Consumer Product Safety Commission issues [[electronic resource] /] / Isaac E. Bowman, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 381.3/40973
• Soggetto topico: Product safety - United States
• Altri autori: BowmanIsaac E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION ISSUES -- CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION ISSUES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 BETTER INFORMATION AND PLANNING WOULD STRENGTHEN CPSC'S OVERSIGHT OF IMPORTED PRODUCTS -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- CPSC Protects Consumers Primarily through Product Safety Standards -- Import Safety Responsibility within CPSC -- CPSC Works Closely with CBP at Ports of Entry -- CPSC'S AUTHORITIES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE EFFECTIVE, BUT IMPLEMENTATION IS LIMITED BY INCOMPLETE INFORMATION ON IMPORTED PRODUCTS AND RESOURCE AND PRACTICAL CONSTRAINTS -- Consensus Exists That CPSC Has Broad Authority over Imported Products, but CPSC's Assessment of Effectiveness Has Been Limited -- Implementation of CPSC's New Authorities to Prevent Entry of Unsafe Products into the United States Has Been Delayed -- CPSC Needs Better Targeting Information to Strengthen Enforcement with CBP at Ports of Entry -- Updated MOU with CBP Would Be Useful as CPSC Develops Its Risk Assessment Methodology -- Better Advance Shipment Data Would Strengthen CPSC's Targeting Efforts -- CPSC's Enforcement of Import Safety Authorities Is Limited by Resource and Practical Constraints -- AUTHORITIES OF SELECT AGENCIES ARE COMPARABLE TO CPSC'S, BUT FDA AND USDA'S BORDER SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES AND OVERSEAS PRESENCE PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION FOR STRENGTHENING CPSC'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS AUTHORITIES -- CPSC's Authorities to Prevent the Entry of Unsafe Products Are Generally Comparable to Those of Other Federal Agencies -- Other Federal Agencies' Border Surveillance and Overseas Activities to Prevent the Entry of Unsafe Products May Be Useful for CPSC to Consider. ; INFORMATION SHARING AND COOPERATION AMONG COUNTRIES PROVIDE WAY TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES AND STRENGTHEN CPSC'S IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS AUTHORITIES, BUT CPSC LACKS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO GUIDE ITS WORK -- While Similarities in Import Safety Authorities and Challenges Exist among Certain Countries, Their Institutional Structures and Implementation Reflect Unique National Approaches -- Engagement among Countries Provides Ways to Address Shared Import Safety Challenges -- CPSC Has Not Developed Long-term Plans for International Activities -- CPSC HAS ESTABLISHED ANNUAL GOALS AND SHORT-TERM PLANS TO PREVENT THE ENTRY OF UNSAFE PRODUCTS, BUT LACKS A LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THE FUTURE -- CPSC Has Established Short-term Plans and Annual Goals for Import Safety -- CPSC Has Recognized the Need for U.S. Consumer Product Safety Policy to Comply with WTO Obligations and International Trade Agreements -- CPSC Lacks a Long-term Plan to Prevent the Entry of Unsafe Products -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II. PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS FOR CPSC ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES -- APPENDIX III. KEY AUTHORITIES OF SELECT FEDERAL AGENCIES -- APPENDIX IV. KEY AUTHORITIES OF SELECTED INTERNATIONAL ENTITIES -- Australia -- Environment for Consumer Product Safety in Australia -- Regulatory Framework/System -- Future Plans -- Canada -- Environment for Consumer Product Safety in Canada -- Regulatory Framework/System -- Future Plans -- European Union -- Environment for Consumer Product Safety in the EU -- Regulatory Framework in the EU -- Japan -- Environment for Consumer Product Safety in Japan -- Regulatory Framework/System -- Future Plans -- China -- Environment for Consumer Product Safety in China -- End Notes. ; Chapter 2 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION: CPSIA IMPLEMENTATION -- SUMMARY -- ABOUT THE AGENCY -- CPSIA: MAJOR PROVISIONS -- CONGRESS ACTS TO STRENGTHEN CPSC -- CPSIA IMPLEMENTATION PLAGUED BY CONCERNS AND CONFUSION -- CONGRESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND LEGISLATION -- End Notes -- Chapter 3 BETTER DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMER INFORMATION EFFORTS COULD HELP PROTECT MINORITY CHILDREN -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- CPSC Efforts to Inform Consumers about Product Hazards -- Related Department of Health and Human Services Efforts -- Injury and Death Data Sources Used by CPSC -- FEW STUDIES ASSESS RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN'S RISK OF DEATH FROM INJURIES RELATED TO CONSUMER PRODUCTS, AND DATA LIMITATIONS CONSTRAIN CPSC ANALYSIS -- Few Studies Assess Racial and Ethnic Differences in Child Death Rates from Injuries Related to Consumer Products -- Drowning -- Suffocation -- Poisoning -- CPSC Has Not Analyzed Racial and Ethnic Differences in Product-Related Injury and Death because of Data Limitations -- NEISS System -- Death Certificates -- CPSC HAS DEVELOPED OR MODIFIED SOME CONSUMER INFORMATION EFFORTS TO REACH SPECIFIC MINORITY POPULATIONS, BUT HAS NOT ASSESSED THE RESULTS OF THESE EFFORTS -- CPSC Has Tailored Some Outreach for Hispanic Communities and Established Relationships to Assist in Reaching Other Minority Populations -- CPSC Has Used Some Consumer Input to Develop Safety Information, but Has Not Assessed Outreach Efforts to Specific Audiences -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION -- AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION -- APPENDIX I. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY -- APPENDIX II. KEY PRACTICES FOR CONSUMER EDUCATION PLANNING -- APPENDIX III. COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES -- Related GAO Products. ; End Notes -- Chapter 4 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 (101) -- Third-Party Testing and Certification of Children's Products (102) -- 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 (106) -- Study of Disparities in Injury/Death Rates of Minority Children (107) -- 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 (216) -- Penalties (217) -- Enforcement by State Attorneys General (218) -- Whistleblower Protections (219) -- Federal Law Preemption (231) -- Enhanced Inspection, Public Notice, and Recall -- Public Disclosure of Information (211) -- Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Database (212) -- Substantial Product Hazard Reporting Requirement (214(a)(2)) -- Enhanced Public Notice of Substantial Product Hazards -- Enhanced Authority for Corrective Action Plans and Recalls (214) -- 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 -- End Notes -- Chapter 5 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT (CPSIA): NEW REQUIREMENTS AND EMERGING IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Definition of Consumer Product -- Definition of Children's Product -- CERTIFICATION AND TESTING -- General Conformity Certification -- Children's Product Third-Party Testing and Certification -- Stay of Enforcement of Certification and Testing -- APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN NEW PRODUCT STANDARDS -- Lead -- Lead-Based Paint Standard and Inventory -- Lead Content/Substrate Standard -- Inventory Manufactured before Effective Date of New Standard -- Statutory Exemptions and Implementing Regulations -- Applicability to Specific Products -- Phthalates -- Inventory Manufactured before Effective Date (Court Ordered Application) -- Standard Concerns Certain Children's Toys and Children's Products -- Applicability to Specific Products -- California Phthalates Ban -- Toy Safety Standard -- IMPLEMENTATION CONCERNS OF SPECIFIC STAKEHOLDERS -- Small Businesses -- Second-hand Resellers. ; State Petitions for Exemption from Preemption.
• Titolo autorizzato: Consumer Product Safety Commission issues
• ISBN: 1-61324-273-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810790403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Safety and risk in society series.