GLUT OF RECALLS

Glut of Recalls

Glut of Recalls

Summary

In 2008 a Glut of Recalls for lead-contaminated toys from China annoyed the public and spurred the government into action. Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 with a beside unanimous vote. Enter the Consumer Product Safety Commission, tasked with enforcing buyer laws, encompassing the new CPSIA. The CPSC amply understood the new legislation to encompass not just toys, but all products for children, encompassing youth off-road vehicles.

Many parts on motorcycle and ATVs pass the tough restricts for lead in the CPSIA and it was unfeasible to rendezvous a CPSC February deadline ...