regulated, #imported consumer #products and to revise requirements for Certificates of Compliance for both domestic and imported products. More information and resources here: https://lnkd.in/eP4T7DtE

We are #hiring! As the Assistant Executive Director for Compliance and Field Operations you will be leading 145 employees who are dedicated to saving lives and keeping families safe from hazardous consumer products. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/dCw75RJK

Are you a #manufacturer, #importer or #business stakeholder? Don't miss our public meeting to discuss important updates to certificate requirements and the implementation of eFiling of certificates for imported products. Live on Wednesday, December 4 at 10 a.m. ET. Details: https://lnkd.in/eKpKWWjU

We are hiring! We have vacancies for: Statistician (Health, Recent Graduate), Compliance Investigator, Budget Officer and Auditor. Find details and apply: https://lnkd.in/exv2Z5XK

#NEWS - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is announcing that Bestar Inc., of Canada, has agreed to a $16.025 million #civil #penalty. The #settlement, which has been provisionally accepted by CPSC, resolves CPSC’s charges that Bestar knowingly failed to immediately report to CPSC, as required by law, that its wall beds contained a defect that could create a substantial product hazard or created an unreasonable risk of serious injury to consumers. https://lnkd.in/e6Qp6mq5

Did you know that certain types of #magnets must meet strict safety #standards? Magnets used for entertainment, jewelry, mental stimulation, and/or stress relief are subject to CPSC’s Safety Standard for Magnets, 16 CFR part 1262. For more information, please visit our Business Guidance page: https://lnkd.in/eAgc4Gd4

Are you a toy #maker or #importer? With the #holidays coming up, we want to remind you that the U.S. Toy Standard was updated earlier this year with new requirements. To make it easier for businesses to understand how to comply and make safe toys, we revised CPSC’s Toy Safety page to provide clearer guidance: https://lnkd.in/eNMxvcBY