Ikea relaunches Malm dresser recall
November 22, 2017, Stocknewspress.com
Ikea relaunched a recall of 29 million chests and dressers in the US and Canada Tuesday after the death of an eighth child. Ikea first launched a recall of various types of chests and dressers in June 2016, asking customers either to ensure the furniture is secured to a wall or to send the item back. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, said the number of recalled chests and dressers in the U.S. has been since been lowered to about 17.3 million based on updated information from Ikea.

Ikea drawers will not be recalled in Australia despite relaunch of US recall
November 22, 2017, The Age
Ikea Australia is not issuing a recall on its “Malm” dressers and drawers, or any other ranges, despite an eighth child being crushed to death by a chest of drawers in the US. Ikea Australia told the Herald: “IKEA chests of drawers and dressers are safe when attached to the wall, as directed in the assembly instructions. IKEA provides anti tip restraints and instructions for wall anchoring with all chest of drawers and other furniture which is at risk of tipping.” Ikea Australia is also offering free replacements of the wall anchors in store and for order online

Toy makers respond to list of ‘dangerous’ toys
November 21, 2017, Fox23.com
Toymakers and industry groups are challenging a consumer group that annually promotes a “dangerous” toys list. The responses include: “Each year, we find these lists by W.A.T.C.H. to be needlessly frightening to parents; each year these allegations do not stand up to scrutiny when reviewed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Safety issues are not uncovered by the group’s “gotcha” reporting.” Toymakers and The Toy Association are committed to toy safety year-round. These efforts include providing useful tips for families and caregivers to help them choose age-appropriate toys and ensure safe play.  For reliable information on toy safety, families can visit www.PlaySafe.org, The Toy Association’s free, year-round resource for parents and caregivers.”

CPSC finalizes ban on certain children’s toys and child-care articles
November 20, 2017, National Law Review (Squire Patton Boggs)
On October 27, 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) issued a final rule prohibiting children’s toys and child care articles that contain concentrations of more than 0.1 percent of certain phthalates. The final rule states children’s toys and child care articles containing concentrations of more than 0.1 percent of diisononyl phthalate (“DINP”), diisobutyl phthalate (“DIBP”), di-n-pentyl phthalate (“DPENP”), di-n-hexyl phthalate (“DHEXP”), and dischyclohexyl phthalate (“DCHP”) are prohibited.

Minnesota regulators find toxic children’s jewelry
November 23, 2017, Southernminnesota.com
Minnesota state regulators reported finding three children’s jewelry products containing toxic levels of cadmium. The jewelry — a butterfly necklace, ladybug charm necklace and penguin charm necklace — were among 89 toys purchased online and in stores by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as part of a joint effort to enforce the state’s Toxic Toys Act.

Children’s smart watches now banned in Germany
November 19, 2017, Marea Informative
Germany has taken action to protect children by banning the sale of smart watches aimed at them. Telecoms regulator the Federal Network Agency implemented the ban to prevent companies from obtaining data on German children. The German regulator said the devices violated Germany’s strict surveillance laws. The smart watches are often purchased by parents as a means of tracking the location of their children.

US Children’s products trade group refutes NGO safety claims
November 23, 2017, Chemical Watch
US trade group the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association criticised an NGO report — which grades retailers’ on their efforts to tackle chemicals of concern — for implying children’s products could be toxic. Kelly Mariotti, executive director of the JPMA, told Chemical Watch that children’s products “cannot present either acute or chronic hazards to children” because they are “heavily regulated” under the Federal Hazardous Substance Act and Consumer Product Safety Act, and most products were tested by government-accredited laboratories before sale.

EPA Releases List of Chemical Substances Reported under TSCA Inventory Notification (Active-Inactive) Rule
November 22, 2017, National Law Review (Bergeson & Campbell PC)
On November 22, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it was releasing a preliminary list of chemical substances reported under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory Notification (Active-Inactive) rule that includes substances reported to EPA through November 10, 2017, and that it will be updated approximately once per month.  EPA states that it is making this list available to help keep the stakeholder community informed of the status of reporting under the TSCA Inventory Notification (Active-Inactive) rule.  EPA is providing the list in a downloadable, searchable spreadsheet.  The total number of chemicals on the list is 10,730.

