CPSIA

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Congress enacted the Consumer Products Safety Act (“CPSA”) in 1972 to remedy inadequate protections available to consumers from unreasonable risks of injury associated with consumer products. The statutes adopted under the CPSA were intended to assist consumers in evaluating the comparative safety of consumer products, to develop uniform safety standards for consumer products, to minimize conflicting state and local regulations, and to promote research and investigation into the causes and prevention of product-related deaths, illnesses, and injuries.  In 2008, after a wave of imported toys and consumer goods were found to contain the toxin lead, Congress enacted the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (“CPSIA”)  in order to modernize the Consumer Products Safety Commission (“CPSC”) and establish more stringent consumer product safety standards and safety requirements, with a particular focus on regulating children’s products.