The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, September 10th titled, “Consumer Product Safety Commission Oversight: Current Issues and a Vision for the Future”. Stamford, CT, September 07, 2009 — The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection has scheduled a hearing for Thursday, September 10th titled, [...]

The CPSC granted Mattel permission to operate “firewalled” in-house testing facilities instead of paying third party laboratories for performing required toy safety testing Stamford, CT, September 01 2009 — The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) continues to issue important guidance on several key areas of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which was passed [...]

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued guidance today on the tracking label requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). This statement of policy and enforcement comes just 3 weeks before manufacturers will be required to begin marking their products with batch tracking labels. Stamford, CT, July 22, 2009 — The Consumer Product [...]