Personal Injury Law

Product safety takes a big step forward

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently approved a Final Rule that will establish a publicly accessible consumer product safety complaint database. Manufacturers will no longer control the flow of information about their products; consumers will now be able to report their own complaints and research others via a web interface for the first time since the commission?s creation. The web interface is expected by spring. The CPSC vote was 3-2. The vote represents a huge victory for consumers and supporters of open government against unsafe products. It will provide the public access to critical product safety information that the CPSC was previously required to keep behind closed doors.

Full post as published by Illinois Injury Lawyer Blog on December 07, 2010 (boomark / email).