Subject: News from CPSC - Three Recalls, Press Release, CPSC Public Calendar

1. Cybex International Recalls Treadmills Due to Fall Hazard; Can Speed
Up Unexpectedly
(http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09026.html)
2. Ghost Tealight Holders Recalled by Trade Associates Group and Crate
& Barrel Due to Fire and Burn Hazard
(http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09027.html)
3. Halloween Figurines Recalled by Coyne's & Company for Lead
Hazard
(http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09028.html)
4. CPSC Provides Safety Tips for a Safe "Trick or Treat"
(http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09029.html)
5. CPSC Public Calendar

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1. NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2008
Release #09-026

Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 897-9199
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Cybex International Recalls Treadmills Due to Fall Hazard; Can Speed Up
Unexpectedly

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall
of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Cybex Treadmills

Units: About 19,000

Manufacturer: Cybex International Inc., of Medway, Mass.

Hazard: The treadmills can speed up unexpectedly while in use due to a
malfunction with the lower control board, posing a fall hazard to
consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: Cybex International has received 24 reports of
incidents involving the treadmill unexpectedly increasing speed,
including
six reports of consumers falling. Three of those incidents resulted in
minor injuries.

Description: The recall involves the Cybex 445T, 455T, 530T, 450T,
500T, 515T, and 520T treadmill models. The treadmills are black and
gray
with rectangular uprights. The 530T style treadmill is 81 inches long
by
32 inches wide. The 445T style treadmill is 72 inches long by 32
inches
wide. The treadmills have a display panel on a console as wide as the
treadmill. "Cybex" and the model number are written on the console.

Sold at: Cybex International and Cybex dealers nationwide from January
2001 through September 2008 for between $5,500 and $7,000.

Manufactured in: United States

Remedy: Consumers should immediately unplug and stop using the recalled
treadmills. Contact Cybex to receive a free replacement fuse. If
requested, a Cybex technician can install the fuse free of charge.
Cybex is
directly contacting known purchasers.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Cybex toll free
at (866) 897-9199 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday,
or
visit the firm's Web site at www.Cybexintl.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09026.html


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2. NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2008
Release #09-027

Firm's Recall Hotline: (888) 621-8350
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Ghost Tealight Holders Recalled by Trade Associates Group and Crate
&
Barrel Due to Fire and Burn Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall
of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Ghost Tealight Holders

Units: About 30,000

Importer: Trade Associates Group Ltd., of Chicago, Ill.

Retailers: Crate & Barrel, of Northbrook, Ill., and other retailers

Hazard: The recalled tealight holder can ignite posing a fire and burn
hazard to consumers.

Incidents/Injuries: There have been five reports of the tealight
holders igniting and one report of the holder becoming excessively
hot. Two
consumers suffered burns to the hand. Minor property damage to
furniture
has also been reported.

Description: The recalled product is a metal tealight candle holder in
the shape of ghost. The product is white with a black base. They were
sold by Crate & Barrel as a set of 3 (SKU #370-846 and/or Catalog
Item
#X2006) and by other retailers as individual units (SKU #770123). The
SKU can be located on the product's packaging.

Sold through: Crate & Barrel's October catalog and stores
nationwide
from August 2008 to October 2008 for about $10 for a set of 3, and
other
houseware retail stores nationwide from August 2008 to October 2008
for
between $3 and $5 for individually packaged units.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should stop using the Ghost Tealight Holders
immediately and return them to the store where purchased for a full
refund.

Consumer Contact: For additional information on purchases made from
Crate & Barrel contact the firm at (800) 451-8217 between 7 a.m.
to 9 p.m.
CT Monday through Sunday. For items purchased elsewhere, contact Trade
Associates Group toll-free at (888) 621-8350 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
CT Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at
www.tagltd.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including a picture of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09027.html


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3. NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2008
Release #09-028

Firm's Recall Hotline: (800) 336-8666
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

Halloween Figurines Recalled by Coyne's & Company for Lead Hazard

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in
cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary
recall
of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using
recalled
products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of Product: Casper the Friendly Ghost(r) Halloween Mini-Figurines

Units: About 14,000

Importer: Coyne's & Company Inc., of Minneapolis, Minn.

Hazard: The recalled Halloween figurines contain high levels of lead in
the paint.

Incidents/Injuries: None reported.

Description: The recalled Casper the Friendly Ghost(r) mini-figurines
are made of resin and paper, and are three inches tall. They were sold
in mini bags decorated with a spider and web design. The Casper the
Friendly Ghost(r) figurines are dressed as: Dracula in a red spider
bag,
Skeleton in a green spider bag, Devil in a purple spider bag, Mummy in
an
orange spider bag, Casper(r) in a blue spider bag, and Wendy the
Witch(r) is in a yellow spider bag. The figurines are stamped with TM
&
(c)Harvey Ent. "Coyne's & Company" and "CP1030" are printed on a
white
sticker on the bottom of the bags.

