CPSIA

About 33,000 clip-on desk lamps with LED light bulbs, imported from China and sold exclusively at Lowe's home improvement centers nationwide, are being recalled. The Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that the power cords can detach from ...  

Following a worldwide outcry, Argentina has promised to lift restrictions on the importation of foreign books, which had purportedly been based on fear of dangerous lead content in the ink. According to a report by my Cato colleague Juan Carlos Hidalgo: “If you put your finger in your mouth after paging through a book, that [...]  

OMB WatchProduct Safety Regulator May Lack Resources to Implement New Mandates, SafeguardsOMB WatchCongress responded by enacting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in 2008. The CPSIA increased the CPSC's authority to regulate dangerous products and increased its budget to reflect its broader mandate. Since 2008, the agency's budget ...and more »  

How can you tell if a specific product that you use is safe? Is there a watchdog that oversees any potential danger in products that you may buy every day? The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is the government agency responsible for overseeing ...  

Reg WatchThe HillThe standard, which is being created because of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, applies to swings that are meant for use by children 5 years old and younger. It will likely be “ 'substantially the same as' applicable voluntary ...  

Motorcycle Industry Council honors Minnesota senator with Chairman's AwardDealer NewsFor more than two years, the powersports industry was banned from selling youth sized ATVs, motorcycles and snowmobiles, inadvertently swept up in comprehensive legislation known as the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act — a law intended to ...  

Socially Responsible Supply Chain ComplianceMetropolitan Corporate CounselAlthough some of the more dire and costly unintended consequences of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) have been avoided by subsequent legislation, there are still significant certification, testing and public disclosure ...  

More Important Issues to ResolveSouthern Pines PilotThe Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 was signed into law by President George W. Bush on Aug. 14, 2008. While I'm not a fan of the Bush presidency, the driving force behind this bill was largely due to several high profile recalls in 2007 ...