Group urges safety agency to improve policies to better protect consumers
Posted by RitaR on August 12th, 2010|
By Rita R. Robison, Blogging at The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, offered recommendations this week to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on several steps to take to better protect the public. They include:
“The CPSC is at a crucial point in implementing the mandates that Congress set out in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008,” said Christine Hines, Public Citizen’s consumer and civil justice counsel, who testified at a public hearing to discuss the commission’s agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2012. “We will continue to urge the commission to make decisions in favor of protecting consumers and not industry.” The safety act was signed into law in 2008. Among its provisions are:
Calling for the creation of a comprehensive publicly accessible consumer complaint database. The online incident database, expected to launch in March 2011, will allow consumers to more efficiently report potential hazards and better research products before they buy, Hines said. Public Citizen urges the commission to be vigilant about including new product safety information and updating the database in a timely manner, she said. Public Citizen also suggested that the agency support legislation that would require foreign manufacturers importing goods into the U.S. to maintain registered agents in the U.S. to receive notice of civil and regulatory claims initiated against them. Requiring a registered agent would allow the commission and consumers to hold foreign manufacturers accountable, especially given that the majority of potentially harmful consumer products are imported, Hines said. Popularity: 1% [?] |
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