Tag Archives: CPSC
How the Hoverboard Industry Could Have Dodged a Product Safety Crisis
Once, the hoverboard was the hot new toy. Now, all too often, it is too thermally hot – catching on fire and destroying homes and property. According to a recent CPSC tweet, there are 28 fire investigations in 19 states attributed to hoverboards. Like your laptop, tablet or phone, hoverboards use lithium ion batteries as... Read More
ICPHSO Product Safety Meeting Features Record Attendance & Strong CPSC Involvement
The International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) Annual Meeting and Training Symposium is underway in Arlington, Va., and there are a record 800 product safety professionals in attendance. ICPHSO is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. There is a good mix of manufacturers, retailers, industry associations, and independent test labs here. The U.S.... Read More
Product Safety Conference Concludes with CPSC Chairman Keynote
Yesterday was the last full day of the 2012 ICPHSO Annual Meeting and Training Symposium. The day featured a keynote by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Inez Moore Tenenbaum (pictured delivering the keynote). Some of her key points: CPSC is being proactive at ports. In 2010 & 2011, 6.5M units of over 2,000... Read More
Product Safety Compliance Engineers Use These Resources
Over the years, we at MET Labs have compiled dozens of web links for keeping current with product safety regulations and industry happenings. Following are some of the most valuable. Stay tuned – Up soon is a corresponding post on EMC compliance resources. Standards & Schemes CB Scheme The international certification program managed by the IECEE,... Read More
First Product Safety Management Certificates Awarded
The first university-level program focused primarily on product safety managers has graduated its first class. The Certificate in Product Safety Management was launched as a pilot project, and ran from June through early December. Participants from manufacturing, retailing, and importing companies are the first holders of the certificate offered by Saint Louis University’s Center for... Read More
PSES Symposium Features Talks on Product Safety Recalls, Automotive EMI
Today is the first day of the Product Safety Engineering Society’s (PSES) 3-day IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering in Boston, Massachusetts. In attendance is Rick Cooper, MET Laboratories’ Director of Laboratory Operations, Safety Laboratory. Following are his summaries of the day’s two presentations. CPSC Keynote The keynote address was “Check, Double Check, and Don’t... Read More
