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Health Canada Issues Guidance Clarifying Canada Consumer Product Safety Act Requirements
On June 20, 2011, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (“CCPSA”) became effective, imposing incident reporting, testing, recall, and recordkeeping requirements on entities that manufacture, import, or sell consumer…
Possible Amendments to the CPSIA?
Last Thursday, Republican and Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives expressed some desire to modify the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act ("CPSIA"). The House Committee on Energy and Commerce,…
CPSC Extends Stay of Enforcement for Lead-Content Testing
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC” or "Commission") has voted 4-1 to extend the stay of enforcement for third-party, lead-content testing on certain children’s products until December 31, 2011. Section 102…
CPSC Holds Conferences Discussing the Publicly-Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database
In preparation for the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (“CPSC”) launch of the Publicly-Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database (“Database”), the CPSC held two conferences, on January 11 and 20,…
CPSC To Hold Conference Regarding The New Consumer Product Safety Information Database
The Consumer Product Safety Commission ("CPSC") will hold two conferences in January 2011, regarding the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database ("Database"). At the conferences, the CPSC will…