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Industry Essentials & Business ManagementSessions Sponsored By:

To be entered to win a Bulova watch, submit a completed session evaluation at the end of this session. Winners will be randomly drawn from submissions.Visit booth #712 during the show to 

see the list of winners.

Product Responsibility In the Promotional Products Supply Chainpp y

Anne Lardner‐StoneDirector, Public Affairs, PPAI

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Why should you embrace product responsibility?

• We are in the brand protection business• Compliance with Federal and state regulations is not optional

b i d d i• It can be a strategic advantage and increase your value to your customer

When distributors become suppliers…

• A distributor who sources direct is considered a manufacturer 

• A distributor uses a contract decorator would also be considered a manufactureralso be considered a manufacturer

“All substances are poisons—the 

difference is in the dose.” 

Paracelsus (1493‐1541),Paracelsus (1493 1541), a Swiss alchemist 

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2007: Big problem with the dose

To protect the children and control the dose…

• In 2008, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement ActImprovement Act (CPSIA)

Know the Basics of the CPSIA

• Mainly Pertains to • Children’s Products • Children Toys• Child Care Articles• Child Care Articles

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Know the Basics of the CPSIA

• All children’s products need third party testing for:– Lead in substrateLead in paint and surface coating– Lead in paint and surface coating

Know the Basics of the CPSIA

• For children’s toys and child care articles– Six phthalates regulated– Toy Safety Standard now mandatory

Know the Basics of the CPSIA• A Children’s Product Certificate (CPC) is required for all children’s products and must be created by the manufacturer or importer

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Know the Basics of the CPSIA

• Permanent Tracking Labels– Mandatory for all children’s products– Children’s apparel requires two if decoration done 

t diff t ti b diff t dat different time or by a different vendor– Distributors responsible under CPSIA for same requirements and obligations as “manufacturer” if they purchase blank garments and have them imprinted.

Compliance beyond CPSIA

• Federal regulations:– FDA (particularly drinkware)

• California Proposition 65• State regulationsState regulations

– Cadmium– Packaging

• International standards• And more…

Product Responsibility

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Product Responsibility

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•No drawstrings on children’s upper outerwear!

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•When you work with a contract decoratora contract decorator, you become a manufacturer – ask the right questions!

•Think before you include a picture of a child interacting with the item on your website or in your advertising

•Even if the item is a general use item, there may be regulations beyond CPSIA

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Resources• PPAI: www.ppai.org• Product Safety powered by PPAI: http://www.ppai.org/inside‐ppai/product‐safety/

• Consumer Product Safety Commission:  www.cpsc.gov; www.recalls.gov

• PPAI contact: Anne Lardner‐Stone, [email protected]