Sold by: Gift, specialty, card, and drug stores nationwide from June
2005 through September 2008 for between $1 and $3.

Manufactured in: China

Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled figurines away
from children and contact Coyne's & Company to receive a full
refund or
credit.

Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Coyne's &
Company
at (800) 336-8666 anytime, or visit the firm's Web site at
www.coynes.com

To see this recall on CPSC's web site, including pictures of the
recalled products, please go to:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09028.html


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4. News from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 29, 2008
Release #09-029

CPSC Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908

CPSC Provides Safety Tips for a Safe "Trick or Treat"

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The spookiest night of the year is around the
corner. Kids everywhere are choosing their favorite costume and
looking
forward to their favorite treats. As parents and caregivers prepare
for this
celebration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reminds
them to keep safety in mind, so that no child is haunted by
Halloween-related injuries. Hidden dangers associated with costumes,
treats, and
decorations can be easily prevented.

CPSC reports that the most serious Halloween-related injuries involve
burns from flammable costumes and decorations, including ignition from
open flames, such as candles and Jack O'Lanterns. Other incidents have
involved lacerations from carving pumpkins and trips/falls while
walking, particularly after dark.

"Our major concern is still the use of home-made costumes that are not
flame resistant," said CPSC Acting Chairman Nancy Nord. "Parents
making
their children's costumes should use inherently flame-resistant
fabrics, such as nylon and polyester. Costumes should fit well and not
drag
on the ground to guard against trips and falls."

CPSC helps keep children safe by enforcing the Flammable Fabrics Act
and by recalling products at Halloween and throughout the year that
can
cause injury.

Follow these safety tips to ensure this year's holiday is a safe one:

Costumes

When purchasing costumes, masks, beards and wigs, look for
flame-resistant fabrics such as nylon or polyester, or look for the
label "Flame
Resistant." Flame-resistant fabrics will resist burning and should
extinguish quickly. To minimize the risk of contact with candles and
other
fire sources, avoid costumes made with flimsy materials and outfits
with
big, baggy sleeves or billowing skirts.

Purchase or make costumes that are light, bright and clearly visible to
motorists.

For greater visibility during dusk and darkness, decorate or trim
costumes with reflective tape that will glow in the beam of a car's
headlights. Bags or sacks also should be light-colored or decorated
with
reflective tape. Reflective tape is usually available in hardware,
bicycle
and sporting goods stores.

Children should carry flashlights to see and be seen.

Children should wear well-fitting, sturdy shoes. Oversized high heels
are not a good idea.

Tie hats and scarves securely to prevent them from slipping over
children's eyes and obstructing vision.

If your child wears a mask, make sure it fits securely, provides
adequate ventilation, and has eye holes large enough to allow full
vision.

Swords, knives and similar costume accessories should be made of soft,
flexible materials.

Supervise pumpkin carvings to avoid lacerations.
Treats

Warn children not to eat any treats until an adult has examined them
carefully for evidence of tampering.

Carefully examine any toys or novelty items received by
trick-or-treaters under three years of age. Do not allow young
children to have any
items that are small enough to present a choking hazard or that have
small parts or components that could separate during use and present a
choking hazard.
Decorations

Keep candles and Jack O' Lanterns away from landings and doorsteps
where costumes could brush against the flame.

Indoors, keep candles and Jack O' Lanterns away from curtains,
decorations and other combustibles that could catch fire. Do not leave
burning
candles unattended.

Remove obstacles from lawns, steps and porches when expecting
trick-or-treaters.

Indoors or outside, use only lights that have been tested for safety by
a recognized testing laboratory, such as UL. Check each set of lights,
new or old, for broken or cracked sockets, frayed or bare wires, or
loose connections. Discard damaged sets.

Don't overload extension cords.


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5. CPSC Public Calendar


Vol. XXXVI No. 5
October 29, 2008

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

Commission Agendas

There are no Commission briefings or Commission meetings scheduled for
the week of November 3, 2008. For a recorded message concerning the
latest agenda information call (301) 504-7948.

Meetings Between Commission Staff and Outside Parties

All meetings listed below are open to the public unless otherwise
stated. For information on a specific meeting or to attend a meeting,
please
call the contact person listed for that meeting.

Abbreviations: we use asterisks (*) to identify meetings for the
current week which have not appeared before in the printed Public
Calendar.
If the meeting involves discussion of a "substantial interest matter,"
defined by CPSC's Meetings Policy, we show the date when we posted
notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar. The Master Calendar is
in the
Office of the Secretary, Room 502, telephone (301) 504-7923. We
indicate whether a meeting is of substantial interest by the symbol
(S); we
use the symbol (N) to indicate non-substantial interest meetings. The
Commission offices are located in the Bethesda Towers Building, 4330
East
West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

Under the Meetings Policy, a staff person holding or attending a
substantial interest meeting must file a log of the meeting with the
Office
of the Secretary within 20 days.

