Product Safety Summit to Host U.S., Canada, Mexico

Playthings Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 7/17/2013 10:38:49 AM

NEW YORK - The 2013 North America Consumer Product Safety Summit in Ottawa, Canada, will bring together representatives from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Health Canada and the Federal Attorney's Office of the Consumer in Mexico (PROFECO) September 9-11, 2013, according to the Toy Industry Association (TIA).

All will assemble to evaluate the progress made in consumer product safety cooperation among the three countries since the inaugural summit? held in Bethesda, Maryland in 2011. The summit will feature discussions by consumer product safety regulators and representatives across a range of industries in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. The assembly will evaluate areas of common interest and collaboration established in a Joint Statement and Cooperative Engagement Framework in 2011, including the organizations' work toward aligning toy safety standards.

The TIA's Joan Lawrence, vice president of standards and regulatory affairs, will also speak alongside representatives from the Consumer Federation of America and PROFECO on the benefits of North American and international regulatory alignment for consumers, industry and regulators. In addition to international cooperation, the Summit will cover four themes including: injury surveillance, triage and risk assessment; import, market surveillance and enforcement; outreach and awareness; and regulatory and standards development.

"TIA has a long history of working closely with governing authorities to assure the safety of children at play, and strongly advocates for the alignment of cross-border toy safety standards to help strengthen protections for children in the U.S., across North America, and around the world," said Carter Keithley, president, TIA, in a statement. "The North America Consumer Product Safety Summit is a vital opportunity for the toy industry to reiterate the importance of standards that are consistent across jurisdictions."

The first day of the Summit is open only to regulators; discussions on September 10 and 11 are open to the public and will be streamed online.

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