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Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has the responsibility of protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from many types of consumer products. The CPSC has a commitment to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
One importantarea are of focus for the CPSC is toy and children’s consumer goods safety. To address this requirement, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 was signed into law on August 14, 2008 by President George W. Bush. The legislative bill is HR 4040, sponsored by Congressman Bobby Rush (D-Ill.). On December 19, 2007, the U.S. House approved the bill 407-0. On March 6, 2008, the U.S. Senate approved the bill 79-13. The law empowers the CPSC to impose new testing and documentation requirements, and sets new acceptable levels of several hazardous substances. It imposes new requirements on manufacturers, distributors, and importers of toys, apparel, shoes, personal care products, accessories and jewelry, home furnishings, bedding, toys, electronics and video games, books, school supplies, and educational materials. The CPSIA also increases fines and specifies jail time for some violations.
The current Consumer Products Safety Commission members are:
Chairman Inez Tenenbaum
Commissioner Robert (Bob) Adler
Commissioner Thomas Moore
Commissioner Nancy Nord
Commissioner Anne Northup
More information can be obtained by accessing the CPSIA website at:
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html
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