New standard helps businesses raise the bar on safety
November 20, 2017, Scoop.co.nz
“The best way for businesses to ensure they sell safe products and to avoid a costly and time-consuming product safety recall, is to have a thorough product safety process in place,” says New Zealand’s Trading Standards Team Leader Martin Rushton. “The standard, called NZS ISO 10377:2017 Consumer Product Safety – Guidelines for Suppliers, guides businesses on how to ensure every stage of the product lifecycle – from product design, manufacturing, distribution, all the way to the shop shelf – has been enacted safely and is traceable.”

Washington State Expands List of Chemicals for Children’s Safe Products Reporting Rule
October 9, 2017, American Coatings Association
The Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE) has revised its list of chemical compounds under the Children’s Safe Products Reporting Rule. In a revised rule issued Sept. 29, the department added 20 compounds to the catalogue, bringing the total to 85 compounds for which manufacturers of children’s products are required to report on use of those chemicals in children’s products. Washington state’s robust reporting program passed in 2008, as the Children’s Safe Product Act (CSPA).

Children to be banned from using glitter at nurseries due to harm it does to environment
November 17, 2017, Telgraph.co.uk
‘Tis the season to be jolly – but not if it involves glitter, according to the head of a nursery school group who has banned it due to the harm it does to the environment.The substance, which is popular for making homemade Christmas cards and decorations, has this year been banished from a chain of 19 nurseries across the south of England.

Threat of Fire Provokes New Round of CPSC Hoverboard Recalls
November 15, 2017, Consumer Reports
In a reminder to consumers about the ongoing dangers posed by many hoverboards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced recalls for almost 14,000 boards distributed by seven different brands. They include Drone Nerds, Go Wheels, iHoverspeed, ILive, TechDRift, SonicSmart, and Smart Balance. All of the recalls stemmed from overheating problems related to the batteries in the boards and the resulting threat of fire or explosion

Don’t play with toy safety: CPSC Tips for safe gifts
November 17, 2017, Health News Digest
As the nation enters the busy holiday season, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is issuing a reminder about toy safety. “Toy safety continues to be a top priority for CPSC, especially during this season of gift giving,” says CPSC Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle. A new report released by CPSC, estimates there were 174,100 toy-related emergency department-treated injuries and seven deaths in 2016 to children younger than 15.

CPSC Report shows more than a quarter-of-a-million Americans were Treated in the ER for Toy-related Injuries in Just One Year
November 16, 2017, SFGate
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a report stating that in 2015 there were an estimated 254,200 toy-related injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. An estimated 88,700 of those injuries were to children younger than age 5. And, 45 percent of the total injuries were to the head and face area, the area of the body with the most injuries. A group called Prevent Blindness offers guidance to reduce this risk.

Warning labels: OEHHA Q&A clears up Proposition 65
November 14, 2017, Chemical Processing
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released a Questions and Answers for Businesses (Q&A) document specifically covering “clear and reasonable warnings” requirements. The Q&A aims to help companies comply with new Prop 65 notice requirements that become effective August 30, 2018. The Q&A provides important guidance for those providing Prop 65 warnings, the methods for providing warnings via the Internet or catalogs, short-form (previously “on-product”) warnings, and occupational and environmental exposure warnings. After the new warnings become effective the existing warning methods and content no longer will suffice.

Connected toys pose security risk
November 14, 2017, newsfactor
A consumer group is urging major retailers to withdraw a number of “connected” or “intelligent” toys likely to be popular at Christmas, after finding security failures that it warns could put children’s safety at risk. Tests carried out by Which? with the German consumer group Stiftung Warentest, and other security research experts, found flaws in Bluetooth and wifi-enabled toys that could enable a stranger to talk to a child. The investigation found that four out of seven of the tested toys could be used to communicate with the children playing with them. Security failures were discovered in the Furby Connect, i-Que Intelligent Robot, Toy-Fi Teddy and CloudPets.

