Not Knowing the Intended Use of a Product Puts Suppliers and Distributors at Risk
In a new online blog article entitled "Good morning. I'm Calling from the Consumer Product Safety Commission," Brenner describes a scenario in which a backpack had been imprinted with a scene of three little bears heading into a red school house yet the supplier is unaware that the juvenile imprint converts the bag into a children's product.
"So how did we get here and what is the solution," Brenner asks. "The problem started because Congress didn't have the promotional products industry in mind when it wrote the CPSIA. They were targeting companies like Mattel and Hasbro—companies that produce children's products and toys for a specific age range. In fact, the very first criteria that Congress wrote into the law for determining whether a product is a children's product is ... 'A statement by a manufacturer about the intended use of such product if such statement is reasonable.'"
- Companies:
- PPAI
- Prime Line
- People:
- Rick Brenner