Federal Consumer Product Legislation Passed By Congress
On August 14, 2008, President Bush signed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the “Act”) into law. The impetus for the Act was the rash of recalls of toys and children’s products in 2007, many of which were lead-containing imports from China. While the Act contains many provisions specifically relating to children’s products, it also is a comprehensive overhaul of existing consumer product safety laws, which likely will affect the operations of all manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers of consumer products sold or manufactured in the United States. The Act also restructures and increases resources for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”), which was largely blamed for failing to monitor and inspect the more than 45 million children’s products that were recalled last year.
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