Legal issues in Additive Manufacturing Technology – peeling back the layers
November 13, 2017, Lexology (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP)
The adoption of Additive Manufacturing (AM) as a transformative technology has largely been confined to development of prototypes with industrial uses rather than full scale manufacturing. This started to change with the expiration of certain key patents around a decade or so ago, to the point that today – although still in its infancy – AM has reached an inflection point as lower costs and technical advances have put it in reach of a greater number of businesses and consumers.

Flint lead exposure “registry” aims to track water crisis health consequences, outcomes
November 16, 2017, East Village Magazine
A federally-funded registry to monitor the health of individuals affected by the Flint water crisis is about to launch. Funding for the program, about $14.4 million awarded to Michigan State University,  has been earmarked from a $150 million December, 2016 bill passed by Congress to address Flint’s pipe replacements and health recovery. The voluntary data collection plan, called the Flint Lead Exposure Registry,  will monitor the health of our residents and advocate for resources needed to support consumers’ health.

ASTM mulls standards for bunk bed stair safety
November 13, 2017, Furniture Today
A committee on bunk bed safety plans to address whether the industry needs a new standard regarding the safety of bunk bed staircase units, many of which feature steps that double as clothing storage units. The issue arose during a Nov. 8 meeting in High Point, North Carolina of the ASTM F-15 committee on bunk bed safety, which helps draft specific language used in voluntary safety standards.Some in the group believe it may be necessary to develop language in the standard that addresses the staircase units, most of which are attached to the unit during assembly.

Israel’s Health Ministry alerts public to raised levels of lead in playground paint
November 14, 2017, Jerusalem Post
After detecting excessive levels of lead in paints used on children’s playground equipment, the Health Ministry has instructed local authorities to use lead-free paints in public areas, especially those used by youngsters. The paints and coatings in public areas, including children’s playgrounds, picnic tables and benches, were sampled at 50 locations in Tel Aviv, Hadera and Bnei Brak in a cooperative operation with staff of the Israel Standards Institution (ISI) and University of Haifa funded by the Health and Environment Fund.

Revised EN 15194 e-bike safety standard implemented
November 16, 2017, bike-eu
The very long-awaited revision of EN 15194 has finally been published and is already implemented by quite a few national standardization institutes. They have until 30th April 2018 to implement at national level, by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement. This revised version of the standard for 25km/h – 250W e-bikes is very different from the ‘old’ standard.

Lex Machina expands legal analytics platform into federal product liability litigation
November 13, 2017, PRNewsWire
Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, today announced the expansion of its  Legal Analytics® platform to cover federal product liability litigation. The new module is the largest expansion of the platform to date, encompassing nearly 500,000 cases pending since 2009, including 158,000 open cases.

Consumer Product Safety Commission Issues Decision on Zen Magnets
November 3, 2017, 4-Traders
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a Final Decision and Order on October 26, 2017, holding that Zen Magnets and Neoballs rare-earth magnet sets (Zen Magnets) are a substantial product hazard. The Commission ordered a stop sale of Zen Magnets and ordered the parties to submit to the Commission within 30 days a proposed corrective action plan that includes a refund and notice to the public. The Commission’s Final Decision and Order sets aside a March 2016 administrative law judge’s ruling that Zen Magnets did not present a substantial product hazard when accompanied by warnings and proper age recommendations and that had ordered only a partial recall of Zen Magnets.

Opinion of Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part
October 26, 2017, CPSC Court Docket 12-2
Acting Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle issued an opinion concurring with the majority’s decision to recall a portion of the magnets, but dissenting from the majority’s view that a design defect can arise solely as a result of product misuse. She explains in her opinion that “First, I do not agree with the majority that our defect regulation, 16 C.F.R. § 1115.4, recognizes a design defect that arises solely as a result of product misuse. Second, I agree with the ALJ (Administrative Law Judge) that Complaint Counsel failed to prove that the warnings accompanying group 3 magnets were defective.”

Full Disclosure: New Labeling for Cleaning Products
November 1, 2017, Morrison Foerster
On October 15, 2017, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (the “Act”). The Act requires manufacturers of most cleaning products sold in California to disclose detailed information regarding their chemical content on the product label and on the manufacturers’ websites. While several California laws—such as Proposition 65 and the Green Chemistry Initiative—require some degree of product ingredient transparency, no prior California law has gone this far.

