CPSC Launches Online Hazard Reporting Tool for Business, Etc. in Public Database
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has launched two new features to the business portal of SaferProducts.gov, the online public database of consumer product safety incidents. CPSC says that the enhancements are largely in response to requests and feedback CPSC received from businesses and trade associations.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
Online Form Allows Companies to Report Potentially Hazardous or Defective Products
The first feature is a new, comprehensive online form allows manufacturers, private labelers and importers to quickly submit required reports of potentially hazardous or defective products to CPSC.
(CPSC statute requires manufacturers or importers to immediately report to CPSC information that reasonably supports the conclusion that a product contains a defect that could create a substantial product hazard, an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, or fails to comply with a consumer product safety rule, ban, etc.)
CPSC Can Now Correspond Electronically with Businesses on All Submitted Reports
The second feature expands CPSC's ability to correspond with all of the businesses registered on SaferProducts.gov using the Business Portal, instead of postal mail. All registered manufacturers, importers and private labelers identified in incident reports will now receive notices electronically, regardless of whether the report is eligible to be published on SaferProducts.gov. Previously, businesses could only receive SaferProducts-eligible reports electronically.
Eventually Registered Businesses Will Be Able to Add Brand Names for Their Products, Etc.
CPSC states that with this release, the structure has been put in place to eventually allow businesses registered in the Business Portal to add brand names for products they sell or have sold. Along with brand names, the time periods during which the company sold each brand also can be identified. CPSC believes that this information will help it more easily contact the appropriate business when a report about a product is submitted to SaferProducts.gov.