Federal Court Halts California’s Cancer Warnings for Glyphosate, the Herbicide Found in Roundup February 27, 2018, Los Angeles Times A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred California environmental officials from requiring cancer warnings on food products that contain traces of the more »
Category: Food Safety
In the News: January 22, 2018
Teen Tide pod challenge: Latest web fad carries big danger to health January 19, 2018, UPI Prompted by internet dares, dozens of U.S. teenagers in recent weeks have popped liquid laundry detergent packets from a variety of manufacturers into their more »
In the News: January 8, 2018
CPSC offering $1.1 million in pool safety grants to help prevent drowning and drain entrapments; state and local government encouraged to apply January 2, 2018, Marketwatch The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced a 90-day solicitation seeking applications for more »
Trump Pick to Head Consumer Safety Board Is Seen as Too Close to Industries December 7, 2017, New York Times As President Trump’s nominee to head the agency, Ann Marie Buerkle, current Acting Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, more »
In the News: November 13, 2017
AHFA supports House Bill to adopt national flammability rules November 6, 2017, Home Furnishing Business Now The American Home Furnishings Alliance has thrown its support behind a bill in the U.S. House that would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to adopt California’s upholstery more »
In the News: September 18, 2017
Proposition 65 receives oversight hearing September 8, 2017, Northern California Record California Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) recently convened a panel of experts to take about Proposition 65 at an environmental safety and toxic materials (ESTM) oversight hearing that also touched more »
In the News: September 11, 2017
CPSC Targets Retailer Home Depot in Rare Sale of Recalled Goods Civil Penalty September 7, 2017, Crowell & Moring The Company will pay a civil penalty of $5.7 million. This penalty is significant because it involves claims against a retailer more »
In the News: August 21, 2017
The Spotlight on Fidget Spinners: >The Rise of the Fidget Spinner and the Fall of the Well-Managed Fad August 15, 2017, The New York Times This spring, when Christine Osborne started getting phone calls about a new playground must-have — the more »
In the News: July 24, 2017
What’s happening at the Consumer Product Safety Commission? July 14, 2017, National Law Review (Keller and Heckman LLP) Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle reports on status of activities at the agency as the Commission has approved its FY 2017 Mid-Year more »
In the News: July 10, 2017
MIXED REVIEW ON FIDGET SPINNER STATUS >Fidget spinner catches on fire July 7, 2017, wkrg-tv Fidget spinners are everywhere but are they a fire hazard? A family in Gardendale, Alabama says their fidget spinner burst into flames after being put more »
