A Kinder, Gentler CPSIA? (Part 2 of 4)
The recent amendment to the CPSIA has several effects on the third party testing of children’s products. It clarifies that the CPSC must establish standards and protocols for the testing of...
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Toy manufacturers, importers and retailers breathed a collective sigh of relief on August 1 at Congress’s clarification that the 100 ppm lead content limit, which went into effect on August 14, does...
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The amendment to the CPSIA provides much-needed clarity and relief for many manufacturers, particularly small manufacturers and those in specific industries such as book publishers and bicycle and...
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Welcome to the AMM Consumer Product & Toy Safety Blog
At 63 pages, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 is a hefty piece of legislation with wide-reaching (and sometimes unexpected) effects on the consumer product and toy manufacturing,...
View ArticleNew Year, New Product Safety Standards
Effective January 1, the CPSC lifted its stay of enforcement of the third party testing and certification requirements for lead content, phthalates and the ASTM F963 mandatory toy safety standards. As...
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FDA Declines to Ban BPA
On Friday, the FDA announced that it would not ban bisphenol A, commonly referred to as BPA, in food packaging. An FDA spokesperson stated that “there is not compelling scientific evidence to justify...
View ArticleHow Do You Spell Relief?
Earlier this year, manufacturers (including importers of record) became subject to several new children’s product safety rules: the lead substrate, phthalate and ASTM F963 mandatory toy safety...
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Audits: They’re Not Just for the IRS Anymore
Next month, new regulations go into effect requiring testing laboratories to undergo periodic audits as a continuing condition to the CPSC’s acceptance of their accreditation. These audits, unlike the...
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