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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:

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