BETHESDA, Maryland, May 7 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement by Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler on flocked toys: * * * There is nothing more important to me--and indeed nothing more fundamental to the mission of the Consumer Product Safety Commission--than the safety of children, our most vulnerable consumers. The agency is constantly reviewing standards for the safety of children's toys, and has been for some time concerned about flocked toys and their a  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, May 7 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following statement by Commissioner Peter A. Feldman on flocked toys: * * * The U.S. District Court of New Mexico last week concluded that undersized flocked toys and their accessories are banned hazardous substances as matter of law./1 In reaching its conclusion, the court relied on CPSC's own regulation and precedents which support a per se violation. I welcome this finding and believe the Commission can, and sho  more