CPSC Final Rule Prohibits Children’s Toys and Child Care Articles that Contain Specified Phthalates, Removes Interim Prohibition on Two Phthalates
October 30, 2017, The National Law Review (Bergeson & Campbell P.C.)
On October 27, 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a final rule prohibiting children’s toys and child care articles that contain specified phthalates.  The rule caps off almost a decade of effort since Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in 2008, which requires regulatory action on certain phthalates.

CPSC Sets forth its list of recommended best safety practices for manufacturers and importers
Cpsc.gov
In addition to meeting the legal requirements, the CPSC encourages industry-as a manufacturer or importer- to take additional steps to ensure that your product not only meets or exceeds the requirements of federal safety laws, but also is designed and manufactured as safely as possible.  Here is a brief outline of some of their recommendations, including links to additional in-depth resources.

Coalition touts ‘scientific evidence,’ scores surprise win
October 31, 2017, E&E News
A new coalition of scientists, doctors and advocates for children’s health notched a big victory last month. Despite opposition from the powerful flame retardant industry and concerns from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s staff, the commission moved last month to outlaw many household uses of flame retardants — chemicals linked to reproductive problems, decreased childhood IQs, cancer and other health problems. The win on flame retardants for public health advocates was due in no small part to the coalition, whose goal is “targeting environmental neuro-development risks” and which calls itself Project TENDR.

New national survey reveals concerning attitudes toward toy safety
November 1, 2017, PRNewswire
A new national survey of toy-purchasing parents* conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of The Toy Association has revealed troublesome findings about parents’ toy safety beliefs and behaviors. In light of these findings, The Toy Association is alerting families of the top safety tips to keep in mind leading up to the holiday season – and all year long.

Online giants address safety compliance with consumers in mind
October 30, 2017, Furniture Today
Addressing compliance across millions of products requires a team effort, particularly when many of those products are coming from around the world.
But having a plan in place that focuses on customer safety helps guide those efforts and makes sure the products are meeting the many global safety requirements.

Opinion: Consumer protection: forgotten priority
November 2, 2017, The Hill
After decades of decline based on new federal safety standards (such as air bags, roof strength, and seat belts) and more public safety awareness, the death rate is again rising. A former congressional staff member claims that efforts by the new administration to undo some of the federal safety standards and policies put in place over the past 40 years is responsible for increased risk and injuries, including death.

Four Packaging Innovations Driven by Consumer Trends
October 31, 2017, emsnow.com
Packaging consultant have highlighted the importance of finding ways to meld trend insights and drivers to support innovation in packaging . Here are four packaging innovations driven by consumer trends: 1. Smart Packaging, 2. Sustainable packaging, 3, eCommerce packaging, and 4. Devicification (device-ification), the opportunity to create a physical packaging platform that interlocks with smart devices.

CPSC Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle addresses priorities at AHFA regulatory summit
October 26, 2017, Kids Today
Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Ann Marie Buerkle revealed her agency’s plans to boost engagement with various industries as it continues its mission of protecting consumers against unsafe products in the marketplace. As part of that mission, she added, the CPSC needs to make decisions that are not based on emotion, but rather on data and research.

Breaking: Republican Commissioner Mohorovic Departing the CPSC; Acting Chairman Buerkle Now Sole Republican in 3-1 Democratic Majority at CPSC
Wednesday, October 18, 2017, National Law Reviews (Mintz, Levin)
Following a recent CPSC public hearing,  Commissioner Joe Mohorovic announced that he would be resigning from his position as a Commissioner, effective Friday, October 20th. Mohorovic announced that he would be joining the law firm Dentons. While Acting Chairman Buerkle remains at the helm of the agency, Mohorovic’s absence will mean an unprecedented Democratic 3-1 majority at the Commission with a Minority Chairman.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission – Ban on OFRs
October 25, 2017, Lexology (Squire Patton Boggs)
On September 20, 2017, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC” or the “Commission”) voted to adopt a rulemaking process that will effectively ban an entire class of chemicals – non-polymeric organohalogen flame retardants (“OFRs”) – from certain consumer products. Due to a shift within the balance of the Commission to a Republican majority and the adopted petition will most likely face challenges in moving forward.

