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Buttoning Down the CPSIA
As the Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") continues to implement the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act ("CPSIA"), companies continue to struggle with determining if and how the statute's requirements…
Layaway Making a Comeback? Retailers Beware
With so much of the economy still struggling, credit harder to come by, and consumers being more conservative with their spending, various commentators have suggested that layaway programs are poised to make a…
CPSC Announces First Civil Penalty Enforcing CPSIA: Daiso Agrees to Create Product Safety Program, to Audit All Products, and to Pay $2 Million Civil Penalty
On March 2, 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC” or “Commission”) announced a settlement agreement with Daiso Holding USA Inc., Daiso Seattle LLC, Daiso California LLC, and one of the companies’…
GAO Concludes FDA Should Strengthen its Oversight of GRAS Ingredients
This post was written by Sarah Roller On March 5, 2010, the General Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report evaluating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) policies concerning food ingredients that have been…
CBBB Increase Fee for Filing NAD Challenges
Effective March 15, 2010, the Council of Better Business Bureaus will increase the fee it charges for CBBB Corporate Partners to file an NAD challenge from $2,500 to $3,500. This is the first increase in the Corporate…