ABOUT PRODUCT SAFETY FORUM Product Safety Forum is a free-content service of Product Safety Letter. Its mission is twofold: to promote frank and open airing of product safety issues and to provide advice and guidance from top experts in the field. Do you have and idea or article you think would make a great piece for Product Safety Forum, including commentary or reaction to what someone else has written? Then contact Publisher Sean Oberle to discuss it. ARCHIVES André Maginot and the CPSIA Database Is There a Need to “Recall to Repair” the Relationship Between the CPSC Compliance Staff and Business Community? The Ghost of Shutdowns Past What Small Business Doesn’t Need How the Makers of Chemical Goods Comply with Multiple Overlapping Regulations Legally Reselling Recalled Products and Understanding Corrective Actions New CPSC Stay-Deadline Chart Is Available The Expansion of Fractured Harmonization? Stay Extended to the End of the Year Stay Extended to the End of the Year CPSC MIGHT Extend Stay until September Trading Dollars for Lives: Electricity in the Home The Changing Landscape of Canada’s Consumer Product Safety Act Nearly All Incumbents on Congressional CPSC Subcommittees Will Be in Next Congress Can We All Get Along? Don’t Fear the Sunshine Is “Data” A Four-Letter Word? CPSC Sends Toy/Jewelry Cadmium Limits to ASTM Precisely Measuring Fluctuating Ambiguity Mood Rings, Children, Sexual Innuendos and Toy Stores ‘Fractured Harmonization’ Sees Two Developments Illinois AG vs JPMA Heats Up The Fractured State of Product Safety Harmonization Wither China? The Coming Supply Chain Challenge Is It Feasible to Test the Feasible CPSC Staff Job Satisfaction Is Mixed Who Should Have to Third-Party Test? Four Realities In the New Product Safety Supply Chain Understanding Global Information Collection and Sharing on Product Safety OECD Looks at international Product Safety Mullan Assigned to CBP Project; Howell Will Act as Compliance Chief This Is a Test; This Is Only a Test Statement by JPMA on Illinois Attorney-General Comments CPSC Gets New Executive Director and Chief of Staff The New Product Safety (Supply) Chain CPSC Testing Rule Should Include Design Analysis JPMA Statement on Response to Letter from Illinois Attorney-General Madigan Results of the Product Safety Letter Survey on the March 2010 Draft CPSIA Amendments Background: Developing a Product Safety Education Program When Does “Primarily” Not Mean “Primarily”? Children's Products Take Center in Testing & Certification Webinar Tenenbaum Updates Juvenile Product Makers in DC Vermont’s Action against Dollar Tree and the CPSIA Recent Regulatory Reform Runs Rampant CPSC Commissioners and Executive Staff Tenenbaum Gives Two Updates on CPSC Matters In Defense of Children’s Jewelry Tenenbaum Talks to PSL about the CPSIA and More CPSIA 101 Flexibility Among CPSC Recommendations to Congress Everything That Rises Must Converge … Or Not … It Depends CPSC Names CHAP Oh Won't You Stay ... Just a Little Bit Longer CPSC Extends Lead Stay One Year CPSC Votes for Complex Stay Approach CPSC To Get $118 Million; CPSIA-Amendment Requests Due January 15 More Zhu Zhus: Words Matter Zhu Zhus: Who Loses? CPSC - Making 2009 A Safer Year For Toys Brass Bushings, Brass Bands, Brass Keys, Brass Tacks ... and Pens The Handmade Toy Alliance Reacts to CPSC's Guidance Document on Testing Requirements Congress Wrote the CPSIA; Only Congress Can Amend It Nord and Northup Take CPSIA Concerns to the Public Flammability Problem with Chenille Garments Nord's Blog Launch Focuses on Testing and Exclusions Manufacturers Call for Senate CPSIA Hearing More from CPSC’s China Trip Tenenbaum Gives Update on China Trip and CPSIA Efforts The Handmade Toy Alliance Requests CPSC Policy Actions under CPSIA Tenenbaum