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What Food & Beverage Companies Need to Know About the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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Food and beverage companies may be surprised to learn that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is not the exclusive regulatory authority over the safety of foods and beverages. Indeed, other governmental authorities...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Informing on Cyber Risks during Sale of IoT Products

IoT products are fraught with risks when it comes to privacy, personal data, and cyberattacks, and consumers must be informed of these risks before purchasing. A new draft directive published by the Israeli Consumer...more

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Proposal for General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR): Overview of important potential revisions

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Already in 2011, the EU Commission stated its intention to revise the Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety ("GPSD") "to improve the safety of products circulating in the EU through better coherence and enforcement...more

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International Products Law Review

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New Sustainable Batteries Regulation: Reflections from our Global Products Law team Following the closure of the European Commission’s recent consultation period, the European Parliament and Council are set to consider a...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Presidential Election Portends Changes at the Nation’s Leading Product Safety Agency

With the results of Election Day in focus, the transition to a new administration will eventually change the face of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for years to come. Questions persist about the...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Hefty Fine is a Reminder of FCC’s Purview Over Certain Personal Hygiene and Wellness Devices

Do you manufacture, import, or market personal hygiene and wellness devices sold in drugstores? If so, you may be focused on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) compliance, but may not have considered the requirements of...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

The (Border) Adjustment Bureau: Hold On to Your (Imported) Hats

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Retailers would be wise to pay close attention to the upcoming tax-plan deliberations of the 115th U.S. Congress. A proposal currently being considered would adjust the U.S. corporate tax by making imports a non-deductible...more

Stinson LLP

The Road to Recall: Evaluating Defects for Substantial Product Hazard

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the Commission) is the regulatory agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer products. Pursuant to...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

EPA’s Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Pose Challenges for Industry, Particularly Importers

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Importers, retailers, and others that sell goods containing plywood or other composite wood products face significant compliance challenges from EPA’s new Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products (the Standards)....more

Womble Bond Dickinson

EPA Issues Final Rule on Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products

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On Wednesday, July 27, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a prepublication version of its final rule on Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products. The authority for the rule comes...more

Polsinelli

Export Control Reform Roundup – Overview of Recent Developments

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In This Issue: - I. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Controls on Toxicological Agents and Directed Energy Weapons - II. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Definitions...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

CPSC Announces Largest Civil Penalty to Date for Alleged Failure to Timely Report

On October 28, 2014, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Baja Inc., and its corporate affiliate, One World Technologies Inc., of Anderson, S.C., agreed to pay a $4.3 million civil penalty to...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

California Issues Draft Three-Year Green Chemistry Priority Product Work Plan

On September 12, 2014, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued a draft Priority Product Work Plan (Work Plan) pursuant to the California Safer Consumer Product (SCP) regulations. The Work Plan...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

DTSC Releases Draft Initial Priority Product Work Plan

On September 12, 2014, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released its much anticipated draft Initial Priority Product Work Plan under the Safer Consumer Products Regulations. The Regulations require...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Updated FTC Care Labeling Rules: “Do’s and Don’ts”

The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) enforces federal labeling requirements that require manufacturers, importers, sellers and distributors of certain textile and wool clothing to accurately label their products. For example,...more

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Manufacturers, Importers and Retailers Must Take Action Following DTSC Reveal of Priority Products

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Once again, California is on the leading edge of environmental programs. An approaching April 1, 2014, deadline for publication of a “Priority Products List” under “Safer Consumer Products Regulations” that first went into...more

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