By Debra Rade on December 10, 2014
With many friends who have delivered babies recently or who have been blessed with new grandchildren, it seems a good idea to share this news release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today. Ironically, a great number of baby wipes are being recalled because of contamination before they’ve been used on your baby’s […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged B. cepacia, baby, baby wipes, cpsc, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, Nutek, product safety, recall, safety
By Debra Rade on May 20, 2014
If you are on the board of manufacturing company or a retailer, you might not have noticed that this week the Department of Justice announced that Electrolux Home Products Inc. (Electrolux) of Charlotte, North Carolina, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $750,000 in a settlement on May 14, 2014. This resolves allegations against Electrolux […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory, Uncategorized | Tagged 15(b) reporting, audit committee, civil penalties, compliance program, Consumer Product Safety Act, consumer product safety commission, Department of Justice, Electrolux, failure to report, product safety
By Debra Rade on April 15, 2011
SaferProducts.gov went live on March 11, 2011, on time and on budget according to CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), manufacturers, lawyers, legislators, and consumer organizations have been the primary actors with regard to this database, and there has been a substantial amount of disagreement among them. Ironically, it would seem […]
Posted in Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged consumersafety, cpsc, nam.org, national manufacturers association, product safety, saferproducts.gov