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 November 8, 2013
The State of Washington recently adopted an amendment to their Children’s Safe Products Act – Reporting Rulerequiring manufacturers of children’s products, under certain conditions and scenarios, to report Chemicals of High Concern to Children (CHCC) to the State. Whether you are a manufacturer that must report is determined by the size of your gross revenues […]
Posted in Corporate Governance, Policies & Compliance, General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged #childrens products, 3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate, CHCC, chemicals of high concern to children, Children's Safe Products Act, consumer product safety commission, cpsc, CSPA, large company, largest company, product regulatory, safety compliance, TDCPP, tier 1, tris, tris (1, Washington State
By Debra Rade on March 13, 2013
There is a useful product in your home that can be very, very dangerous to children, and some adults, if it is ingested or inserted into an eye, nose or ear. Indeed, you may have dozens of this product in your home — in use, in storage or sitting in the grocery bag you just […]
Posted in General Counsel & Corporate, Product Safety & Regulatory, Uncategorized | Tagged #childrens products, alkaline batteries, button batteries, child safety, children, coin cell batteries, coin cell battery, consumer product safety commission, cpsc, Energizer, esophagus, home safety, intertek, lithium batteries, safe kids, The Battery Controlled, toddler safety
By Debra Rade on June 8, 2011
Are the folks in Maine more interested in children’s safety than, let’s say, California or Texas? On June 3, 2011, the Maine State Legislature finalized amendments to its Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Products Act of 2008, known (in Maine, that is) as the Kid Safe Products Act. We will recall that there was a flurry […]
Posted in Product Safety & Regulatory | Tagged #bpa, #childrens products, #CPSIA, #toysafety, cpsc
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