Week of November 3 thru November 9

Thursday, November 6

This meeting will discuss the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act (CPSIA) limits for lead in both substrate and paint as well as
address some of the technical issues regarding meeting those lead
limits. It
will also provide an opportunity for participants to share their views
with Commission staff regarding the upcoming rulemakings on what
product components, or classes of components, will be considered
inaccessible to a child through ordinary use and abuse. The meeting
will also ask
participants to comment on whether it will be technologically feasible
for certain electronic devices to meet the new lead limits; 10:00
a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, 4th Floor Hearing Room 420.
Pre-registration is required. The meeting will also be available live
via webcast. For
registration and additional information, visit
http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/cpsialead.aspx

Friday, November 7

This meeting will discuss the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement
Act (CPSIA) references to x-ray fluorescence (XRF) testing for lead in
painted children's products. This meeting is intended to provide an
opportunity for representatives of technology providers and testing
laboratories to demonstrate and/or discuss technical information
related to
the potential capability of their instruments, software, and
methodologies to perform sufficiently accurate and reproducible
testing of painted
consumer products to determine compliance of either small areas of
paint or in the general case of painted children's products. 10:00
a.m.-1:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, 4th Floor Hearing Room 420.
Pre-registration
is required. For registration and additional information, visit
http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/xrf.aspx

Future

Future

Wednesday, November 12

Bob Ochsman and Tonya Smith-Jackson, Directorate for Engineering
Sciences/Human Factors; Richard O'Brien and Laurie Hopkins, Office of
International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs; and Andy
Stadnik,
Directorate for Laboratory Sciences, meeting with Eric Shaver, Senior
Consultant with Benchmark Research and Safety of Boise, Idaho to
discuss Mr.
Shaver's recent meetings in China as a representative of the Idaho
Governor's Trade Mission; Bethesda Towers, room 717 and CPSC Lab. For
additional information contact Bob Ochsman, (301) 504-7686.

Thursday, November 13

CPSC staff from the Directorate of Engineering Sciences attending a
meeting with Ian Thomas from the Victoria University, Melbourne,
Australia
to discuss the role of location on the effectiveness of smoke alarms;
10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Bethesda Towers, room 410 B/C. For additional
information contact Arthur Lee, (301) 504-7539 or email:
alee@cpsc.gov.
(S)

Tuesday and Wednesday, November 18-19

Acting Chairman Nancy Nord, Gib Mullan, Director, Office of Compliance
and Field Operations, and Richard O'Brien, Director, Office of
International Programs and Intergovernmental Affairs, attending and
participating in the International Consumer Product Health and Safety
Organization's (ICPHSO) 4th European Meeting and Training Symposium;
Brussels,
Belgium. For additional information contact Frederica Clair, (301)
504-
7522. (S)

Thursday, December 4

This meeting will review the new requirements of the Consumer Product
Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) with regard to phthalates, including,
but
not limited to, the scope of products covered, test methods to
determine phthalate levels and the use of phthalates in children's
products
more generally; 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Bethesda Towers, 4th Floor
Hearing
Room 420. Pre- registration is required. The meeting will also be
available live via webcast. For registration and additional
information
visit, http://www.cpsc.gov/cgibin/phth.aspx

Addendum

Meeting notices printed in this section did not reach the Office of the
Secretary in time to meet the Tuesday noon deadline for the previously
printed Public Calendar. Under the CPSC Meetings Policy, however,
staff persons, including Commissioners, can meet the seven-day notice
requirement by placing notice of the meeting on the Master Calendar at
least
seven days before the meeting. The Master Calendar is in the Office of
the Secretary, Room 502, Bethesda Towers Building.

In addition, the policy allows the Office of General Counsel to waive
the seven-day notice requirements of meetings of the staff personnel,
and individual Commissioners can waive the requirements for themselves
and their personal staff.

Monday, October 27 thru Thursday, October 30

Patricia Hackett, Directorate for Engineering Sciences, and other CPSC
technical staff, attending ASTM F15 Subcommittee meetings on Juvenile
Products; ASTM Headquarters, West Conshohocken, PA. These meetings
were
requested by ASTM. For additional information contact Patricia
Hackett,
(301) 504- 7577. (OGC approved waiver of seven-day notice.) Posted on
Master Calendar 10/23/08. (S)



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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting
the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from
more
than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's
jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer
product incidents
cost the nation more than $800 billion annually. The CPSC is committed
to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire,
electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The
CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys,
cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals -
contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of
deaths and
injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's
hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270,
or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC
email
subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx. Consumers
can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.