TECHNOLOGY
Safety and Compliance on the Agenda in Long Beach, Calif.
Product safety, compliance and sustainability issues—including state and international regulations; import surveillance; and developing an efficient, cost-effective and reasonable testing program—will be discussed at an all-day seminar and workshop in Long Beach, Calif., hosted by American Apparel and Footwear Association.
Danielle Abdul, AAFA governmentrelations manager, will kick the event off with an update on the state of the industry, and Nancy Nord, commissioner for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, will give the keynote address and answer questions from attendees.
A panel discussion titled “California and Beyond the Border: An In-Depth Look at Regulations” will address West Coast state regulatory issues, including Proposition 65 and green chemistry, and will look at international regulations, including those from Canada, the European Union and China.
Panelists include Erin Maus and Douglas Sanders, both with Baker & McKenzie, and Barbara McAndrews, senior legal counsel for product safety and compliance for Quiksilver.
Import surveillance, requirements and strategies to avoid having goods stopped at the ports will be discussed at another panel, titled “Stopped at the Border: The Impact of Import Surveillance on Your Business.” Panelists include Vicky Hutson, compliance investigator for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Dora Murphy, director of the Center for Excellence & Expertise.
Cost-effective testing and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) will be discussed at a panel titled “What’s Reasonable? Developing a CPSIA-Compliant, Reasonable Testing Program.” The May 19 Product Safety and Compliance Seminar will be held at the Long Beach Marriott.
Sponsors include Baker & McKenzie, ecVision, OekoTex, SGS, TEXbase, Olympus, UL, Bureau Veritas and TUV SUD.
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