CPSC Safety Academy to be held Sept 18th

The CPSC Safety Academy brings together CPSC staff and stakeholders, including manufacturers, consumer advocates, academic researchers and others to disseminate and share information on product safety topics. These topics include current regulatory requirements, testing and certification of children’s products, the mandatory toy standard, navigating compliance issues, the fast track recall program and others.

 

 

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is pleased to announce its 2013 Safety Academy. This year, the one-day academy will be held on the West coast in Seattle, Wash.

 

The academy will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2013, at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building located at the Seattle Metro Service Center, 915 2nd Avenue, Seattle, Wash. 98174.

 

Agenda

 

CPSC Safety Academy Logistics 

 

Registration is closed; the maximum capacity for attendees has been reached.

 

The Safety Academy offers basic topics in the morning sessions designed for those unfamiliar with the CPSC and the agency’s regulations. Afternoon sessions present more complex topics. Regardless of a person’s level of familiarity with the CPSC, the Safety Academy is an opportunity to ask questions about regulations and procedures, and to meet with specialists and field staff.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  

Marc Schoem

Acting Director, Office of Education, Global Outreach, and Small Business Ombudsman

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814

Phone:        301-504-7620

E-mail:       business@cpsc.gov