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PPAI In Action: PPAI Joins Manufacturers’ Petition Regarding Tracking Labels
Issue: 2009mar
PPAI has joined the petition filed by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) CPSC Coalition, dated March 25, asking the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for a one-year emergency stay of enforcement on the tracking label provision of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), until August 14, 2010.
“We are gravely concerned that there remains insufficient time prior to the current August 14, 2009, implementation date to finalize, publish and adopt new tracking systems and marks,” says Steve Slagle, CAE, PPAI president and CEO, who joined the petition on behalf of PPAI.
“Additionally, we specifically call on the CPSC to identify those situations where it is not ‘practicable’ to affix tracking labels, particularly on very small products such as lapel pins, key chains and pens. By adopting a stay of enforcement, the CPSC will allow businesses to adhere to the tracking label requirements, revamp packaging during normal production runs and develop electronic databases without a disruption of business practices,” adds Slagle.
In February, PPAI signed a petition with the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) requesting that pen point components be excluded from compliance with Section 101 of the CPSIA, and last December, PPAI joined with the NAM CPSC Coalition to file a petition with the CPSC asking the group to provide comprehensive guidance to the business community and testing laboratories on testing and exemptions. That petition has been credited with the one-year stay on third-party testing announced last month.
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