The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was established in 1972 as an independent federal regulatory agency established under the Consumer Product Safety Act. Its responsibility is to protect the interests of consumers, and to protect personal and family safety by reducing the risk of injury and death in consumer products. The main work of CPSC includes: working with industry associations to formulate producer self-discipline standards; for consumer products that do not have standards to follow, formulating mandatory standards; taking measures to prohibit consumer products without appropriate and adequate public protection from circulating in the market; and promoting production Or the seller recalls and repairs the problematic product; researches on potentially hazardous products; inspects potentially hazardous products, provides consumers with product safety information and conducts product safety education through various channels.
CPSC governs 15,000 kinds of products used in households, sports, and under the five laws covered by the Consumer Product Safety Act, the Federal Dangerous Goods Act, the Combustible Consumer Goods Act, the Packaging Anti-Virus Act, and the Refrigerator Safety Act. Consumer goods for entertainment and school. However, products such as vehicles, tires, ships, weapons, alcohol, tobacco, food, medicines, cosmetics, pesticides, and medical devices are not within its jurisdiction. Thanks to the efforts of CPSC, the rate of casualties caused by consumer products has dropped by 30% in the past 30 years. Each year, CPSC samples a certain number of products on the market, especially children's products, and investigates the injuries caused by the use of these products. CPSC also publishes complaint phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and complaint form submission channels for product safety issues. It encourages citizens to participate in the supervision of consumer products sold on the market, and also encourages companies to monitor their products. Once a product that is potentially harmful or has caused safety or environmental problems is found, after investigation and confirmation, it will jointly issue a "recall" announcement with the manufacturer and distributors to eliminate the hidden danger of the accident.
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