Tag: CPSIA
Posted by QCA - January 24, 2013 - Product Safety
Distributors and manufacturers: separate entities, right? Not necessarily, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In this post from Rick Brenner, CEO of Prime Line, a QCA Accredited Supplier, he examines the responsibility of distributors who decorate blank children’s apparel. And the facts may surprise you. “But under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), [...]
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Posted by QCA - January 4, 2013 - Compliance Regulations, Product Safety
It’s been four years since the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) was signed into law, and promotional products professionals are still struggling with the labeling requirements. Permanent tracking labels—a CPSIA requirement for children’s products—sound simple. In practice, however, the details aren’t so easy to implement. Depending on what you sell, where you buy it, [...]
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Posted by Brent Stone - November 18, 2011 - Compliance Programs
Originally published by Promo Marketing on November 18, 2011. Promotional products have been making headlines lately. Unfortunately, it’s not in a way we want. First, “Jerry Brown bans official California trinkets.” Then it got worse when “Obama spending cuts target federal agencies’ travel, technology and swag.” This isn’t the first time our industry has taken [...]
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Posted by Brent Stone - October 8, 2011 - Compliance Regulations, Product Safety
Originally published by Promo Marketing on October 7, 2011. It seems like every week I read an article lamenting the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and the efforts underway in Congress to roll back some of the provisions of this law. I’ve repeatedly commented not only on the well-intentioned but hastily and poorly written legislation but [...]
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Posted by Brent Stone - June 19, 2011 - Product Safety
Originally published by Promo Marketing on June 10, 2011. I continue to read with interest the many articles and ongoing debate on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) of 2008. Not only has Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Nancy Nord shared her thoughts about a recent Wall Street Journal article, but consumers are also weighing [...]
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