MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. - AT A TOWN HALL MEETING HELD AT THE MALL OF AMERICA, U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) ACTING CHAIRMAN NANCY NORD MET WITH PARENTS AND CONSUMERS TO LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS AND TALK ABOUT SAFETY IN THE HOME. ACTING CHAIRMAN NORD BRIEFED CONSUMERS ON CPSC’S PLAN TO INCREASE STAFF TO PURSUE CONSUMER PRODUCT HAZARDS … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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. NAME OF PRODUCT: ELECTRIC TOASTERS UNITS: ABOUT 12,000 DISTRIBUTOR: SALTON INC., OF … [Read more...]

THE FOLLOWING PRODUCT SAFETY RECALL WAS VOLUNTARILY CONDUCTED BY THE FIRM IN COOPERATION WITH THE CPSC. CONSUMERS SHOULD STOP USING THE PRODUCT IMMEDIATELY UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED. NAME OF PRODUCT: COMFORTPLUS UNDER AREA RUG WARMERS UNITS: ABOUT 200 RETAILER: WARMLYYOURS, OF LONG GROVE, ILL. HAZARD: THE RUG WARMER’S CORD CAN COME LOOSE FROM THE … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. - 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. NAME OF PRODUCT: WIRE-O BOUND JOURNALS AND CALENDARS UNITS: ABOUT 90,000 MANUFACTURER: … [Read more...]

WASHINGTON D.C. - THE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION (CPSC) ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT A MANUFACTURER OF ATHLETIC SHOES AND APPAREL HAS AGREED TO PAY THE GOVERNMENT A $1,000,000 CIVIL PENALTY (PDF). THIS PENALTY, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTED, IS THE LARGEST FOR A FEDERAL HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES ACT (FHSA) VIOLATION AND FOLLOWS A RECALL … [Read more...]