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The International Longshoremen’s Association (“ILA”) will have no contract if the current terms expire on September 30, 2024, without a new deal. ILA representatives have indicated that a strike is imminent on October 1,...more
Recently, the Consumer Protection and Fair-Trade Authority issued a position paper regarding the disclosure obligations businesses must meet when making changes to product characteristics or components. According to the...more
Food and beverage companies may be surprised to learn that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) is not the exclusive regulatory authority over the safety of foods and beverages. Indeed, other governmental authorities...more
IoT products are fraught with risks when it comes to privacy, personal data, and cyberattacks, and consumers must be informed of these risks before purchasing. A new draft directive published by the Israeli Consumer...more
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - As of 1 January 2022, certain retailers, manufacturers, and importers are required to disclose the presence of bioengineered food and food that contains bioengineered...more
Already in 2011, the EU Commission stated its intention to revise the Directive 2001/95/EC on general product safety ("GPSD") "to improve the safety of products circulating in the EU through better coherence and enforcement...more
New Sustainable Batteries Regulation: Reflections from our Global Products Law team Following the closure of the European Commission’s recent consultation period, the European Parliament and Council are set to consider a...more
With the results of Election Day in focus, the transition to a new administration will eventually change the face of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for years to come. Questions persist about the...more
The COVID-19 crisis has dealt a devastating blow to the whole economy, and it has hit the retail industry particularly hard. With widespread stay-at-home orders and closure of physical stores, many retailers have been forced...more
After multiple enforcement actions totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars in penalties against importers and retailers of LED signs last year, it appears that the message has not been fully received. To the contrary, the...more
Do you manufacture, import, or market personal hygiene and wellness devices sold in drugstores? If so, you may be focused on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) compliance, but may not have considered the requirements of...more
As a business owner in the Pacific Northwest, you likely have heard of the changes to California’s regulations regarding warning labels on consumer products, Proposition 65, which takes effect August 30, 2018. Your business...more
August has been an active month for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as the agency released guidance affecting juice processors and importers, announced enforcement delays for Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)...more
Requirements take effect today under the FDA’s new Food Safety Verification Program (FSVP), which makes retailers and other businesses that import food into the United States responsible for verifying that the food has been...more
Retailers would be wise to pay close attention to the upcoming tax-plan deliberations of the 115th U.S. Congress. A proposal currently being considered would adjust the U.S. corporate tax by making imports a non-deductible...more
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or the Commission) is the regulatory agency responsible for protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer products. Pursuant to...more
Importers, retailers, and others that sell goods containing plywood or other composite wood products face significant compliance challenges from EPA’s new Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products (the Standards)....more
On Wednesday, July 27, 2016, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a prepublication version of its final rule on Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products. The authority for the rule comes...more
In This Issue: - I. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Controls on Toxicological Agents and Directed Energy Weapons - II. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Definitions...more
On October 28, 2014, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Baja Inc., and its corporate affiliate, One World Technologies Inc., of Anderson, S.C., agreed to pay a $4.3 million civil penalty to...more
On September 12, 2014, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued a draft Priority Product Work Plan (Work Plan) pursuant to the California Safer Consumer Product (SCP) regulations. The Work Plan...more
On September 12, 2014, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released its much anticipated draft Initial Priority Product Work Plan under the Safer Consumer Products Regulations. The Regulations require...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) enforces federal labeling requirements that require manufacturers, importers, sellers and distributors of certain textile and wool clothing to accurately label their products. For example,...more
Once again, California is on the leading edge of environmental programs. An approaching April 1, 2014, deadline for publication of a “Priority Products List” under “Safer Consumer Products Regulations” that first went into...more