The CPSC's Consumer Database Officially Launches in March 2011: Are Your Clients Ready?
March, 2011
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has established a Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database (the "Database"). The Database officially launches in March 2011. Are your clients prepared?
What is the Database?
The Database allows consumers to not only submit reports of harm but to also conduct searches for reports of harm. The Database will collect reports on manufacturers of consumer products, importers of consumer products, and owners of a brand or trademark of a consumer product that bears a private label. The rule includes not only all consumer products, but also other products or substances regulated by the CPSC, including drug product packaging.
How Does it Work? The Nuts and Bolts of the Process
The Consumer Products Safety Consumer Improvement Act of 2008 and the final rule relating to the Database establish a framework for collecting reports, communicating with key parties regarding those reports, and determining which reports should be published to the Database. This framework differs significantly from the reporting and disclosure rules previously in place under the Consumer Product Safety Act...
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