On Friday March 11, 2011, the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) launched the SaferProducts.gov database. Consumers can submit reports of harm or potential risks and search for safety information on products. Required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, the database will be monitored by CPSC, which will review the reports, submit qualifying reports to the manufacturers, review responses by manufacturers and post the report and comments on the website when all requirements have been met. Reports missing required information or that have been found to contain materially inaccurate information will not be posted to the site.
The CPSC has been testing the process since January and has received almost 1500 reports during the testing period. Manufacturers that sign up on the Business Portal receive a copy of their reports via email. The reports filed during the test phase will not be made public on the site, but are being processed. The CPSC will continue to accept written, phone and fax reports. Reports filed via the online portal should be available for review in April. Until April, only the CPSC’s recall information is searchable in the database.
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