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Adobe Recalls Promotional Materials Containing High-Powered Magnets
Software developer Adobe has worked with the Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall promotional materials that include high-powered magnets. The magnets were distributed with Adobe Connect’s “Effective Collaboration is Magnetic” promotional materials package. Read More »
CPSC Fines Children’s Product Manufacturer For Failing To Report Faulty Products
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently announced that Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, has agreed to pay a civil penalty in the amount of $400,000. While Kolfcraft does not produce promotional products, their story is a lesson to companies operating in the industry on the costs associated with failure to report defective products. Read More »
CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum To Not Seek Renomination
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum announced on February 28 that she will not seek renomination when her term expires in October 2013. Read More »
CPSC Approves X-Ray Fluorescence Testing For Children’s Products
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has approved a rule that broadens testing options for children’s products, including expanded use of X-ray fluorescence instruments and testing for lead. High-definition X-ray fluorescence (HDXRF) is a cheaper and non-destructive certification testing method compared to previously allowable methodologies. Read More »
CPSC Issues Revised Lead-In-Substrate Testing Methods
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has revised its methodologies for testing for lead in substrate levels in children’s products. Read More »
CPSC Reaches Civil Penalty Agreement Over Drawstrings In Children’s Outerwear
Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. has agreed to pay a $450,000 civil penalty over allegations the firm knowingly failed to report to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) immediately, as required by federal law, that its children’s hooded jackets and sweatshirts were sold with drawstrings through the hood. Read More »
CPSC And Health Canada To Work Together On Toy Safety
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada have committed to collaborate on toy safety regulations. Read More »
Stephanie Tsacoumis Named CPSC General Counsel
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Stephanie Tsacoumis has joined the organization as its new general counsel. Tsacoumis fills a role recently vacated by Cheryl Falvey, Esq., who was keynote speaker at PPAI’s Product Safety Summit this past August in New Orleans, Louisiana. Read More »
CPSC Considering New Federal Standard For High-Powered Magnet Sets
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking that would develop a new federal standard for small, high-powered magnet sets. Read More »
CPSC To Update Federal Rules Governing Small, High-Powered Magnet Sets
In a vote of 4-0, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has ruled to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to develop a new federal standard for small, high-powered magnet sets. Read More »
