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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 07:32:58 AM
I'm not sure if any of the rest of you are as involved with children's products as I am in my business, but I know some of you make dolls, bibs, baby carriers, etc. to sell. I was just wondering what your plans are for the day the law takes effect. Are you going to close your business or continue with the hopes a change will be made or what. I'm having trouble sleeping at night - the last two nights in a row I didn't get to sleep until after 1 from tossing and turning about this. I just invested almost $1000 in a new booth set up in November, and I have thousands of dollars worth of materials and finished inventory. Plus, it is taking away about 1/3 of our family income - abruptly. I know a lot of us are in this situation, but I'm just wondering how you plan to deal with it.
Farmgirl Sister #98
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Jan 21 2009 : 12:38:18 PM
Marcy Jo - Here is the response I received from our congresswoman regarding this disastrous law which will go into effect on Feb. 10. It explains it very well.
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Dear Mrs. Grubbs:
Thank you for contacting me regarding H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL-1), which became public law on August 14, 2008. I appreciate hearing from you about this important issue.
As you know, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) strengthened safety regulations on children's products, particularly regarding the amount of lead and certain phthalates they are allowed to contain. CPSIA mandates that children's products containing more than 600 parts per million (ppm) total lead cannot be sold on or after February 10, 2009, even if they were manufactured before that date. On August 14, 2009, the total amount of allowable lead content per product drops to 300 ppm.
CPSIA requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify that children's products made after February 10, 2009 meet all new safety standards, including the lead restriction. Sellers of used children's products, such as thrift or consignment stores or "resellers", do not have to certify that those products meet the new lead limits or toy standards.
Although resellers are not required to test children's products for compliance with the new lead limits, H.R. 4040 prohibits resellers from selling children's products that exceed the lead limits. Therefore, resellers are avoiding selling products that are likely to have lead content, unless they have testing or other information to indicate those products contain less lead than the new limit allows.
I understand that the regulations enacted in CPSIA will require sellers of children's products to meet high standards of safety and certification. As we move forward in the 111th Congress, I will closely monitor this situation and be in touch with the CPSC regarding the feedback you provided and concerns from businesses about the new regulations. I share your concerns that these regulations could put hard-working business owners out of business, and I will continue to talk to the CPSC and my Senate colleagues about your concerns. Thank you for contacting me, and please feel free to contact me again in the future.
I hope all is well in Elma."
Farmgirl Sister #98
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| marcy jo |
Posted - Jan 21 2009 : 10:58:43 AM
Chelsey...where can I find more info on this?? It really grabbed my attention!
Marcy #257
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| lacisne88 |
Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 2:27:28 PM
It's not going to take place immediately. The authorities (if there really are any for this type of situation) are not going to immediately run a search of any person selling something for a child. I say, just continue what you are doing and sell the kids products. You are not hurting anyone. I'm sure they will change the law soon to be more specific to large companies and plastics and such. Just remember to keep writing your senators and people in authority in your state about the law.
Chelsey
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| melanie47601 |
Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 07:59:36 AM
I make only a couple of things for children. My crafts is not so much a business, more of a passion that I make a dollar or two at here and there. Those extra dollars help out alot at times. I guess from now on the things I make for children will be reserved only for those who are family and friends for gift giving.
This has me so rattled too. Everytime someone brings it up, you are one of the first people I think about. Your darling lil skirts. I hate to think that you may not be able to sell them anymore. It breaks my heart to think that our government is so insensitive to our small businesses. I understand they have good intenetions with trying to improve the safety of our children. But my thought is they should grow a backbone and refuse to allow Chinese imported junk to come into our country. That would snip the problem in the bud. It would also force Americans to wake up and realize the importance in buying "Made in the USA".
Then the thrift stores not being able to carry childrens items anymore. Aaargg I'm a single momma of three kiddos. Our school clothes shoping consists of a big trip about a month or so before school to load up on clothes. I can spend about $40 and come home with a car load. We buy socks, underwear and shoes new, but most everything else comes from the thrift. I don't even want to think about what it's going to cost me to keep my kids in clothes now. You mix that cost with the outrageous cost of heating and it's really getting scary.
I just pray that the government comes to their senses soon.
Melanie
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