A MONTHLY REVIEW OF CONSUMER PRODUCT RECALLS
AND CIVIL PENALTIES ANNOUNCED BY THE CPSC
March 2018
CPSC RECALL SNAPSHOT
Welcome to the March edition of the Alston & Bird CPSC Recall Snapshot.
February was a busy month for the CPSC. Several commissioners and sta members attended the International Consumer
Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO) annual meeting. While there, they reected on the past work done by
the CPSC and shared their visions for the CPSC in the future, covering areas including cybersecurity and the Internet of
Things, articial intelligence, and social media. They shared four focuses going forward: (1) being data driven; (2) employing
eective risk assessment practices; (3) addressing product import issues; and (4) improving outreach and education. In
addition, Acting Chairman Buerkle and representatives from Health Canada and Mexico’s PROFECO ratied a trilateral
Memorandum of Understanding, available here. A goal of the now formalized MOU is to “facilitate better regulatory
cooperation and technical exchanges among product safety authorities to share best practices and improve the potential
for alignment of requirements at high levels of safety.”
Also in February, the CPSC took the unusual action of ling an administrative complaint against a company, alleging that
the company’s jogging strollers contain design defects that present a substantial product hazard. Specically, the complaint
alleges that the strollers’ quick release can fail to secure the front wheel to the fork, allowing the front wheel to suddenly
detach during use. The complaint charges that consumers reported stroller wheel detachments that have injured both
adults and children. Injuries have purportedly included concussions and dental injuries in children and fractured bones
and torn ligaments in adults. The CPSC voted 3–1 to authorize the issuance of the complaint after the company declined
to recall or repair the strollers. The CPSC seeks a nding that the strollers present a substantial product hazard and an order
forcing the company to provide various remedies to stop further incidents and injuries to the public. More information is
available here.
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