Tennessee father files consumer safety protection lawsuit over guardrails
October 24, 2017, wjhl.com
A consumer safety protection lawsuit has been filed by a Tennessee father after his daughter died in a crash. One crash in November 2016 claimed the life of Hannah Eimers, 17. Her car went off the roadway on Interstate 75 in McMinn County, hitting a guardrail that pushed Hannah into the backseat. Since then her father has been conducting a campaign to hold manufacturers responsible when their products fail to protect the public, saying that “companies who profit from selling safety mechanisms and who create public hazards, instead of public safety, must accept responsibility.”

Shift needed in understanding risk in play environments
October 27, 2017, Medical Press
A group of university researchers is calling for a more holistic approach to the design and regulation of play environments and playground equipment, claiming that danger is not the same as risk. They hold that eliminating all risk within play eliminates creativity, challenge and discovery. So says Bambi Yost, associate professor of landscape architecture at Iowa State University. She is one of an increasing number of researchers who agree that safe, risk-taking opportunities on the playground can benefit children’s health and learning.

Local drone laws: They may be free-fallin’
October 27, 2017, National Law Review (Steptoe and Johnson)
Recently, a federal judge decided that a city ordinance limiting a person’s right to use unmanned aircraft vehicles (“UAV” or drones) was pre-empted by federal law.  This is an important decision for those aviators who regularly operate drones in areas with local UAV ordinances or other regulations not prescribed by the FAA.

EPA chemical review would exclude millions of tons of toxins
October 25, 2017, The Daily Reporter
President Donald Trump’s administration is retreating from a congressionally mandated review of some of the most dangerous chemicals in public use: millions of tons of asbestos, flame retardants and other toxins in homes, offices and industrial plants across the United States.

Starbucks in Legal Battle over California’s Cancer Warning Law
October 25, 2017, Insurance Journal
No scientific study says consuming java in moderation is bad for your health – and some even show it’s good for you. But winning a reprieve from the state’s toxics disclosure requirement under Proposition 65 isn’t easy. Coffee merchants have been fighting in a Los Angeles court for six years, so far without success, to prove beyond the shadow of a doubt that the 600-year-old beverage isn’t harmful.

Quad bikes: New safety task force established
October 14, 2017, Weekly Times
A new safety standard for quad bikes is under investigation by a federal interdepartmental taskforce led by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Federal Employment Minister Michaelia Cash said the Commonwealth was working with SafeWork NSW and WorkSafe authorities in Victoria and Tasmania to address quad bike safety as an urgent priority.

China to complete product quality traceability system by 2020
October 24, 2017, China Daily
China will complete its product quality traceability system by 2020 that will provide information regarding sources, destinations and accountable persons to reinforce product quality and safety. A recent guideline, jointly issued by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and nine other central departments, said the traceability system would target key products, including farm produce, food, medicine, special equipment, dangerous materials and rare earth.

Mohorovic announces resignation effective October 20
October 18, 2017, Product Safety Letter
Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic October 18 announced his resignation effective close of business Friday, October 20. This came at CPSC’s decisional meeting on its phthalates rulemaking. Mohorovic, a Chicago resident, cited a desire to spend more time with his family. He has regularly commuted back to that city on weekends and holidays during his tenure. He will join the Dentons law firm as a principal in their Chicago office.

Seasoned Litigator Nominated to Replace Commissioner Robinson and Establish Republican Majority at CPSC
September 21, 2017, consumerproductmatters.com
President Trump announced his nomination of Dana Baiocco to be a Republican Commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission. If confirmed, Ms. Baiocco would take the seat of Commissioner Robinson, whose term expires on October 26, 2017. Baiocco is a well-known litigator and partner at Jones Day in Boston, Massachusetts. She is also familiar with the world of product safety. Baiocco’s product safety experience includes extensive product-liability litigation, having defended many major consumer product companies.

