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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Graco Baby Cribs Recalled |
| Published: September 22, 2007, 1:17 pm |
| Tags: General News, Consumer Product Safety, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Crib, Cribs, Graco Crib Recall, Graco Recall |
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| Product Safety Chief Sees Setbacks in Senate Bill |
| Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Product, Safety, Chief, Sees, Setbacks, Senate, Bill, Mark Pryor, Nancy Nord, Daniel Inouye, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| The chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission says a Senate bill that would more than double the agency's budget and expand its authority would be too difficult for the agency to implement and "put the American people at greater risk." |
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| China Likens Tainted Food Response to (Disastrous) SARS Inaction |
| Published: November 2, 2007, 5:43 am |
| Tags: China, Center For Disease Control, Centers For Disease Control, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Deadly, Disease Control, Food Safety, Lead Paint, News, Poison, Politics, Product Safety, Propaganda, Sars, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Wu Yi |
| China said yesterday it needed to tackle the year-long food and product safety scandals as it tackled the SARS outbreak more than four years ago. That reponse was a total disaster. read more |
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| Safety Agency Requests Review of Travel Policy |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Safety, Agency, Requests, Review, Travel, Policy, Nancy Nord, Dick Durbin, Hal Stratton, The White House, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, The Washington Post Company, Amy Klobuchar, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Caucus, U S Office Of Government Ethics |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission chief Nancy Nord yesterday requested an outside review of her agency's travel policies after a report detailing dozens of trips paid by manufacturers' groups for her and her predecessor stoked outrage in Congress. |
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| Safety Agency Requests Review of Travel Policy |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Safety, Agency, Requests, Review, Travel, Policy, Nancy Nord, Dick Durbin, Hal Stratton, The White House, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, The Washington Post Company, Amy Klobuchar, Rahm Emanuel, Democratic Caucus, U S Office Of Government Ethics |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission chief Nancy Nord yesterday requested an outside review of her agency's travel policies after a report detailing dozens of trips paid by manufacturers' groups for her and her predecessor stoked outrage in Congress. |
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| CPSC's Ethics-Review Process For Travel Criticized by Experts |
| Published: November 6, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Cpsc S, Ethics Review, Process, For, Travel, Criticized, Experts, Hal Stratton, Nancy Nord, Page Faulk, John G Mullan, Ross Koeser, China, Toy Industry Association Inc, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, United States, Pennsylvania, Intercontinental Mark Hopkins H |
| Top officials at the Consumer Product Safety Commission repeatedly took costly trips at industry expense after internal reviews that ethics experts say were weak and superficial, including one instance in which the agency's ethics official traveled with the commission chairman as a guest of a... |
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| U.S. Plans Tougher Inspection Of Imports |
| Published: November 7, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: U S, Plans, Tougher, Inspection, Imports, The White House, United States, Food And Drug Administration, Edmund Mierzwinski, George W Bush, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, Cal Dooley, Chris Waldrop, Diana Degette, Gaithersburg, Mark Pryor, Michael Leavitt, Rober |
| Following recent recalls of Chinese-made tires, toothpaste and toys, the Bush administration yesterday announced a plan to improve the safety of what Americans buy and eat by intervening before imports reach the United States. |
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| Consumer Agency's Recent 'Gift Travel' May Spur a Ban |
| Published: November 8, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Consumer, Agency S, Recent, Gift, Travel, May, Spur, Ban, Alan Schoem, Ann Brown, Nancy A Nord, China, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Charles Schumer, Claire Mccaskill, Hal Stratton, Los Angeles, Mary Sheila Gall, Orlando Florida, Palm |
| Records newly released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission demonstrate that its employees traveled on industry-financed trips dating at least to 1998, demonstrating a wider use of "gift travel" than previously known. |
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| Consumer Agency's Recent 'Gift Travel' May Spur a Ban |
| Published: November 8, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Consumer, Agency S, Recent, Gift, Travel, May, Spur, Ban, Alan Schoem, Ann Brown, Nancy A Nord, China, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Charles Schumer, Claire Mccaskill, Hal Stratton, Los Angeles, Mary Sheila Gall, Orlando Florida, Palm |
| Records newly released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission demonstrate that its employees traveled on industry-financed trips dating at least to 1998, demonstrating a wider use of "gift travel" than previously known. |
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| Toy/Food Recalls: How to Take Action |
| Published: November 12, 2007, 1:01 pm |
| Tags: Consumer Product Safety Commission, Consumerproductsafetycommission, Consumers Union, Consumersunion, Keeping Toys Safe, Keepingtoyssafe, List Of Lead Recalls, Listofleadrecalls, Photographs Of Toys With Lead, Photographsoftoyswithlead, Recalled Toys, Recalledtoys |
| authorized to research the safety of nanotechnology in products Increase civil fines up to $250,000 per violation with a cap at $100 million; Increase criminal penalties to 5 years in jail for those who knowingly and willingly violate product safety laws Require third party safety certification on every children's product that |
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| Playing It Safe |
| Published: November 17, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Playing, Safe, Alison Cassady, Curious George, Charles Margulis, Don Mays, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, Playskool Team Talkin Tool Bench, California, Minnesota, Radioshack Corporation, Toys R Us Inc, Baileys Crossroads, Oakland |
| You might have thought after this year's string of high-profile recalls that there wouldn't be many dangerous toys left on store shelves. But safety consultant Alison Cassady still managed to spend about $700 during her annual shopping expedition for unsafe toys. |
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| Panel Rejects Oversight for Theme Parks |
| Published: December 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Panel, Rejects, Oversight, For, Theme, Parks, Ed Markey, Jane Harman, Cliff Stearns, Bobby Rush, Elizabeth Williamson, John Dingell, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, U S House Committee On Energy And Commerce, United States |
| The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday rejected a measure to subject amusement park rides to federal monitoring but promised a first-ever hearing on the issue. |
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| Panel Rejects Oversight for Theme Parks |
| Published: December 14, 2007, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Panel, Rejects, Oversight, For, Theme, Parks, Ed Markey, Jane Harman, Cliff Stearns, Bobby Rush, Elizabeth Williamson, John Dingell, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, U S House Committee On Energy And Commerce, United States |
| The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday rejected a measure to subject amusement park rides to federal monitoring but promised a first-ever hearing on the issue. |
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| Goodbye to Bob |
| Published: January 5, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Goodbye, Bob, Robert L Hundemer, United States, Julie Vallese, Nancy Nord, Fisher Price Inc, Dick Durbin, Cbs Corporation, The New York Times Company, Gaithersburg, Springfield, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission |
| Bob has dropped his last toy. Robert L. Hundemer, the man who unwittingly became a symbol of the nation's underfunded product safety system, retired Thursday after more than 25 years of government service. In the midst of last year's toy recalls, Hundemer, an engineering technician with the Consu... |
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| Safety Chief Defends Record on Toys |
| Published: January 10, 2008, 12:00 am |
| Tags: Safety, Chief, Defends, Record, Toys, Nancy A Nord, George W Bush, Charles Schumer, National Press Club, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, United States |
| "Oh, gosh. You know, I'm tempted to answer that question rather fliply." |
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