Soaring Numbers of Safety Incidents and Costly Worker Claims in Public Schools
December 30, 2014, News.com.au
4,000 safety incidents in 4 months hit Australia public schools; claims jump 18% to $29.5 million in same period.
Fiskars Agrees to Pay $2.6 million to Settle Allegations it Delayed Reporting Gerber Ax Safety Issues
December 31, 2014, Oregonlive.com
Feds claim company received multiple complaints of injuries from 2005-2010. Company agrees to set up product safety system as part of settlement.
Auto Industry Galvanized After Record Recall Year
December 30, 2014, The New York Times
With over 60 million vehicles involved in 700 recalls, industry is cleaning up “lapses” that cover a wide range of parts used in multiple models.
How Major Bottling Brands are Ensuring Safety International Standards
December 29, 2014, The National Mirror
Barrage of consumer complaints on foreign bodies in bottled drinks has Nigerian bottlers focused on due care.
Top 10 Civil Justice Stories of 2014
December 31, 2014, The Legal Examiner
Personal injury attorneys post their “top 10” stories of 2014, including punitive damage caps, forced arbitration of service members, Takata airbag defects, and GM ignition defect compensation program.
Congress Finally Enacts Chemical Facility Security Legislation
December 23, 2014, Lexicology
Bipartisan measure signed by President extends Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program. New act does not require existing covered chemical facilities to adopt inherently safer technology.
China, U.S. Look at Assessing Food Quality
January 1, 2015, China Economic Net
China adopts U.S. risk assessment tools to implement food quality standards and mitigate food fraud. Ministry expresses “strong interest” in working with U.S. convention to apply to ag products.
Packaging and Its Partners
December 23, 2014, Health Care Packaging
Packaging serves as product “labeling” structure. Both “industry and regulators use labeling statements frequently as tools to contribute to product safety.”
Data No. 1 Commodity in Supply Chain Putting Companies at Risk for Cyberattacks
December 30, 2014, Supply Chain Brain
Understanding how “technology that enables more rapid and productive dissemination of critical information” also becomes a “burgeoning access terminal for cybercriminals.”
FDA Will Not Penalize for Non-compliance of Tracing Policy
December 29, 2014, HealthcarePackaging.com
Move made in effort to “minimize possible disruptions in the distribution of prescription drugs in the U.S.” New requirements take effect in 2015 for manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and repackagers.
CA Court Decision Will Place BPA Back on Harmful Chemicals List
December 24, 2014, Food Safety News
CA court rules that State “did not abuse its discretion” in the decision to add BPA under Prop 65 list harmful chemicals that require warnings. Denies request by American Chemistry Council.
