Walmart, Home Depot implement safety measures amid Coronavirus pandemic. More companies should follow suit
April 1, 2020, Forbes
As more U.S. companies pivot to make things like sanitizers and masks to help combat the country’s escalating coronavirus crisis and relieve the frontline medical supplies shortage, Walmart and Home Depot this week announced employee temperature checks, among other safety measures. More companies should consider following suit.
Quinn the Quarantine Fox wants you to be safe at home
April 7, 2020, The New York Times
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission created a coronavirus mascot to help prevent additional emergency room trips for occurrences like kitchen fires and ingesting poisonous cleaners.
Truckers cut spending as factory slowdowns weighs on operators
April 9, 2020, The Wall Street Journal
Trucking companies that deliver goods to manufacturers are cutting pay, reducing hours for workers and pulling back spending as an initial bump in demand for consumer products gives way to a deepening economic downturn.
Crisis management and the coronavirus changes in shopping behavior
April 9, 2020, WWD
As all industries continue to grapple with new stresses under crisis, retail experts join WWD to discuss changes in consumer behavior, virtual clienteling, and the importance of cash observation.
As shortage worsens, federal officials ask agencies to donate spare medical supplies
April 8, 2020, Washington Post
Even as the nation’s strategic stockpile runs low on critical hospital supplies, federal agencies are discovering stashes of N95 respirator masks and protective body suits in darkened government labs, federal health clinics and storage spaces across the country, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Keep your attention on routine safety practices during pandemic
April 7, 2020, Food Safety News
During this serious and shared battle to minimize new illnesses and spread of SARS-CoV-2, we cannot afford to falter in attention to our prerequisite and foundational prevention and food safety systems management.
10 used items that are safe for your baby
April 7, 2020, BabyGaga
On a tight budget but need to buy items for your expecting or newborn baby? If so, these are 10 used items that are safe for your baby!
CPSC and Health Canada advise manufacturers and product designers to integrate human factors principles into consumer product development and production
April 8, 2020, JD Supra
The staff of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) and Health Canada’s Consumer and Hazardous Safety Directorate (“Health Canada”) have jointly developed a comprehensive guidance document imploring manufacturers and product designers to consider human factors principles in their consumer product development processes.
Covid-19 client primer – Class actions and mass actions
April 7, 2020, JD Supra (Shook Hardy)
The pandemic’s imprint on complex litigation has yet to fully emerge, but we can predict that COVID-19 will generate a deluge of class action and mass tort litigation spanning a host of areas, including employment, insurance, commercial, product liability and consumer fraud.
California amends Proposition 65 notification requirements
April 6, 2020, JD Supra
On April 1, 2020, California implemented changes to its Proposition 65 to clarify the responsibility of manufacturers, distributors, packagers, and importers (non-retail suppliers) to provide warnings for consumer products that may be sold in California, either at a retail outlet or online.
