In a letter to US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Commissioners, consumer groups offer comments regarding proposed amendments to the CPSC’s fiscal year 2018 Operating Plan. The CPSC is a critical agency with insufficient funding and staff to fully carry out its safety mission. Accordingly, it is appropriate for the Commission to carefully consider operating plan adjustments to ensure that it prioritizes projects that would have a clear and forceful impact.
All of the CPSC’s work to protect the public from safety hazards is critically important. These comments highlight two topics, portable generators and furniture tip-overs, that consumer groups believe CPSC should prioritize in order to maximize its impact, and help eliminate or substantially reduce product-related deaths and injuries.