Ladies I posted somewhere on one of these forum posts about the cpsia. I did speak with a man in Bobby Rush's office several days ago and he was suppose to get back with me on some exemptions he mentioned. Now I have been told these exemptions HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE YET. I was under the impression they WERE :( So I apologize for any misinformation. I can not find the post now. He said the exemptions and what they will be are in the hands of the commission now, and we have to comment when they ask, call our congressmen, legislatures, etc... and watch the commission website. I was only posting that other time what he told me, and now he said the exemptions are yet to be determined. I do apologize if I caused us any feeling of not taking this seriously :( KEEP CALLING, EMAILING, PASSING THE WORD, and most of all praying! As it stands now, cottage industries are not safe. This law is unreal :( Pam<><
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
byFormer_Member
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12-29-200812:22 AM
embellishedlife embellishedlife says: And of course, God forbid that they hold the IMPORTERS and MANUFACTURERS to higher standards, eh, as that might affect our trade agreements? Pfft. ----- Someone on another thread pointed out that the sensible thing to do would be to ban products from China, but the US government will never do that because we owe them too much in loans and if we ban their imports they might call in their debts, which we can't afford to repay all at once. At the very least we should be requiring THEM to prove that their products meet our safety regulations though, the way things are run now a terrorist could get a bomb through and nobody would notice until it was too late!
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
byFormer_Member
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12-29-200812:25 AM
And maybe products should be tested by customs before it enters the market place in any form. ------- Absolutely. That's probably what CPSIA was intended to do in the first place but they didn't word it properly.
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200812:29 AM
RebekahsBowtique RebekahsBowtique says: Ladies I posted somewhere on one of these forum posts about the cpsia. I did speak with a man in Bobby Rush's office several days ago and he was suppose to get back with me on some exemptions he mentioned. Now I have been told these exemptions HAVE NOT TAKEN PLACE YET. I was under the impression they WERE :( So I apologize for any misinformation. I can not find the post now. He said the exemptions and what they will be are in the hands of the commission now, and we have to comment when they ask, call our congressmen, legislatures, etc... and watch the commission website. I was only posting that other time what he told me, and now he said the exemptions are yet to be determined. I do apologize if I caused us any feeling of not taking this seriously :( KEEP CALLING, EMAILING, PASSING THE WORD, and most of all praying! As it stands now, cottage industries are not safe. This law is unreal :( Pam<><
I for one do not think you should be so hard on yourself. You were told two different stories from the same office. I'm bumping this comment of yours because it's important and because I admire the fact you are trying to set the record straight.
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200812:44 AM
ruthscreations I think you're exactly right! I think they are too afraid of the political backlash at banning or targeting only those products made in china...so what do they do, force out wonderful US and European companies instead! collateral damage...isn't that what it's called!
both the CPSC and the House commerce committee seem to be doing a lot of finger pointing and no one really knows what the law states...i wonder who will take credit at straightening it all out :-) ME ME ME!
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200802:43 AM
Collateral damage, yeah, that's us....even if they just clarified the law to refer only to imports above a certain level of sales (one of the sites, Handmade Toy Alliance I think, suggested anything under $50,000/year should be exempt) that would be better than the mess we've got now.
I'm starting to think about the tagging that's going to be required, not sure where I can have the tags made or how to go about making them myself. The tags I'm using now just say "Crocheted for you by Ruth's Creations", I ordered them from the same website I get my yarn from. Not sure what to do about labels for fiber content & item numbering, the place where I got my other labels doesn't really have anything that looks appropriate. ---------- turtleparktots turtleparktots says: both the CPSC and the House commerce committee seem to be doing a lot of finger pointing and no one really knows what the law states...i wonder who will take credit at straightening it all out :-) ME ME ME! -- Oh they'll be falling all over each other, I'm sure, all claiming they "saved the US economy from a disaster of epic proportions" or some such nonsense..... @@
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200805:39 AM
I haven't even thought about tagging yet...i'm not sure what they requirements are. I've heard something about being permanent but I'm not sure if that's right
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200805:46 AM
turtleparktots, that's right. The tagging has to be a permanent part of the item, which means no hangtags or other sewn-on labels, I believe. I have no idea how I would even go about permanently marking a hairclip or bracelet.
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200806:15 AM
I'm sure some industrious company will come up with a way to laser engrave small items like hair clips and bracelets with the required CPSIA info. All for a *moderate* fee, of course.
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200806:17 AM
Sorry to sound so sarcastic... this law is just so ridiculous. And it manages to get more ridiculous at every turn. I mean, come on, how is someone supposed to be able to permanently label something as small as a hair clip? Jeez.
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200807:32 AM
Here is a really good article regarding the legal ramifications for small manufacturers as analyzed by an attorney-------I am finding out there ARE options that will allow many to stay in business and be fully compliant until the necessary changes can be made at a legislative level. There are alot of misinformation out there right now regarding this. For instance, third party testing is not mandated until August 16th. However GC certificates are required before then, but they can be made using other testing facilities/means besides the certified testing facilities. The Feb 10th deadline is primarily for larger big box sellers who because of things like their lengthy leadtimes and inability to descriminately pull inventory according to arbitrary dates have chosen to take the path of least resistance. Although mandated third party testing isn't due until August 16th, many are pulling before then because the difference between Feb 10th and Aug 16th is not a big difference for them---it IS a big difference for smaller manufacturers. That extra window of time can be what is necessary for many of us to hold on until things can be worked out. Here's the link:
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200807:40 AM
I mean, come on, how is someone supposed to be able to permanently label something as small as a hair clip? Jeez. --------- I've been wondering that about my small items, I mean, how are we supposed to label pins or baby booties?? In some cases the required label would be bigger than the item itself...
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-29-200807:42 AM
RuthsCreations says: I mean, come on, how is someone supposed to be able to permanently label something as small as a hair clip? Jeez. --------- I've been wondering that about my small items, I mean, how are we supposed to label pins or baby booties?? In some cases the required label would be bigger than the item itself...
Re: Possible exceptions for small businesses under CPSIA
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12-31-200804:57 AM
am I reading this correctly in that its saying you can get an exemption by submitting the certifications of the materials included to show that there is not a reasonable way that the toy/doll etc could exceed the lead levels?
