{"id":409,"date":"2016-01-22T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T14:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.masstortlawyerblog.com\/?p=409"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:35:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:35:41","slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission-may-provide-employees-power-vote-voluntary-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/consumer-product-safety-commission-may-provide-employees-power-vote-voluntary-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Product Safety Commission May Provide Employees with Power to Vote on Voluntary Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) is preparing to vote on whether to enact a proposed\u00a0rule<\/a>\u00a0that would permit the Commission’s\u00a0employees\u00a0to participate in\u00a0the numerous committees that create CPSC’s voluntary guidelines. The rule would also vest members with the ability to vote as committee members, while also authorizing them to lead committees subject to approval from the CPSC’s executive director.<\/p>\n

The proposed rule was developed in response to a recommendation from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”), urging the Commission to investigate the feasibility of taking a more engaged and active role in the creation of voluntary standards.<\/p>\n

The CPSC develops voluntary standards, which create safety provisions geared toward identifying the countless consumer hazards that many products pose, including goods commonly found in schools, parks, playgrounds, homes, and other prominent locations. Due to the complexity of these guidelines, a great deal of work goes into their development, revision, final proposal, and enactment. Three committees were created within the CPSC to help create standards: the American Society for Testing and Materials, the American National Standards Institute, and Underwriters\u00a0Laboratories, Inc.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) is preparing to vote on whether to enact a proposed\u00a0rule\u00a0that would permit the Commission’s\u00a0employees\u00a0to participate in\u00a0the numerous committees that create CPSC’s voluntary guidelines. 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