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- US lawmakers seek stiffer regulation of made-in-China toys
- WASHINGTON AFP — US legislators unveiled plans Tuesday for stiffer laws to regulate made-in-China toys after Halloween "treat" buckets and costume teeth became the latest tainted products from the Asian nation to be taken off American store shelves. The Democratic-controlled Congress expects to introduce a wide-ranging toy and child...
- Research articles 2007-10-31
- 'Pocket bikes' are little but lethal.
- It's an age-old sight gag, a surefire boffo joke: At the circus, a clown rides into the ring on a tricycle, hunkered over the tiny handlebars, knees hunched up around his ears. The crowd roars. It's fun to see grown men riding on tiny transport. ...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Blister package is child resistant
- Bend & Peel is a new child-resistant/senior-friendly (CR/SF) blister packaging system. The Bend & Peel design can be incorporated into any current blister packaging, so that a company's existing tooling and filling lines can be used with little or no adjustment. It also meets the new Consumer Product Safety Commission...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- HOT TOPIC; THE FLAMMABILITY SCORECARD: FLOOR COVERINGS ARE COVERED, MATTRESSES ARE UNDER CALIFORNIA STANDARDS AND MAY GO NATIONAL. UPHOLSTERY AND HOME TEXTILES COULD BE NEXT.
- Byline: Reporting by Sheila Long O'Mara, Karl Kunkel, Leticia Leizens, Jennifer Quail NEW YORK-Talk about hot topics. Flammability is increasingly becoming a much-discussed issue for soft home categories. Below is a summary on how the ever-evolving government standards are affecting furniture, mattresses,...
- Research articles 2005-04-04
- FR regulations open up doors for nonwovens: role in home furnishings expected to climb as national standards become a reality
- The nonwovens industry is preparing for pending California antiflammability legislation that will likely pave the way for a national standard in mattress construction and ultimately change the way upholstered furniture, in general, is manufactured in the U.S. California Technical Bulletin 603, set to go into effect January 1, 2005, requires...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- APA Credits Safety Groups for Record Low Injury Rate; Active Safety Program, Product Testing, and Strict Adherence to Regulations Leads to Lowest Injury Rate Ever
- BETHESDA, Md. -- Since 1976, when the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC promulgated the current federal standards for consumer fireworks, the fireworks-related injury rate has fallen by a startling 88%, setting a 28-year low. Amazingly, this has occurred while fireworks usage has skyrocketed during the same time period. Fireworks...
- Research articles 2004-06-16
- Is the all-American amusement park safe? Thousands of visitors are injured every year at amusement parks, but the industry remains largely unregulated. Injured people lawsuits ask, How much fun is too much?
- Memorial Day was the unofficial kick off of the amusement-park season. As families flock to parks this summer seeking fun and excitement, government authorities and consumer advocates continue to question the safety of rides in an increasingly competitive industry. Most people assume that these...
- Research articles 2004-06-01
- Danny Foundation Petitions Commission for Mandatory Bunk Bed Safety Standards
- News Editors ALAMO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 26, 2002 The Danny Foundation for Crib and Child Product Safety today called for mandatory safety standards for bunk beds in a petition to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. "We believe the mandatory standards are critical to prevent any further deaths resulting...
- Research articles 2002-09-26
- Court upholds fireworks penalty against Shelton Wholesale Inc.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 January 2002-US CPSC: Court upholds fireworks penalty against Shelton Wholesale Inc C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25012002 WASHINGTON, D.C -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ...
- Research articles 2002-01-28
- Hillary targets husband's nominee for CPSC post
- Clinton Crusades Against Would-Be Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairwoman Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D.-N.Y.), picking her first fight with the Bush Administration, may have succeeded in killing the nomination of Mary Shelia Gall as chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC. She is doing this even though her husband...
- Research articles 2001-08-06
- Does Information on the Internet Weaken the Case for Consumer Protection Regulation?
- . . . the real issue is whether [consumer] protection is best provided by 'regulation' or by 'free competition.' Manuel F. Cohen (Stigler and Cohen, 1971,21) Just about everything we've ever done that has to do with communication and information has been digitized, and now we're going to start tackling...
- Research articles 2001-04-01
- SUPPLIERS HURT BY CPSC STANDARDS.(textile mills)
- SOFT HAND `IMPOSSIBLE' UNDER FLAME-RETARDANT RULES NEW YORK-Fabric terms like "soft, dry and drapable" could soon be replaced with "board-like and oily" if the U.S. decorative fabric industry is forced to comply with the new standards backed by the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC, warn...
- Research articles 1998-08-31
- Play ball! - regulated - Consumer Product Safety Commission Chmn. Ann Brown's planned regulations for baseballs
- The Consumer Product Safety Commission toys with kids' sports.In early June, several reporters gathered for an unusual press conference at the Baltimore Orioles' Camden Yards stadium. The main speaker was not Cal Ripken Jr. or some other baseball great, but a bureaucrat: Ann Brown, the chairman of the Consumer Product...
- Research articles 1996-12-01
- CPSC seeks exemption of items from flammability standards. (Consumer Product Safety Commission on close-fitting children's apparel) (Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON FNS -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking for public comment on a proposal to exempt certain close-fitting garments from federal standards for children's sleepwear flammability. The agency said it is considering changing the standard to allow close-fitting children's apparel...
- Research articles 1993-02-19
- All-terrain vehicles: market reaction to risk information
- I. INTRODUCTIONSeveral recent studies have shown a systematic relationship between well-publicized product recalls and capital market losses for the firms involved. Jarrell and Peltzman |1985~ found that drug recalls by the Food and Drug Administration FDA resulted in an average 6 percent loss in stock equity values for the firms...
- Research articles 1993-01-01
- Nominee for CPSC chief draws mixed reviews. (Jacqueline Jones-Smith, Consumer Product Safety Commission)
- NOMINEE FOR CPSC CHIEF DRAWS MIXED REVIEWS WASHINGTON FNS -- Following nearly a year's delay, President Bush has nominated a federal attorney as both a member and chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the watchdog agency that since January has been rendered virtually paralyzed...
- Research articles 1989-11-02
- Home Fashion Products Association bucks flammability proposal.(News.)
- NEW YORK -- The Home Fashion Products Association HFPA has urged the Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC to slow its move toward creating flammability regulations for bedding products until all needed analyses are completed. The commi NEW YORK...
- Research articles 2005-04-04
- Importers Manual, Soaps and Waxes
- Importers Manual USA 11-15-1997 CHAPTER 34: SOAPS AND WAXES Full title: Soap, Organic Surface-active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing or Scouring Preparations, Candles and Sim Importers Manual USA 11-15-1997 ...
- Research articles 1997-11-15
- Importers Manual, Explosives, Fireworks, and Other Combustibles
- Importers Manual USA 11-15-1997 CHAPTER 36: EXPLOSIVES, FIREWORKS, AND OTHER COMBUSTIBLES Full title: Explosives; Pyrotechnic Products; Matches; Pyrophoric Alloys; Certain Combustible Preparations (IMPORTANT: Read the Commodity Index Introd Importers Manual USA 11-15-1997 ...
- Research articles 1997-11-15
- Importers Manual, Albumins, Glues, and Enzymes
- Importers Manual USA 11-15-1997 CHAPTER 35: ALBUMINS, GLUES, AND ENZYMES Full title: Albuminoidal Substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes (IMPORTANT: Read the Commodity Index Introduction. It is the essential framework for understandi Importers Manual USA ...
- Research articles 1997-11-15
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