The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for December 8, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for December 6, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for December 1, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for November 30, 2011:

The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on November 23 - 28, 2011 (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall for November 22, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recalls for November 16, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission published notice of the following voluntary recall for November 15, 2011:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a press release on toy safety during the holiday season. The release states that there were only 34 toy recalls in fiscal year 2011, down from 172 in 2008, and attributes this to stringent new rules on lead, phthalates, testing, etc. However, a new CPSC report shows that toy-related deaths increased slightly in 2010, largely due to choking, and there were 181,500 toy-associated injuries to children.

The Food and Drug Administration has added new information to its frequently asked questions document on the Food Safety Modernization Act. The additions are on leveraging non-FDA resources for compliance inspections; the timeline for third party accreditation and the authorities and tools third-party auditors will have; the effect of the FSMA on compensation for wrongly detained or recalled products; estimated costs of a new FSMA “inspection system”; and the timeline for the pilots on food traceability.