CPSIA 1-year Stay Granted!

January 31, 2009

I don’t know how many of you have been following this, but the Consumer Product Safety Commission had the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) set to go in effect on February 2, 2009. They announced yesterday in a press release that they are granting a one year stay of testing and certification requirements on certain products. I think I heard many people let out a huge collective sigh when they read that release.

The CPSIA has far reaching implications. Please take a few minutes to read up on it so you are aware of what is going on. Show your support, thoughts, and concerns where needed.

CPSC Press Release on One Year Stay
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09115.html

CPSC Main Page about CPSIA
http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/cpsia.html

Forbes.com Commentary Scrap the CPSIA
http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/16/cpsia-safety-toys-oped-cx_wo_0116olson.html

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brandy

i haven’t been following up on it, and hardly knew about it. i’m glad they are doing more to insure our safety. thanks for sharing
bwalleshauser AT yahoo DOT com
Stacey Moore

this is really good news!
DG

I have been seeing this on every blog. I was certainly worried for small companies and homebased artists but this is good news. Thanks for sharing! :)

dreamzz12{at}aol{dot}com
Peggy

Very good ,It will help alot of people
lisainkc

I am so happy to hear about the stay on this!! I have been really reading up on this and heard alot about it during the bloggy carnival. I am really happy for the vendors that would have been affected by it. Yeahhhhh!!!!
bevh566

wasn’t aware of this. thanks
angie

I hadn’t heard of this so its great! I personally had written a couple of letters to my local representatives so I am glad this happened!

Angie
Pricousins at aol dot com
mom2beauty

This is going to be a relief for many! I havent been keeping up on everything, but I knew about it and I knew alot of those in the crafting world were worried about it!
Thanks for the links!
She Became A Butterfly

Thank you for all the links! Good news for online artists!

she
pookielocks [at] ymail [dot] com
hickcrazy1

Well, this is a bit of good news. thanks for the heads up!
Lori

I still think that there should just be a warning label on the toy allowed for companies that operate on a small scale.

lkziegler[at]gmail[dot]com
Mangi

I haven’t been following it at all, but it is really good news.
Thanks for the information.

mangikano@gmail.com
Bybi

This is very important, I appreciatte that you brought it for us.

ningumi AT gmail DOT com
Reva Skie

This law is such a bunch of ridiculousness, we can allow all manner of toxic made in China trash into our country to poison our pets, children, environment, but heaven forbid someone wants to make a living selling handmade anything. Ugh, just, ugh.
Organic Sugar Scrub

I just recently was brought on board with all this, and it could seriously affect me. It’s nice that people like you are putting the info out there so people are aware.

Rachel Ferrucci
http://www.Touchd.net
MonkeyBaby

there wer so many problems with this legislation (kids under 12 can no longer go into libraries because books might be toxic??!!) — i’m not surprised it’s being delayed. let’s hope someone gets a clue and seriously fixes CPSIA before next year!