Rideshare bicycles and scooters have become increasingly ubiquitous in cities across the United States over the past few years. While many rideshare bicycles are conventional, others feature pedal-assist technology and are commonly referred to as “electric bicycles” or “e-bikes.” As for scooters, electric versions are offered to consumers by rapidly growing micromobility companies such as
Recalls in Review: A monthly spotlight on trending regulatory enforcement issues at the CPSC.
As we launch into the third quarter of 2020, we are taking a look at the trends from the CPSC’s recalls through the first half of the year. The Commission has conducted 145 total recalls so far this year. As is
Blockchain is a digital, decentralized, distributed ledger that provides a way for information to be recorded, shared and maintained by a community. Below we review the impact blockchain can have on increasing product safety, reducing recall expense, combatting counterfeits and otherwise assisting retailers in managing risk and protecting customers. By allowing for near real time,
Recalls in Review: A monthly spotlight on trending regulatory enforcement issues at the CPSC.
In the past year, the Commission has significantly ramped up its monitoring of products for compliance with special packaging safety standards (16 CFR § 1700), resulting in a jump in recalls for failure to meet those standards. The CPSC has conducted
Recalls in Review: A monthly spotlight on trending regulatory enforcement issues at the CPSC.
The CPSC has been very clear that protecting children from dresser tip over is a top priority. The Commission actively monitors and tests furniture for compliance with stability standards, and frequently recalls products that present a tip over hazard. As of
Last week, we attended the annual conference of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO), where Robert Adler, Acting Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) addressed the conference in his capacity as interim chairman of the agency. Acting Chairman Adler began his remarks by acknowledging that he is an
Recalls in Review: A monthly spotlight on trending regulatory enforcement issues at the CPSC.
If you manufacture or sell strollers—or use a stroller to transport children under your care—headlines regarding CPSC litigation over the Britax BOB jogging stroller are likely fresh in your memory. In today’s installment of “Recalls in Review,” we look back at
The current process for creating voluntary product safety standards has recently been criticized in the media in connection with a debate over whether rare-earth magnets can be adequately regulated through the voluntary standard process in order to protect children from swallowing the magnets. Regardless of opinions about how the process works, the CPSC treats them
Companies should have robust procedures in place so they can quickly respond to the receipt of information concerning the safety of their product(s). Last month, we posted an article about best practices for collecting safety complaint data, which focused on how to gather and save data when a consumer safety complaint comes through the
As more organizations incorporate technology in newfound ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness, government agencies have done the same. Take, for instance, the CPSC’s new recall app, which makes recall information more accessible to consumers on their mobile devices. Now government agencies are looking towards companies to apply the latest technologies to protecting consumer