TIA’s Toy Safety & Compliance Update Recording Now Available

March 9, 2017 | A video recording of the Toy Industry Association’s (TIA) annual Toy Safety & Compliance Update is now available online.

Presented in conjunction with the 114^th North American International Toy Fair, the informative seminar includes a keynote address from Marietta Robinson, commissioner at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and addresses emerging safety laws and legislative activities pertinent to toy companies, retailers, and other industry stakeholders.

Individual portions of the three-hour safety seminar can be viewed based on topic of interest. Click on the links below to view the desired portion(s) of the presentation:

• Welcome and Introduction with Steve Pasierb, president & chief executive at TIA
• CPSC Outlook and Priorities with Marietta Robinson, commissioner, US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
• A New Administration, A New Congress, Changes in Federal Agencies: What Might it Mean for Toys? with Ed Desmond, TIA executive vice president of external affairs
• Status of Toy Safety Standard ASTM F963-16 and What’s Next for the Standard with Joan Lawrence, TIA senior vice president of standards & regulatory affairs and chair of the ASTM subcommittee on toy safety
• Focus on Small Businesses – Tips from the CPSC Small Business Ombudsman with Shelby Mathis, CPSC small business ombudsman
• EPA and Implementation of the Reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) with Autumn Moore, TIA manager of standards & regulatory affairs
• Update and 2017 Forecast on State Legislative and Regulatory Activity with Jennifer Gibbons, TIA senior director of state government affairs
• International Trade Issues Impacting Toys with Alan Kaufman, TIA senior vice president of technical affairs
• Q&A and Wrap-Up with Joan Lawrence, TIA senior vice president of standards & regulatory affairs

Slides for each topic of discussion may be accessed online. 

TIA’s Toy Safety & Compliance Update was held February 20, 2017 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The session was attended by hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, toy inventors, testing labs, and other attendees of Toy Fair ’17.