| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (323 p.)
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| Disciplina |
363.19
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
VargaPéter A
PintérMáté D
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| Collana |
Safety and risk in society series
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| Soggetto topico |
Product safety
Consumer protection
Product safety - Law and legislation
Consumer protection - Law and legislation
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| ISBN |
1-61728-201-4
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| 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.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828738403321 |
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2006 IEEE Symposium on Product Safety Engineering : Irvine, CA, 23-24 October 2006
