Consumer product safety issues / / Péter A. Varga and Máté D. Pintér, editors

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (323 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.19
• Soggetto topico: Product safety; Consumer protection; Product safety - Law and legislation; Consumer protection - Law and legislation
• Altri autori: VargaPéter A PintérMáté D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUES -- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 CHILD RESTRAINT SEATS: USE, MISUSE AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED ACTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TRAFFIC SAFETY BENEFITS OF CRS -- CHILD RESTRAINT MISUSE -- PREVALENCE OF MISUSE: THE ISSUES -- Prevalence of Misuse and Impact on Child Occupant Safety -- Prevalence of Use/Misuse in Different Countries -- Japan -- Canada -- Mexico -- UK -- Italy -- France -- Singapore -- Michigan - US -- Technical Reasons for Child Safety Seat Misuse -- Emerging Technology to Reduce CRS Misuse: LATCH (Low Anchors and Tethers for Children) -- Effectiveness of the LATCH System -- Emerging Issues with the LATCH System -- Reduction and Prevention of CRS Misuse: Promising Strategies -- Unrestrained Child Occupant Fatalities: Statistics for Thought -- US -- Japan -- Canada -- CRS CRITICAL MISUSE AND OLDER CHILD OCCUPANT FATALITIES -- Critical Misuses -- Evidence of Critical Misuse Rates -- Australia -- US -- A FOCUS ON BOOSTER SEATS -- The Prevalence of Booster Seat Use/Misuse -- Necessity of Booster Seats -- Cost-Effectiveness of Booster Seats -- LEGISLATION AND BOOSTER SEAT USE -- The Powerful Story of Anton Skeen -- Best Evidence Strategies to Increase Booster Seat Use -- COMPREHENSIVENESS OF CURRENT CRS LAWS AND BOOSTER SEAT LEGISLATION: DISSEMINATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES TO PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS -- Impact of Current CRS Law -- Booster Seat Legislation in Canadian Provinces -- Ontario -- British Columbia -- New Brunswick -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Nova Scotia -- Prince Edward Island -- Quebec -- European Booster Seat Legislation -- UK Booster Seat Legislation -- US Booster Seat Legislation -- Japanese Booster Seat Legislation -- Belgium's Booster Seat Legislation -- GAPS IN CURRENT CHILD RESTRAINT LAWS -- Rear Seating for Child Occupants. ; INCREASING APPROPRIATE CRS/BOOSTER SEAT USE IN OUR COMMUNITIES -- Comprehensive Legislation and a Combination of Interventions -- Unaffordability is a Disincentive for CRS Use -- Strategies to Increase Adult Restraint Use -- Extensive Law Enforcement -- Effective Coordination of Policy and Practice -- Multifaceted Community Campaigns -- Emergency Department (ED) Interventions -- Enhanced Knowledge for Parents and Caregivers: Correct Use of CRS and LATCH -- Clear Instruction Manuals -- Media Campaigns -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR CRS-RELATED RESEARCH -- Feasibility of Integrated Child Restraint Systems in Vehicles -- Effective Communication and Dissemination of Best Practices -- Design Modifications -- European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Directives -- Dissemination of CRS Information to Rapidly Motorizing Countries -- Research Agenda Priorities -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 SAFER STORAGE OF FIREARMS AT HOME AND RISK OF SUICIDE: A CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUE -- ABSTRACT -- SAFER STORAGE OF FIREARMS AT HOME: A CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUE -- METHODS -- Sample -- Measurement -- Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 UNCONSCIONABLE ACTIVISM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BASELESS BUFFOONERY BEDEVILS BIOTECH -- ACTIVISTS EXPLOIT SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY -- GOLDEN RICE: A STERLING EXAMPLE -- ACTIVISTS ACT IN BAD FAITH -- YELLOW JOURNALISM TINTS - AND TAINTS - BIOTECH COVERAGE -- ANTI-BIOTECH ACTIVISM IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 4 A REVIEW: ANALYSING PATHOGEN RISKS IN FRESH-CUT PACKAGED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- FOODBORNE OUTBREAKS -- Bacterial Pathogens -- Viral and Protozoan Pathogens -- FACTORS AFFECTING PATHOGEN SURVIVAL AND GROWTH ON FRESH-CUT PRODUCE -- Storage Temperature -- Product Type / Combinations -- Minimal Processing Operations. ; Washing / Disinfection / Decontamination Treatments -- Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) -- Competition Between the Indigenous Microflora and Pathogens -- Stress Response and Strain Variation Effects -- REDUCING PATHOGEN RISKS FROM FRESH-CUT PRODUCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 OCCURRENCE OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN FOODS AND CONSUMER SAFETY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PAHs Occurrence in Food -- Dietary Intake Assessment -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 THE FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM: A PRIMER∗ -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND1 -- THE AGENCIES AND THEIR ROLES -- Food and Drug Administration -- Food Safety and Inspection Service -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS) -- National Marine Fisheries Service (DOC) -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Other Federal Agencies with Food Safety Responsibilities -- Congressional Committees -- SELECTED ISSUES -- Chapter 7 CONSUMER SAFETY & -- HACCP-LIKE QUALITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON DAIRY FARMS: THE ROLE OF VETERINARIANS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE HANDBOOK OF A HACCP-LIKE QUALITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM -- Production Process Diagrams -- Hazards & -- Risks Analysis Charts -- The decision-Tree Approach to Determine CCP's -- Explanation to CCP's and POPA's -- Hazards audit Tables (Monitoring CCP's and POPA's -- Corrective Measures) -- Good Dairy Farming Codes of Practice Hygiene, Cleaning & -- Disinfection- (Guidelines for daily farm practice) -- GOOD HYGIENE CODE OF PRACTICE ON DAIRY FARMS: SOME WORKING INSTRUCTIONS -- Procedure for Cleaning -- Hygiene Rules to Be Followed -- Check Points in the Cleaning/Disinfection Procedure -- Visitors (Professional and Lay People) -- Hygiene Measures in the Milking Parlour and it's Environment -- Other Hygiene Measures -- Quality Risk Management Program-Related Support Materials: The Farm Calendar. ; Quality Risk Management Program-Related Supportive Programs: Training Programs -- Quality Risk Management Programs: Internal Reviews and External Audits -- Quality Risk Management Program: Documents -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008: P.L. 110-314∗ -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND -- CURRENT LEGISLATION: P.L. 110-314 -- CHILDREN'S PRODUCT SAFETY -- Lead Content and Measurement (1 01) -- Third-Party Testing and Certification of Children's Products (1 02) -- Tracking Labels for Children's Products (103) -- Standards and Registration Forms for Durable Nursery Products (104) -- Labeling for Certain Toy and Game Advertising (105) -- Adoption of a Mandatory Toy Safety Standard (1 06) -- Study of Disparities in Injury/Death Rates of Minority Children (1 07) -- Ban on Specified Phthalates and Certain Alternatives in Certain Children's Products and Child Care Articles (108) -- STRENGTHENING COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES -- Reauthorization Years and Funding (201) -- Full Commission Funding and Interim Quorum (202) -- Personnel (202(c)) -- Reports to Congress (203) -- Expedited Rulemaking Procedures (204) -- Inspector General Audits and Reports (205) -- Ban on Industry-Sponsored Travel (206) -- Information Sharing with Other Government Agencies (207) -- Employee Training Exchanges (208) -- Repeal of CPSA 30(d) (237) -- Cost-Benefit Analysis under the PPPA (233) -- ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT AND COOPERATION -- Prohibition on Stockpiling (213) -- Prohibited Acts (21 6) -- Penalties (21 7) -- Enforcement by State Attorneys General (21 8) -- Whistleblower Protections (21 9) -- Federal Law Preemption (231) -- ENHANCED INSPECTION, PUBLIC NOTICE, AND RECALL -- Public Disclosure of Information (211) -- Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Database (21 2). ; Substantial Product Hazard Reporting Requirement (214(a)(2)) -- Enhanced Public Notice of Substantial Product Hazards -- Enhanced Authority for Corrective Action Plans and Recalls (21 4) -- Requirements for Recall Notice Content (214(c)) -- Identification of Supply Chain (215(b)) -- Financial Responsibility (224) -- Annual Reporting Requirement (209) -- Inspection of Certified Proprietary Laboratories (215(a)) -- SAFETY OF IMPORTED AND EXPORTED PRODUCTS -- Export of Recalled and Nonconforming Products (221) -- Development of Methodology to Identify Unsafe Imports (222) -- Cooperation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (222(c)) -- Substantial Product Hazard List and Destruction of Unsafe Imports (223) -- Study of CPSC Authority Related to Imported Products (225) -- MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS -- Adoption of a Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) Safety Standard (232) -- Formaldehyde Study (234) -- Expedited Judicial Review -- Definitions -- Pool and Spa Safety Act Technical Corrections -- Provisions Deleted in the Conference Agreement -- Chapter 9 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008: H.R. 4040∗ -- SUMMARY -- LATEST LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS -- Strengthen Commission Resources and Effectiveness -- Reauthorization Years and Authorization of Appropriations -- Full Commission Requirement and Interim Quorum -- Expedited Rulemaking -- Repeal of Section 30(d) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA) -- Formaldehyde Study -- Other -- Enhancing Children's Product Safety -- Children's Products Containing Lead and Lead Paint Rule -- Adoption of a Mandatory Toy Safety Standard -- Third-Party Testing -- Ban on Specified Phthalates and Certain Alternatives in Certain Children's Products and Child Care Articles -- Adoption of a Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) Safety Standard -- Tracking Labels for Children's Products -- Other. ; Enhanced Enforcement and Cooperation.
• Sommario/riassunto: Consumer safety has taken, over the last decades, an ever-growing and important position in our society, in particular in developed countries. This book focuses on some of the key issues in this field which touches virtually everyone including child seats, firearms, food safety, and plastics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Consumer product safety issues
• ISBN: 1-61728-201-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974496603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Safety and risk in society series.