by Bill Jacoby | Feb 20, 2024 | Insights
Target continues to evolve its Product Quality, Safety, and Regulatory (PSQR) program. Beginning February 1, 2024, there will be a change to how Quality Program Assessments (QPA) are processed. The Vendor Compliance Assessment Tool (VCAT) will now be initiated and...
by Bill Jacoby | Feb 13, 2024 | Insights
What is the General Product Safety Regulation ? The General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) is a new key instrument in the EU product safety legal framework, replacing from 13 December 2024 the current General Product Safety Directive and...
by Bill Jacoby | Dec 8, 2023 | Insights
AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is issuing a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNPR) to revise the agency’s rule...
by Bill Jacoby | Nov 30, 2023 | Insights
There was a ground-breaking jury verdict this month, the first criminal conviction of corporate executives for failure to report a safety incident under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Under the CPSA, manufacturers, importers, and distributors of consumer...
by Bill Jacoby | Sep 26, 2023 | Insights
The Global Location Number (GLN) is one of 12 unique Identification Keys within the GS1 Standards. Many businesses know of GS1 Standards from the retail industry’s most common product identifier, the Global Trade Item Number (GTIN). This is the number at the...