Personal Injury Law

Toy Industry Announces ?Safety Coordination Initiative? in Response to Unprecedented Recalls of Dangerous Products

In response to toy safety concerns raised during the summer of 2007 and the record number of unsafe toys recalled last year (and doubtlessly a number of product liability lawsuits), the U.S. Toy Industry Association (TIA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have formed the Toy Safety Coordination Initiative, a developing program that is designed to improve the safety of toys sold in American and to rebuild consumer confidence in the safety of toys in the American marketplace. The purpose of the initiative may be two-fold: to increase toys’ safety and to head-off stricter federal and state laws. The program has three components:

Full post as published by Legal Blog on May 11, 2008 (boomark / email).