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PRODUCT SAFETY REGULATION

Congress boosted consumer product safety regulations after high profile recalls of imported toys in 2007. But some say new laws taking effect threaten small businesses with burdensome safety tests for materials previously considered safe. This topic tracks the latest on consumer product safety regulations.

Product Safety Regulation is part of Business Exchange, suggested by John Tozzi. This topic contains 420 news and 81 blog items. Read updated news, blogs, and resources about Product Safety Regulation. Find user-submitted articles and reactions on Product Safety Regulation from like-minded professionals.

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Testing costs for kids' products seen as problemmore

of children is forcing them to scale back their operations because the compliance costs are too high. The Consumer...

Toymakers: Up in Arms Over Product Testsmore

Few small craft shops and artisan toymakers noticed last summer when Congress passed a sweeping new product safety...

Scrap The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act--IImore

Last Friday, I wrote about how the testing requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) threaten...

Scrap The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Actmore

Forbes commentary against the regulation.

Consumer groups hope they'll have Obama's earmore

U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Last July, Congress passed a law raising the budget of the Consumer Product...

Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls Fisher-Price Rainforest pla...more

The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday recalled 200,000 potentially deadly play yards with Fisher-Price's...

Lead testing panics makers of kid clothingmore

the results, hoping they comply with a new federal law designed to protect kids from tainted products.

Temtrol deltaT. LLC Announces the New RedyTemp ATC-3000 Hot Water Cont...more

to protect just 10 feet of pipe. RedyTemp is maintenance free and has no annual inspection requirements.

Uncle Sam vs. your favorite toysmore

Op-Ed piece says Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act threatens small producers of children's products.

Pelosi's Toy Storymore

Wall Street Journal editorial argues for changes to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.

Top Nine Supply Chain Challenges for 2009more

scope of what items are covered under the amendment is still being defined. 9. A global eye toward consumer product...

Legislators ask feds to clarify lead lawmore

Some businesses worry new toy safety law could force them to close Concerned that new toy safety regulations could hurt...

Regulators rethink rules on testing children's clothing and toys for l...more

The Consumer Product Safety Commission gives a preliminary OK to exempt some items from testing after complaints of...

New Law Forces New Look At Thrift Store Offeringsmore

sell,' said Family Thrift Center manager Katy Drake. Drake said her Lincoln store is closely following the federal...

Public Affairs Director for U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Jo...more

will be led by newly-appointed Managing Director Julie Vallese. Most recently, Vallese led communications for the U.S.

Good times for repair shops and secondhand storesmore

the economic margins. That can be a difficult place to be when it comes to regulation. The federal Consumer Product...

Shops reselling kids items get break from lead lawmore

Thrift stores and children's resale shops appear to be back in business. The Consumer Product Safety Commission on...

Second-hand shops get a break on federal lead lawmore

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today that it would exempt thrift stores and resale shops from a new...

Getting lead out of children's items threatens to wipe out small shopsmore

recalled because of lead. But U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, who voted for the law, asked the Consumer Product Safety...

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