Consumer product companies are facing unprecedented scrutiny as the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) intensifies its regulatory oversight. With heightened civil penalties, increased monitoring of e-commerce...more
Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top Over the past year, manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products containing button cell and coin batteries (or products intended to contain...more
With 2025 underway, the AFS Consumer Products team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing the consumer products industry this year....more
Every year at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization (ICPHSO)’s annual symposium in Orlando, stakeholders, regulators, and other industry members gather to discuss emerging trends and issues around...more
In recent years, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has increased pressure on consumer product companies through various enforcement mechanisms. The increase in the frequency and amount of civil penalties sought by...more
At the end of last year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved an Operating Plan for Fiscal Year 2025, which includes CPSC’s strategic priorities and resource allocations for the coming year. Stated...more
The Consumer Product Safety Commission launched its eFiling Beta Pilot a little over a year ago. Non-pilot participants were invited to participate in voluntary eFiling last summer, and the CPSC extended this stage to October...more
Cosmetics, including skin moisturizers, makeup, nail polish, shampoos, hair color, and deodorants, are predominantly regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). For those in the cosmetics industry, the Consumer...more
In this installment of ML Strategies’ Pre-Election Analysis series, we discuss the potential impact the 119th congress and presidential election on consumer product safety. Like other spheres of federal public policy,...more
On September 13, the Biden-Harris administration announced new actions to address "significant increased abuse" in the use of the de minimis import exemption. The de minimis import exemption allows low-value shipments (i.e.,...more
Consumer products regulated by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) may soon be denied entry into the United States unless the importer of record electronically files a detailed product certification with the...more
Immersive technologies are at the forefront of innovation in the consumer technology and life sciences industries, but regulators are struggling to fit these devices, which blend clinical software with commercial headsets,...more
Food and beverage companies may be surprised to learn that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is not the exclusive regulatory authority over the safety of foods and beverages. Indeed, other governmental authorities...more
This second installment of our series highlights CPSC’s Office of Compliance Activity and continued aggressive enforcement efforts. Multiple presenters emphasized CPSC’s continued aggressive enforcement. Commenters...more
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was well represented at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization’s annual symposium in Orlando, which took place in February. Agency representatives...more
On September 11, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted to adopt sweeping safety requirements, pursuant to Reese’s Law, for button cell and coin batteries and products containing these batteries or designed...more
On February 9th, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a proposed rule, as required by Reese’s Law, for button cell and coin batteries and products sold with them. While the publication of the final...more
On January 5, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported Peloton agreed to pay a $19,065,000 civil penalty as a settlement regarding its Tread+ treadmill, approximately a year and a half after the CPSC and...more
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
On March 1, 2021, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) signaled its intent to increase enforcement of its product safety regimen by seeking to more than double its current $135 million budget via a public letter from...more
An unprecedented demand for critical medical products in recent weeks has triggered an urgent interest in the potential of 3D printing to create personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical devices during the...more
2015 - The Price of Customer Loyalty: Rewards Programs and Sales and Use Tax Issues - 09.21.2015 - Retailers and other businesses use loyalty and rewards programs to draw in customers throughout the year. However,...more
Children's products, including toys, are regulated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) through the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). Certain sections of CPSIA focus on children's toys....more
On May 27th, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) announced that Office Depot agreed to pay a $3.4 million civil penalty for allegedly failing to report potential safety issues for two models of office chairs....more
In a press release issued on September 17, 2014, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Michigan-based retailer, Meijer Inc., will pay a $2 million dollar fine to resolve allegations that it...more