Thanks to @KEVIN for alerting me to the news. Scott Wolfson also confirmed this evening that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission voted unanimously (2-0) to issue a one year stay of enforcement for certain testing and certification requirements for manufacturers and importers of regulated products, including products intended for children 12 years old and younger. (More …)
Posts Tagged: Scott Wolfson
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1 Permanent link to CPSC Grants 1 Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products CPSC Grants 1 Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Friday, January 30th, 2009
CPSC Grants 1 Year Stay of Testing and Certification Requirements for Certain Products
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19 Permanent link to The CPSC Takes Questions from eBay Community The CPSC Takes Questions from eBay Community
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
The CPSC Takes Questions from eBay Community
I wrote a post back in December regarding eBay banning deadly products and included a conversation I had with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) spokesperson, Scott Wolfson.Since that post a number of emails have come in regarding the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act due to go into effect on February 10, 2009. So much so that it was agreed here internally that a follow-up post was in order. We wanted to get eBay users’ input on the pending changes and questions that could be posed directly back to the CPSC. Griff went out onto the boards and solicited questions and I then went back to Scott and posed them in a phone conversation this past Friday. (More …)
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3 Permanent link to eBay Bans Deadly Products from Site; Works Closely With Consumer Product Safety Commission eBay Bans Deadly Products from Site; Works Closely With Consumer Product Safety Commission
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, December 11th, 2008
eBay Bans Deadly Products from Site; Works Closely With Consumer Product Safety Commission
It’s no secret that I’ve made online trust & safety a key topic of discussion here on Ink recently going so far as to enlist the contributions of eBay’s Online Safety Advisor, Rich LaMagna, to weigh in from time to time on policies and best practices. With that in mind, when I learned that we assisted in enforcing the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) recall of Simplicity bassinets and Magnetix toys, I wanted to learn more.
I was fortunate enough to spend a few minutes with Scott Wolfson of the CPSC to find out more about the recent recalls and how online consumers can keep up to speed on product recalls and consumer safety. (More …)
