Safer Shopping Briefings · Issue #2 · 14/09 – 20/09 · 23 September 2026https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/issues/2026-09-14/Developments dated 14–20 September cover infant-product rules, helmet testing, battery safety, voluntary standards and recall warnings, alongside source-backed calendar events for the week.en-gbWed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTFri, 02 Oct 2026 20:07:18 GMT US agency withdraws planned removal of two older infant-product ruleshttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/us-infant-product-rule-withdrawal/https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/us-infant-product-rule-withdrawal/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTThe US Consumer Product Safety Commission withdrew a direct final rule that would have removed two older rules concerning infant bouncer seats and stationary activity centres after receiving a significant adverse comment.United States ASTM F15.42 furniture subcommittee meetinghttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-astm-furniture-subcommittee-2026-09-14https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-astm-furniture-subcommittee-2026-09-14Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT14 September 2026 · 10:00–13:00 · EDT — The subcommittee agenda covered clothing storage units, tip restraints, storage chests, recliners and wall beds.United States EU campaign finds a gap between helmet performance and full compliancehttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/eu-sports-helmet-testing/https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/eu-sports-helmet-testing/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTIn an EU-funded test of 100 sports helmets, 79 passed the laboratory performance checks, while 30 met both the performance and formal requirements assessed by the campaign.EU/EFTA joint action — nine participating authorities Safety of consumer-facing humanoidshttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-consumer-facing-humanoids-2026-09-14https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-consumer-facing-humanoids-2026-09-14Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT14 September 2026 · 13:00–14:00 · EDT — CPSC staff held a virtual meeting with RoboStrategy concerning safety considerations for consumer-facing humanoid robots.United States Hearing-aid users raise packaging concerns during CPSC button-battery reviewhttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/us-reeses-law-review-hearing-aid-battery-comments/https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/us-reeses-law-review-hearing-aid-battery-comments/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTA CPSC consultation on a revised product standard drew public submissions describing difficulties opening child-resistant zinc-air hearing-aid battery packaging, but the consultation itself concerned whether UL 4200A-2026 improves safety for products containing button or coin batteries.United States ASTM F15.24 children’s jewellery work grouphttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-astm-childrens-jewellery-2026-09-14https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-astm-childrens-jewellery-2026-09-14Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT14 September 2026 · 14:00–15:30 · EDT — The work group considered updates to the ASTM F2923 safety specification for children’s jewellery.United States September standards calendar spans carbon monoxide, furniture, robots and child productshttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/cpsc-september-2026-voluntary-standards-roundup/https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/cpsc-september-2026-voluntary-standards-roundup/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTDated CPSC calendar entries show staff joining September standards work on carbon-monoxide detection, flammable refrigerants, lighter safety, furniture, children's jewellery, light soccer goals and solid-fuel appliances, alongside a separate meeting on consumer-facing humanoid safety.United States — voluntary-standards activity with international standards bodies CSA carbon-monoxide sensor working group: Annex Uhttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-csa-co-sensor-annex-u-2026-09-16https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-csa-co-sensor-annex-u-2026-09-16Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT16 September 2026 · 10:00–11:30 · EDT — The working group discussed carbon-monoxide sensor provisions in Annex U of ANSI Z21.47.United States and Canada CPSC warnings cover power banks, dressers, walkers and pool drainshttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/cpsc-september-17-warnings-and-pool-prevention-funding/https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/cpsc-september-17-warnings-and-pool-prevention-funding/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTFour CPSC warnings issued on 17 September address fire, tip-over, fall and pool-entrapment hazards, while a separate federal grant programme supports public-authority work to prevent drownings and drain entrapments.United States Child Passenger Safety Week 2026https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-child-passenger-safety-week-2026https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/events/#event-child-passenger-safety-week-2026Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT20 September 2026–26 September 2026 · Local time — NHTSA’s annual campaign directs caregivers to choose and install an appropriate child restraint and ends with National Seat Check Saturday.United States Esjay busy-board toys sold on Amazon recalled because red knobs can detachhttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/esjay-toddler-busy-board-amazon-recall-2026-09-17/https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/esjay-toddler-busy-board-amazon-recall-2026-09-17/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTAbout 276,000 toddler toys are recalled over a choking hazard; no incidents or injuries were reported.United States JKMAX recalls heated blankets and pads sold on Amazon over fire and burn riskshttps://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/jkmax-heated-blankets-pads-amazon-recall-2026-09-17/https://safershopping.co.uk/briefings/2026/09/22/jkmax-heated-blankets-pads-amazon-recall-2026-09-17/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTUS recall covers about 195,000 blankets and heating pads; CPSC reports 53 burn injuries.United States