U.S.’s only full time toy tester retires
Bob Hundemer, the nation’s only full time toy tester at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the man behind all my toy recall posts, has retired after twenty seven years.
From the Washington Post:
Hundemer decided that, at age 61, it was time to move on. He leaves behind an agency less than half the size it was when he started in 1980 and a testing facility in Gaithersburg that once was spacious but now is cramped and run down, infested with rodents and plagued by rotted window frames.
All of that is likely to change, however. This year, the CPSC is expecting its largest funding increase in 30 years — $80 million for the 2008 fiscal year, which is $17 million more than for fiscal 2007. And Congress is working on future increases, including $20 million to upgrade the testing facilities.
He is not immediately being replaced, rather his duties are being absorbed by other employees at the commission. This makes me think that I won’t be buying lots of new toys any time soon.
Tags: cpsc, Hundemer, product_safety_commission
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