Consumer Product Matters posts 221 to 230 of 234, from August 12, 2013 back to June 28, 2013.
California has a reputation for many things: 8th largest economy in the World; land of fruits and nuts and a state not being overly business friendly. The 1986 voter-approved Safe Drinking Water & Toxic Enforcement Act aka Prop 65 is often held up as Exhibit 1 in support…
On August 5, 2013 the FDA issued its final rule on the voluntary labeling of food gluten-free. This is good news for both consumers and manufacturers.
When you board a ride at an amusement park, the question of who regulates the ride vs. the toy you just won is probably the last thing on your mind.
Contract clauses impacting risk assumption and risk transfer which are integral to the capturing of recall costs are often relegated to the “boiler plate” section of many Supply Agreements or are preprinted on the reverse side of POs that are often not sent by PDF or fax.
Starting in 2012, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) teamed up with football helmet manufacturers, the National Football League (NFL), and others to eliminate the use of outdated football helmets and teach safer game play among youth football players. The “Youth Football Brain Safety” initiative has helped…
Manufacturers are removing “natural” statements from their labels, both as part of lawsuit settlements and as an alternate marketing strategy. PepsiCo has agreed to remove the phrase from its Naked juices after a lawsuit was filed against it in California, stating that it will wait for more detailed…
In what may be an indication of things to come, the Food Court (US District Court Northern District of California) has decided to ask FDA for guidance on what it wants on food labels. The Food Court directly addressed the labeling of foods containing GMOs as “natural” in…
Some are concerned that the potential health consequence of the use of genetically modified organisms in food is unknown because of the lack of long-term testing proving that it is safe. Fearful consumers imagine “Franken foods,” conjuring up images of over-sized ears of corn that shuffle about the…
On June 27th, the U.S. Senate confirmed Marietta Robinson and Ann Marie Buerkle as new CPSC Commissioners. Robinson was first nominated in 2012 and participated in a hearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 10, 2012. Buerkle was nominated in late May of…
When should a court decide a case that has issues involving an area that Congress has already weighed in on? In the case of cosmetics and FDA, when a lawsuit requires a court to decide an issue committed to FDA’s expertise without a clear indication of how FDA…