Business, Employment and Real Estate Law in Ohio » Business, Employment and Real Estate in Ohio http://ryanrivchun.com The legal blog of Ryan Rivchun on business, employment and real estate in Ohio Thu, 10 May 2012 13:30:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Consumer Product Safety Commission announces new requirements for children’s products http://ryanrivchun.com/2009/08/consumer-product-safety-commission-announces-new-requirements-for-childrens-products/ http://ryanrivchun.com/2009/08/consumer-product-safety-commission-announces-new-requirements-for-childrens-products/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:34:44 +0000 Ryan Rivchun http://ryanrivchun.com/?p=130 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission just announced new requirements for children’s products pursuant to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement  Act. A copy of the announcement is available here and the new requirements are  effective tomorrow, August 14, 2009.

The new requirements can be summarized as follows:

  1. The limit for lead in children’s products drops from 600 ppm to 300 ppm
  2. The limit for lead in paint and surface coatings for consumer use drops from 600 ppm to 90 ppm
  3. Civil penalties for violations are increased to $100,000 per violation and a maximum of $15 million for a related series of violations
  4. Manufacturers must place permanent tracking labels on any consumer products primarily intended for children 12 and under. Information about the tracking label requirements is available here

In addition, the Commission also reminded businesses that printed material advertising for toys and games intended for use by children from 3 to 6 must have warning labels regarding potential choking hazards to children younger than 3. The new requirements had a grace period for compliance that ended. All printed materials distributed on or after August 9, 2009 must comply with the new requirements.

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