Lumber Liquidators Sued in California Over Formaldehyde Home Test Kits
April 1, 2015, Insurance Journal
Florida couple charge in Federal Court that unreliable test kits provided to consumers. Use of test kits at issue. CPSC agrees that use as recommended by company better replicates how floors are used in homes.
Thousands of Lumber Liquidators’ Customers Ask for Air Test kits
April 2, 2015, Associated Press, globalnews.ca
The embattled hardwood flooring company has offered customers free air quality testing kits in order to reassure them of the safety of their products. So far, about 10,000 have accepted the offer.
Op-Ed: There’s an Easy Way to Untangle Regulatory Knots
March 31, 2015, Los Angeles Times
The president’s budget lays out a path for how a dozen or so agencies enforcing more than 30 laws can untangle the regulatory knots: pass a law giving federal agencies authority to harmonize their rules and regulatory activities.
Globalization & Concerns over Product Quality & Safety Drive Growth in the Testing Laboratories Market, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.
April 2, 2015, Public Relations Rocket
According to one analyst, the global market for testing laboratories is projected to reach US$90 billion by 2020, driven by concerns over quality and safety, news standards and regulations, and the trend towards outsourcing testing operations.
Regulators Have a Range of Approaches
April 1, 2015, Packaging World
Legislators and regulators have a wide range of tools and techniques to bring to bear on a problem they want to address. Regulatory systems are choices made from among a list of options, chosen in combinations that best take into account the hazards they are trying to address, practical considerations like money and staff, and the resulting burdens on businesses or consumers.
The Trouble With Quad Bikes
April 5, 2015, Background Briefing
How Australia and the ACCC handles regulatory requirements on 4-wheelers could have an impact on U.S. liability determinations, according to one CPSC Commissioner. Design changes and compulsory helmets and licensing under consideration.
Food Industry Litigation: An Update on Recent Trends
March 15, 2015, Product Liability eNewsletter-Winter 2015
Issue explores food industry litigation, food labeling claims and consumer class actions, and E-Cigarettes: Product Liability & Lithium Ion Batteries.
Safe Supply Chain Destinations: The Geography of Resilience
April 3, 2015, EBN
Global ranking of 130 countries and territories analyses economics, risk quality, and qualities of the supply chain itself. List of top 10 countries most resilient to supply chain disruption includes Norway, Switzerland, and United States. Egypt, Pakistan, and Venezuela among the least resilient.
Wegmans, Publix, & Trader Joe’s Continue to Dominate Consumer Reports’ Supermarket Ratings
April 2, 2015, SFGATE
New supermarket rankings show fresh, high quality produce and store-made meals a top consideration. Rankings based on survey of nearly 63,000 subscribers conducted by Consumer Reports National Research Center.
How State Chemical Safety Policy Shapes The Consumer Market
April 2, 2015, EWG
State actions are having a national impact by moving the consumer products market throughout the country. Where one state regulates, all states can feel the impact. CA, VT, and WA ban on phthalates in some children’s products in 2007 and 2008 helped inspire a federal ban of the chemicals in toys and children’s products.
