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Consumer Product Safety Guide
When someone's safety—and your company's future—rely on full compliance
with the laws and regulations administered by the Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), it's essential to stay on top of the latest regulations. Missing
a critical change in product safety requirements could leave you facing
heavy fines and financially crippling lawsuits. The CCH Consumer Product
Safety Guide gives you a reliable way to keep informed and
litigation-free. Subscribe today to:
- Prepare for compliance by tracing
the progress of proposed regulations and pinpointing their current status
at any time until final issuance or withdrawal
- Receive automatic emails
of CPSC recalls and notices and keep up with the new regulations and
standards that often follow
- Access official texts of Motor Vehicle
Safety standards that new cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles and RVs must
meet and learn about the latest recall and enforcement activities of the
NHTSA
- Use convenient headnotes that provide an overview of each case and
explanations that summarize and analyze the key points of a topic
- Keep up-to-date with semimonthly report updates (monthly with CD-ROM version)
containing summaries of significant actions by regulatory and industry
action group
- Stay abreast of new developments with our Report Letter
(included with each update) describing the latest recalls and settlements,
industry and consumer news and highlighting the actions of the courts,
CPSC and NHTSA
Features and Benefits
Enjoy access to the most complete source of information available - Staying abreast of increasingly complex regulations requires comprehensive
research, frequent updates and expert assessment¿exactly what you'll find in
the Consumer Product Safety Guide. No other full-text reference is as thorough.
This three-volume reference provides you with:
- Authoritative explanations with annotations
- Official text of the Consumer Product Safety Act and the motor vehicle safety provisions of the Federal Transportation Code
- Full text of allied laws from the EPA and FDA
- Details of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recall and enforcement powers
- New and proposed regulations
- Established standards
- Court decisions
- New developments
- Semimonthly reports and summaries
Receive full-text coverage of consumer safety laws and regulations - All statutes under which the CPSC has authority are reported, including:
- The Federal Hazardous Substances Act
- The Poison Prevention Packaging Act
- The Children's Bicycle Helmet Safety Act of 1994
This publication does not cover the regulation of food, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, cigarettes, pesticides, or caustic poisons (covered in the CCH Food, Drug and Cosmetics Law Reports).
Be confident that your facts are current and reliable with
semimonthly updates and automatic emails - Your subscription to the Consumer Product Safety Guide includes semimonthly
reports (monthly with CD-ROM version) and summaries that track developing
issues from initial proposal to final action. Whether it's airbag disabling switches
or disposable cigarette lighters, this authoritative guide always keeps you up-to-date. In addition to your updates, you'll also receive automatic emails of
CPSC notices, recalls and press releases as they become available.
Any recall that might affect your business or client will be brought
to your attention without delay.
Table Of Contents
Guide to laws and regulations
Imports, exports
Rulemaking procedures, standards development, judicial review
Labeling, packaging, premarket notice
Bans, imminent hazards
Product standards-exemptions, variances, certification, stock-piling
Motor vehicle standards-exemptions, certification
Inspections, recordkeeping, reports, testing, investigations
Defect notices and remedies, recalls, exemptions
Penalties, injunctions, seizure, private suits
Data dissemination, research, contracts
Regulatory agencies, personnel, standards-setters
Consumer product laws, regulations and standards
Full text of laws such as: the Consumer Product Safety Act, the
Flammable Fabrics Act and the Federal Hazardous Substances
Act
Regulations and standards
Proposed legislation affecting manufacturers and sellers of
consumer products
Motor vehicle laws, regulations and standards
Motor vehicle safety provisions of the U.S. Code
Regulations and standards
Preambles to amending orders
Consumer products
Motor vehicles
New Developments
Consumer product and automobile recalls
Enforcement actions
Standards exemptions
Proposed regulations
Court Decisions
U.S. Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal
U.S. District Courts
State decisions