The federal law that created the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) as a federal agency tasked with identifying consumer products that pose an unreasonable risk of injury and creating standards to remove or lessen that risk (15 U.S.C. §§ 2051-2089). Among other things, the agency may also:
Ban a consumer product if there is no adequate standard applicable to reduce or eliminate the risk of injury.
Enact a recall for certain dangerous products (not including food, drugs, medical devices and other product categories regulated by other federal agencies).
The CPSA was amended and modernized by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. End of Document Resource ID 1-514-5629 Document Type GlossaryPLC Private Client, PLC US Antitrust, PLC US Bankruptcy & Restructuring, PLC US Capital Markets & Corporate Governance, PLC US Commercial Transactions, PLC US Corporate and M&A, PLC US Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, PLC US Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, PLC US Federal Litigation, PLC US Finance, PLC US Glossary, PLC US Intellectual Property and Technology, PLC US Labor and Employment, PLC US Law Department, PLC US Real Estate, PLC US Tax