Statement of Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic on the Commission’s Final Rule Prohibiting Children’s Toys and Child Care Articles Containing Specified Phthalates
October 18, 2017, cpsc.gov
Departing Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission was unable to join in a decision to issue a Final Rule prohibiting children’s toys and child care articles containing certain phthalates. He says “I was unable to join in this decision because the Final Rule is contrary to the most recent and best available scientific data… it is clear from today’s decision that the Commission willfully ignored the data to justify its predetermined decision to approve the Final Rule.”

Potentially harmful chemicals now banned from kids products
October 18, 2017, Consumer Reports
Almost a decade after the Consumer Product Safety Commission was ordered to study the potential health affects of phthalates—chemicals often used in plastic products for children—and make recommendations on what further steps should be taken, the agency has voted to approve a final rule that prohibits manufacturers from selling items that have more than a minimal level of five of these chemicals.

Ban on fire retardant products: San Francisco action is first in nation
October 18, 2017, California Patch
San Francisco supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a ban on the sale of furniture and children’s products treated with flame retardant chemicals.The vote makes San Francisco the first city in the nation to approve such a ban, according to Supervisor Mark Farrell, who introduced the legislation.

California passes first cleaning product chemical disclosure law in U.S.
October 17, 2017, Triplepundit.com
Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill No. 258, otherwise known as the Cleaning Products Right to Know Act. The law’s authors say its overarching goal is to give consumers the information they need so they can make informed purchasing decisions while reducing any impacts these products could have on public health. First, companies will have to disclose chemicals in their products online by 2020, and will then be required to list those chemicals on their products’ labels before 2021. If this law is not overturned by a statewide ballot proposition or held up in courts, SB 258 could have ramifications nationwide.

Perspective: Fortune favors the quick (to report): Judge slaps Spectrum Brands with $1.9 million penalty in DOJ/CPSC tag-team enforcement action
October 19, 2017, Morrison Foerster
A federal district court in Wisconsin recently hit Spectrum Brands Inc. (Spectrum) with civil penalties of $1.9 million for violations of the Consumer Products Safety Act (CPSA).  The court’s 23-page opinion is a strong reminder of how devastating the impact can be for waiting to report violations and also shows the consequences of failing to implement robust CPSA compliance and recall programs. This judgment provides insight into the costs and benefits of litigation versus settlement following a CPSC civil penalties investigation.

After historic Ikea dresser recall, another child has died
October 18, 2017, Philly.com
Jozef Dudek, 2, was crushed by a Malm dresser in his California bedroom in May after being put down for a nap, according to a lawyer for the boy’s parents. Ikea and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday both confirmed being aware of the death, and a spokesman for the safety agency said it had opened an investigation. Ikea has redesigned many of its dressers to meet the industry’s safety standard, which requires dressers to remain upright without being anchored when a 50-pound weight is hung on a drawer.

CPSC: Notice of Proposed Rule making for certain engineered wood products
October 13, 2017, Federal Register
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is proposing a rule to determine that certain untreated and unfinished engineered wood products (EWPs), specifically, particleboard, hardwood plywood, and medium-density fiberboard, made from virgin wood or pre- consumer waste wood would not contain lead, the ASTM F963 elements, or specified phthalates that exceed the limits set forth under the CPSC’s statutes for children’s products, children’s toys, and child care articles.

RAPEX lists juvenile products among top five notifications in 2016
October 18, 2017, Openpr.com
RAPEX, the European Union’s (EU) rapid alert system for dangerous products, excluding food, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, listed juvenile products among its top five notified types of products in 2016. In recent years, notifications for childcare articles and children’s equipment have been steadily increasing.

India’s tightened consumer goods standards could hurt China imports
October 18, 2017, Reuters
India is tightening quality controls for consumer and capital goods, officials say, a move that follows calls to curb cheap imports from China amid diplomatic tensions between the world’s two most populous nations over their shared border.The new rules target toys, electronic goods, machinery, food processing, construction and chemicals, sectors dominated by China, and come amid greater scrutiny of mainland firms looking to enter India’s multi-billion dollar power transmission and telecoms business.