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News

Possible Replacement for BPA: US Researchers have developed a sugar derivative with the potential to replace bisphenol A (BPA) read more

FDA Calls for Correction of Labeling Violations: The FDA has notified 17 food manufacturers of violations the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act read more

Event Calendar

The STR Labor & Employment Standards Library (LESLi) Demo Webinars
March 16-23, 2010
STR to Exhibit at CHINAPLAS 2010
April 19-22, 2010
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CPSIA
STR's Guide to CPSIA (The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act) represents actual questions received from STR clients. read more

Hot Topics

Food-borne Illnesses Cost $152B in U.S. Annually: According to a new report by the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University and the Food Safety Campaign at the Pew Charitable Trusts, food-borne illnesses cost the United States an estimated $152 billion each year in health-related expenses... more

Component Testing Pitfalls: STR's Sue DeRagon recently authored an article for Playthings.com which discusses the CPSC's adoption of an interim enforcement policy allowing component part testing. "Manufacturers and importers are ultimately responsible for product compliance..." more

Introducing LESLi: The STR Labor & Employment Standards Library: Sourcing overseas? Researching international labor standards? Trying to invest wisely, but also ethically? LESLi offers unique analysis tools to help make country-to-country comparisons of legal requirements and searches by specific law criteria. more

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