Consumer Product Safety: Responsive Business Approaches to Consumer Needs.(Revised October 1992)

摘要

The publication identifies ways in which business can help protect consumers frominjury and minimize company exposure to liability. By making and marketing safer products, and by taking timely remedial action when product hazards are discovered, the chances of injury can be lessened. Although the principles and information presented here are applicable to all businesses, the publication is addressed primarily to small and medium-sized businesses. To be most helpful to the audience, the report introduces pertinent legal considerations and recommends business tools that are part of an effective safety assurance program. In addition, Appendix C lists the names and addresses of outside resources to which companies can turn for additional assistance tailored to meet their particular needs.