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- Quin D. Dodd, Former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Joins Mintz Levin
- Mintz Levin Expands CPSC Practice Group WASHINGTON -- Quin Dodd, who most recently served as Chief of Staff for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC, has joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo's Consumer Product Safety Commission Practice Group in the Washington D.C. office. The addition of...
- Research articles 2008-10-06
- CPSC To Announce New Strategies at the Ports.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-6 March 2008-CPSC: CPSC To Announce New Strategies at the PortsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05032008 LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - Each year, hundreds of millions of toys, fireworks, cigarette lighters, clothes and other consumer products are imported into the United States....
- Research articles 2008-03-06
- Torchiere Lamps Recalled By L G Sourcing Due to Fire Hazard; Lamps Sold Exclusively At Lowe's Stores.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-11 January 2008-CPSC: Torchiere Lamps Recalled By L G Sourcing Due to Fire Hazard; Lamps Sold Exclusively At Lowe's StoresC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10012008 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below,...
- Research articles 2008-01-11
- Torchiere Lamps Recalled By L G Sourcing Due to Fire Hazard; Lamps Sold Exclusively at Lowes Stores
- To: RETAILING EDITORS Contact: CPSC Media Contact, +1-301-504-7908 WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To access color...
- Research articles 2008-01-10
- Consumer safety needs a champion
- NANCY Nord must go. The sooner the better. The chief problem with the acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is her refusal to act. Nords reluctance to acknowledge her agencys glaring weaknesses is causing the American people to lose confidence in the...
- Research articles 2007-12-10
- Rash of product recalls could impact industry: dramatic changes expected for Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Unless you have been living under a rock during most of 2007, you probably heard the news reports of one recall after another involving various consumer and food products from China. First there was tainted pet food believed to have sickened thousands of cats and dogs in the U.S. and...
- Research articles 2007-11-01
- US safety chief under fire to quit after Halloween toy scare
- WASHINGTON AFP — Top Democratic lawmakers demanded Tuesday the resignation of the US consumer product safety chief and unveiled plans for stiffer enforcement laws after Halloween toys became the latest tainted made-in-China goods to be recalled. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi led her colleagues from the...
- Research articles 2007-10-30
- Toy woes may result in more power for safety agency
- Senators are prepared to boost the Consumer Product Safety Commission's budget and legal authority so it can better keep unsafe toys and children's jewelry off store shelves, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said Wednesday. But Durbin, who chaired an Appropriations subcommittee hearing on toy safety, made it...
- Research articles 2007-09-13
- Heelys Responds: New Numbers Find HEELYS® Safest Among Wheeled Sports
- DALLAS -- Heelys, Inc. (Nasdaq:HLYS), makers of HEELYS wheeled footwear, announced today findings from Heiden Associates, a leading authority on product safety and risk assessment based in Washington D.C., who completed a detailed analysis of the latest available Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC data in connection with wheeled sports. The...
- Research articles 2007-06-11
- Bush Consumer Product Safety Nominee Could Not Be Worse Choice With Deeper Conflict of Interest,
- To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Rebecca Vander Linde, +1-301-283-0821, or Bob Weiner, +1- 202-329-1700, both of Robert Weiner Associates Public Affairs WASHINGTON, March 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Bush's nominee just announced for Chairman of the Consumer Product safety Commission, Michael E. Baroody, "could not be a worse choice with a deeper conflict...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- An alarming view of the ATV industry.(FROM THE EDITOR)
- The latest national election has come and gone and the best thing I can remember from it is a candidate's flyer that arrived in my mailbox with the ironic headline, "Why bother?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There was more to the flyer...
- Research articles 2006-12-04
- Mandatory fire standards for candles postponed.(FYI: industry news and happenings)
- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC will postpone a decision on the petition by the National Association of State Fire Marshals NASFM that requests mandatory fire-safety standards for candles and candle accessories.
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- RedMax recalls backpack blowers.(INDUSTRY UPDATE)
- RedMax/Komatsu Zenoah America Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC, is voluntarily recalling approximately 170,000 gas-powered backpack blowers. The muffler support bracket can break, creating an opening in the muffler body. Hot exhaust gases can then escape from the...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Fire-protection foundation hosting safety symposium.(Fire Protection Research Foundation's symposium)(Brief article)
- New information on the fire performance of aging electrical systems will be presented at the Fire Protection Research Foundation's one-and-a-half-day symposium scheduled to take place on Oct. 18-19 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at O'Hare International Airport in Rosemont, Ill. Members of...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- FR regs set for July '07 (Furniture Today)
- Mattress rule will save lives, CPSC says Washington-- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission last week approved a federal mattress flammability standard to take effect July 1, 2007. "Consumers who purchase a new mattress that meets this standard will add...
- Research articles 2006-02-20
- CPSC logs record year for recalls, civil penalties, and reports of dangerous products.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-28 October 2005-US CPSC: CPSC logs record year for recalls, civil penalties, and reports of dangerous productsC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27102005 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC announced today that the agency set several records...
- Research articles 2005-10-28
- Fireworks Safety for the Winter Holidays; Tips From the American Pyrotechnics Association to Ring in the New Year Safely
- BETHESDA, Md. -- Millions of Americans across the nation will ring in the New Year with sparklers, firecrackers, trick noisemakers and a wide variety of consumer fireworks in their backyards and on their cul-de-sacs. In an effort to ensure that the holiday season is a safe one, the American Pyrotechnics...
- Research articles 2004-12-27
- CPSC hosts drowning-prevention meetings
- Professionals involved in all facets of entrapment-prevention shared their knowledge, experiences and opinions at two public meetings sponsored by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Held in Tampa, Fla., and Phoenix this summer, the hearings were designed to supply CPSC with information to help it revise entrapment guidelines and...
- Research articles 2004-08-20
- YORK International Comments on Manufactured Housing Furnace Inspection; Updates Full-Year Business Outlook
- YORK, Pa. -- YORK International Corporation (NYSE:YRK) today commented on the impact of certain furnace inspections on its results for 2004. YORK's Unitary Products Group, after notifying the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC, conducted field and factory testing to investigate failures found in the heat exchangers of certain...
- Research articles 2004-07-07
- 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
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