From: Subject: =?Windows-1252?Q?CPSC_Clarifies_Requirements_of_New_Children=92s_Product_?= =?Windows-1252?Q?Safety_Laws_Taking_Effect_in_February?= Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:24:44 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C98BA4.7752C3E0" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C98BA4.7752C3E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09086.html CPSC Clarifies Requirements of New Children=92s = Product Safety Laws Taking Effect in February

NEWS from CPSC

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2009
Release = #09-086

CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media = Contact: (301)=20 504-7908


CPSC Clarifies Requirements of New Children=92s Product Safety Laws = Taking=20 Effect in February
Guidance Intended for Resellers of Children=92s = Products,=20 Thrift and Consignment Stores

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In February 2009, new requirements of the Consumer = Product=20 Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) take effect. Manufacturers, importers and = retailers are expected to comply with the new Congressionally-mandated = laws.=20 Beginning February 10, 2009, children=92s products cannot be sold if = they contain=20 more than 600 parts per million (ppm) total lead. Certain children=92s = products=20 manufactured on or after February 10, 2009 cannot be sold if they = contain more=20 than 0.1% of certain specific phthalates or if they fail to meet new = mandatory=20 standards for toys.

Under the new law, children=92s products with more than 600 ppm total = lead=20 cannot lawfully be sold in the United States on or after February 10, = 2009, even=20 if they were manufactured before that date. The total lead limit drops = to 300=20 ppm on August 14, 2009.

The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers = certify that=20 children=92s products made after February 10 meet all the new safety = standards and=20 the lead ban. Sellers of used children=92s products, such as = thrift stores=20 and consignment stores, are not required to certify that those products = meet the=20 new lead limits, phthalates standard or new toy standards.

The new safety law does not require resellers to test children=92s = products in=20 inventory for compliance with the lead limit before they are sold. = However,=20 resellers cannot sell children=92s products that exceed the lead limit = and=20 therefore should avoid products that are likely to have lead content, = unless=20 they have testing or other information to indicate the products being = sold have=20 less than the new limit. Those resellers that do sell products in = violation of the new limits could face civil and/or criminal penalties. =

When the CPSIA was signed into law on August 14, 2008, it became = unlawful to=20 sell recalled products. All resellers should check the CPSC Web site (http://www.cpsc.g= ov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html)=20 for information on recalled products before taking into inventory or = selling a=20 product. The selling of recalled products also could carry civil and/or = criminal=20 penalties.

While CPSC expects every company to comply fully with the new laws = resellers=20 should pay special attention to certain product categories. Among these = are=20 recalled children=92s products, particularly cribs and play yards; = children=92s=20 products that may contain lead, such as children=92s jewelry and painted = wooden or=20 metal toys; flimsily made toys that are easily breakable into small = parts; toys=20 that lack the required age warnings; and dolls and stuffed toys that = have=20 buttons, eyes, noses or other small parts that are not securely fastened = and=20 could present a choking hazard for young children.

The agency has underway a number of rulemaking proposals intended to = provide=20 guidance on the new lead limit requirements. Please visit the CPSC = website at http://www.cpsc.gov/a= bout/cpsia/cpsia.html=20 for more information.

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Send the link for this page to a friend! = The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting = the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from = thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. = The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from = products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard. = The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as = toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - = contributed significantly to the decline in the rate of deaths and = injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 = years.

To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, = call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) = 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To = join a CPSC email subscription list, please go to https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist= .aspx. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at = CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov. =

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