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August 14 marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) back in 2008. This landmark safety legislation paved the way for improvement in safety standards and lead to the creation of the U.S…. Read More

As you begin shopping for loved ones this holiday season, make safety a priority and follow KID’s shopping safety tips:   Check products for recalls on the go by visiting KidsInDanger.org from any mobile device. Look for markings or labels… Read More

Monday, April 2, marks the first anniversary of the posting of consumer reports about products at SaferProducts.gov.  A year ago, there was much gnashing of teeth and hand-wringing about the awful effects of letting consumers tell their own experiences with… Read More

First, thanks to all of you who emailed or called Congress expressing your support for the new consumer incident database, SaferProducts.gov, at CPSC. If you haven’t visited yet, check out the Search page and see what incidents consumers have already… Read More

Saferproducts.gov, the new searchable database at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) went live for reports on March 11. Now, as the three week timeline for processing the reports comes to an end, CPSC has begun posting those reports. KID,… Read More

Have you gone to check out SaferProducts.gov? That’s the new CPSCsite dedicated to the publicly available consumer safety incident database. Consumers and others can report problems with products, incidents and injuries related to consumer products. CPSC has always had an… Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of consumer and safety groups today applauded the launch of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s consumer product safety information database that would allow people to share and access safety information about the products they… Read More

It feels a little like the eve of the first day of school – some of us are very excited and can’t wait; others, not so much. Tomorrow, CPSC will launch their new publically-accessible consumer database at saferproducts.gov. Now, just… Read More

The database CPSC has been working on for two and a half years is days away from launch. It will go live on Friday, March 11. CPSC has carefully crafted the site to both solicit important safety information from consumers… Read More

Today on its SaferProducts.gov website, CPSC has begun taking reports of injuries or incidents with dangerous products — a trial run of their Public Database required under CPSIA. The catch is that this trial (reports prior to March 11, 2011)… Read More