Addresses Toys, Testing/Certification, ATVs, and Drywall at China Summit Managing Expectations of the CPSIA CPSC's Guidance Is Not as Confusing as It May Seem Not So “Voluntary” Standards? The Smart Grid and Product Safety Clarity and Accuracy -- CPSC, the Media and Garage Sales Consumer Confusion Comes from CPSC Guidance, Not the Media Safety Messages 101: Warnings Content for Consumer Products Garage Sales and CPSC -- Sorting the Facts from the Myths Traceability and Tracking: An Update from Stockholm Commissioners Will Look at Imports and Recall Cards Nanotech Will Be a Continuously Emerging Concern for CPSC Tenebaum Gives Update on CPSC Acivity A Post-Sale Duty to Warn May Place a Heavy Burden on Manufacturers House CPSIA Hearing Set for Thursday The CPSIA Database: Five Steps for Implementation in the Public Interest CPSC and Voluntary Standards: What's In and What's Out Civil Penalty Factors: Seven Issues You Hope CPSC Never Reviews About Your Company CPSC Hears How It Could Improve Efforts for Minorities Consider These Nine Answers When Assessing Your Tracking System Europeans Seek Common Complaint System GAO Compares Five Economies' Product Safety Systems CPSC Should Approve Sensible Test Procedures for Lead Paint Recall Effectiveness: A Review and Analysis of Current Issues ICPSC Conference on Product Traceability and Tracking Labels When Is a CPSC Civil Penalty Settlement Not a Settlement CPSC Highlight the CPSIA's One-Year Milestones Tenenbaum Returns from Hong Kong/Shanghai/Hanoi Not All Plastic May Need Section 108 Testing and Certification Commmissioners Comment on Tracking Labels International Recall Standard Is in the Works Are CPSIA Hearings in the Near Future? New Restrictions Emerging on the Use of Bisphenol-A in Consumer Products Northup and Adler Clear Senate Committee Tenenbaum Gives View into Mindset Tenenbaum’s Crew Takes Shape Adler/Northup Confirmation Hearing Set for August 5 Lessons in Product Recalls: The Five Biggest Mistakes Companies Make Tenenbaum Tells CPSC Staff Her Goals Are Enforcement, Openness and Education When Should Warnings Be Given About Component Parts Made For Another Manufacturer? Beware of New Increased Civil Penalties for Consumer Product Violations – Are You Vulnerable? The Simplicity Saga Continues in Canada Congress Seeks Funds Above Obama’s Request But Still Below CPSIA Figure Former CPSCers and Others Offer Tips to Tenenbaum GM Liability for Defects a Win for Consumers Foreseeability: A Critical Analysis in Minimizing Pre-Sale and Post-Sale Liability Congress Might Look at Recall Effectiveness Too Getting a Receipt for Your Section 15 Report Clearing the Water: CPSC Focuses on Pool Drain Law Reporting Problems in the EU The Simplicity Recall is a Ready-Made Story Product Safety and the Economy What Exactly Is a CHAP? Lifespan of Durable Juvenile Products: Cribs Built to Last Tenenbaum Starts June 29 Exploring Recall Effectiveness, Part 3 Exploring Recall Effectiveness, Part 2 Exploring Recall Effectiveness, Part 1 The Facts You Need to Establish when Planning a Recall When Is a Pen Only a Pen Tenenbaum's Confirmation Aimed for Fast Track Cartoon = Child’s Product = CPSIA Trigger? Maybe Not Import Guidelines Show Four Principles of Product Safety Tenenbaum’s Hearing Set: What to Expect How the Magnetix Case Helped Shape CPSC Three Steps to Getting Your Product Recalls Under Control Who Is Responsible to Ensure Compliance with the Flammable Fabrics Act? Recall Bonds Could Costly to CPSC, GAO Suggests Crib Safety at a Crossroads PLP: Even More Important in Tough Economic Times Tracking the Loss of More American Jobs: The Biggest Nonsense Mandate in the CPSIA Nord Continues Call for CPSIA Changes Obama Picks Two for Commission; Seeks 2010 Funds 10.5% Below CPSIA Figure