civil penalty

What should be the priorities when it comes to product safety? The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) poised this question to the public as the topic of a hearing on June 15. As they do each year, CPSC invited… Read More

You may remember that 2007 was called, “The Year of the Recall.”  Among the many recalls for lead in toys and children’s jewelry and cribs for faulty hardware, one recall that November got everyone’s attention.  It was perhaps one of… Read More

“When you look at where we have been and where we are headed”, said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, only two weeks ago, “you can see why we are agency on the rise.” It seems that these words are beginning to… Read More