Consumer product safety issues

Consumer product safety issues / Péter A. Varga and Máté D. Pintér, editors.

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Other Authors: Varga, Péter A. (Editor), Pintér, Máté D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2009]
Series:Safety and risk in society series.
Subjects:
Product safety.
Consumer protection.
Product safety > Law and legislation.
Consumer protection > Law and legislation.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Safety.
Consumer protection
Consumer protection > Law and legislation
Product safety
Product safety > Law and legislation
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUES
  • CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUES
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1 CHILD RESTRAINT SEATS: USE, MISUSE AND STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED ACTION
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • TRAFFIC SAFETY BENEFITS OF CRS
  • CHILD RESTRAINT MISUSE
  • PREVALENCE OF MISUSE: THE ISSUES
  • Prevalence of Misuse and Impact on Child Occupant Safety
  • Prevalence of Use/Misuse in Different Countries
  • Japan
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • UK
  • Italy
  • France
  • Singapore
  • Michigan
  • US
  • Technical Reasons for Child Safety Seat Misuse
  • Emerging Technology to Reduce CRS Misuse: LATCH (Low Anchors and Tethers for Children)
  • Effectiveness of the LATCH System
  • Emerging Issues with the LATCH System
  • Reduction and Prevention of CRS Misuse: Promising Strategies
  • Unrestrained Child Occupant Fatalities: Statistics for Thought
  • US
  • Japan
  • Canada
  • CRS CRITICAL MISUSE AND OLDER CHILD OCCUPANT FATALITIES
  • Critical Misuses
  • Evidence of Critical Misuse Rates
  • Australia
  • US
  • A FOCUS ON BOOSTER SEATS
  • The Prevalence of Booster Seat Use/Misuse
  • Necessity of Booster Seats
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Booster Seats
  • LEGISLATION AND BOOSTER SEAT USE
  • The Powerful Story of Anton Skeen
  • Best Evidence Strategies to Increase Booster Seat Use
  • COMPREHENSIVENESS OF CURRENT CRS LAWS AND BOOSTER SEAT LEGISLATION: DISSEMINATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES TO PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
  • Impact of Current CRS Law
  • Booster Seat Legislation in Canadian Provinces
  • Ontario
  • British Columbia
  • New Brunswick
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Nova Scotia
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Quebec
  • European Booster Seat Legislation
  • UK Booster Seat Legislation
  • US Booster Seat Legislation
  • Japanese Booster Seat Legislation
  • Belgium's Booster Seat Legislation
  • GAPS IN CURRENT CHILD RESTRAINT LAWS
  • Rear Seating for Child Occupants.
  • INCREASING APPROPRIATE CRS/BOOSTER SEAT USE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
  • Comprehensive Legislation and a Combination of Interventions
  • Unaffordability is a Disincentive for CRS Use
  • Strategies to Increase Adult Restraint Use
  • Extensive Law Enforcement
  • Effective Coordination of Policy and Practice
  • Multifaceted Community Campaigns
  • Emergency Department (ED) Interventions
  • Enhanced Knowledge for Parents and Caregivers: Correct Use of CRS and LATCH
  • Clear Instruction Manuals
  • Media Campaigns
  • FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR CRS-RELATED RESEARCH
  • Feasibility of Integrated Child Restraint Systems in Vehicles
  • Effective Communication and Dissemination of Best Practices
  • Design Modifications
  • European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) Directives
  • Dissemination of CRS Information to Rapidly Motorizing Countries
  • Research Agenda Priorities
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 2 SAFER STORAGE OF FIREARMS AT HOME AND RISK OF SUICIDE: A CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUE
  • ABSTRACT
  • SAFER STORAGE OF FIREARMS AT HOME: A CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ISSUE
  • METHODS
  • Sample
  • Measurement
  • Analysis
  • RESULTS
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 3 UNCONSCIONABLE ACTIVISM
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • BASELESS BUFFOONERY BEDEVILS BIOTECH
  • ACTIVISTS EXPLOIT SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY
  • GOLDEN RICE: A STERLING EXAMPLE
  • ACTIVISTS ACT IN BAD FAITH
  • YELLOW JOURNALISM TINTS
  • AND TAINTS
  • BIOTECH COVERAGE
  • ANTI-BIOTECH ACTIVISM IS ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 4 A REVIEW: ANALYSING PATHOGEN RISKS IN FRESH-CUT PACKAGED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • FOODBORNE OUTBREAKS
  • Bacterial Pathogens
  • Viral and Protozoan Pathogens
  • FACTORS AFFECTING PATHOGEN SURVIVAL AND GROWTH ON FRESH-CUT PRODUCE
  • Storage Temperature
  • Product Type / Combinations
  • Minimal Processing Operations.
  • Washing / Disinfection / Decontamination Treatments
  • Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP)
  • Competition Between the Indigenous Microflora and Pathogens
  • Stress Response and Strain Variation Effects
  • REDUCING PATHOGEN RISKS FROM FRESH-CUT PRODUCE
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 5 OCCURRENCE OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN FOODS AND CONSUMER SAFETY
  • ABSTRACT
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PAHs Occurrence in Food
  • Dietary Intake Assessment
  • CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 6 THE FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM: A PRIMER∗
  • SUMMARY
  • BACKGROUND1
  • THE AGENCIES AND THEIR ROLES
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS)
  • National Marine Fisheries Service (DOC)
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Other Federal Agencies with Food Safety Responsibilities
  • Congressional Committees
  • SELECTED ISSUES
  • Chapter 7 CONSUMER SAFETY &amp
  • HACCP-LIKE QUALITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ON DAIRY FARMS: THE ROLE OF VETERINARIANS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE HANDBOOK OF A HACCP-LIKE QUALITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
  • Production Process Diagrams
  • Hazards &amp
  • Risks Analysis Charts
  • The decision-Tree Approach to Determine CCP's
  • Explanation to CCP's and POPA's
  • Hazards audit Tables (Monitoring CCP's and POPA's
  • Corrective Measures)
  • Good Dairy Farming Codes of Practice Hygiene, Cleaning &amp
  • Disinfection- (Guidelines for daily farm practice)
  • GOOD HYGIENE CODE OF PRACTICE ON DAIRY FARMS: SOME WORKING INSTRUCTIONS
  • Procedure for Cleaning
  • Hygiene Rules to Be Followed
  • Check Points in the Cleaning/Disinfection Procedure
  • Visitors (Professional and Lay People)
  • Hygiene Measures in the Milking Parlour and it's Environment
  • Other Hygiene Measures
  • Quality Risk Management Program-Related Support Materials: The Farm Calendar.
  • Quality Risk Management Program-Related Supportive Programs: Training Programs
  • Quality Risk Management Programs: Internal Reviews and External Audits
  • Quality Risk Management Program: Documents
  • DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • Chapter 8 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008: P.L. 110-314∗
  • SUMMARY
  • BACKGROUND
  • CURRENT LEGISLATION: P.L. 110-314
  • CHILDREN'S PRODUCT SAFETY
  • Lead Content and Measurement (1 01)
  • Third-Party Testing and Certification of Children's Products (1 02)
  • Tracking Labels for Children's Products (103)
  • Standards and Registration Forms for Durable Nursery Products (104)
  • Labeling for Certain Toy and Game Advertising (105)
  • Adoption of a Mandatory Toy Safety Standard (1 06)
  • Study of Disparities in Injury/Death Rates of Minority Children (1 07)
  • Ban on Specified Phthalates and Certain Alternatives in Certain Children's Products and Child Care Articles (108)
  • STRENGTHENING COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION AND RESOURCES
  • Reauthorization Years and Funding (201)
  • Full Commission Funding and Interim Quorum (202)
  • Personnel (202(c))
  • Reports to Congress (203)
  • Expedited Rulemaking Procedures (204)
  • Inspector General Audits and Reports (205)
  • Ban on Industry-Sponsored Travel (206)
  • Information Sharing with Other Government Agencies (207)
  • Employee Training Exchanges (208)
  • Repeal of CPSA 30(d) (237)
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis under the PPPA (233)
  • ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT AND COOPERATION
  • Prohibition on Stockpiling (213)
  • Prohibited Acts (21 6)
  • Penalties (21 7)
  • Enforcement by State Attorneys General (21 8)
  • Whistleblower Protections (21 9)
  • Federal Law Preemption (231)
  • ENHANCED INSPECTION, PUBLIC NOTICE, AND RECALL
  • Public Disclosure of Information (211)
  • Establishment of a Public Consumer Product Safety Database (21 2).
  • Substantial Product Hazard Reporting Requirement (214(a)(2))
  • Enhanced Public Notice of Substantial Product Hazards
  • Enhanced Authority for Corrective Action Plans and Recalls (21 4)
  • Requirements for Recall Notice Content (214(c))
  • Identification of Supply Chain (215(b))
  • Financial Responsibility (224)
  • Annual Reporting Requirement (209)
  • Inspection of Certified Proprietary Laboratories (215(a))
  • SAFETY OF IMPORTED AND EXPORTED PRODUCTS
  • Export of Recalled and Nonconforming Products (221)
  • Development of Methodology to Identify Unsafe Imports (222)
  • Cooperation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (222(c))
  • Substantial Product Hazard List and Destruction of Unsafe Imports (223)
  • Study of CPSC Authority Related to Imported Products (225)
  • MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
  • Adoption of a Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) Safety Standard (232)
  • Formaldehyde Study (234)
  • Expedited Judicial Review
  • Definitions
  • Pool and Spa Safety Act Technical Corrections
  • Provisions Deleted in the Conference Agreement
  • Chapter 9 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008: H.R. 4040∗
  • SUMMARY
  • LATEST LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
  • Strengthen Commission Resources and Effectiveness
  • Reauthorization Years and Authorization of Appropriations
  • Full Commission Requirement and Interim Quorum
  • Expedited Rulemaking
  • Repeal of Section 30(d) of the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA)
  • Formaldehyde Study
  • Other
  • Enhancing Children's Product Safety
  • Children's Products Containing Lead and Lead Paint Rule
  • Adoption of a Mandatory Toy Safety Standard
  • Third-Party Testing
  • Ban on Specified Phthalates and Certain Alternatives in Certain Children's Products and Child Care Articles
  • Adoption of a Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) Safety Standard
  • Tracking Labels for Children's Products
  • Other.

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