Safety Summit brings over 200 Top Industry members at 4th
Annual Safety Summit
Our promotional products industry
has made a commitment to have all industry participants become aware of product
safety. Last week, in Boston, PPAI staff and along with members of PRAG, PPAI’s
Product Safety Awareness Group, produced the 4th annual, Product
Safety Summit.
Event Co-Chairs, Rick Brenner,
MAS from Prime Resources, and Gene Geiger, MAS of Distributor, Geiger, led a discussion that outlined
not only our Industry’s commitment to product safety, but how we, as an
industry, are taking necessary steps to ensurethe delivery of safe products for
all of our customers. Personally, I have made a commitment to attend the last
two years, and this year’s event clearly outlined how industry members are
gathering together, to make professionals aware and help our industry supply
chain become the trusted source our buyers and users expect.
Over 200 participated in
sessions, from Product Safety 101, Testing for Electronics and Lithium
Batteries, Risk and Crisis Management, Product Recall examples, FDA and CPSC
oversight of our Industry and next steps that are being taken to ensure the
continued safe manufacturing and delivery of our products.
At a Keynote presented by
Marietta Robinson, commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC), our Industry’s commitment was highlighted as “Exhibit A,” regarding how
we, as an industry are working pro-actively to build awareness and ensure that
participants are aware of, and building best practices.
With the passing of the Consumer
Products Safety Improvement Act of 2008, continuing Regulations for Children’s
Products, California Proposition 65, and ongoing legislation and other state
programs, building awareness and minimum requirements are coming
regularly. Industry Pros will need
continuing education to stay aware.
In January of this year, PPAI outlined
a new commitment to have all participating companies participate in minimum professional
development. Each member company, will
need to have one staff member, complete a minimum, 4 hours of Product Safety
Awareness CEU’s, in order to continue to participate in the PPAI Marketplace,
in the coming months.
PPAI Staff Presenting Product Safety to Regionals in the Coming Months
Supporting of Association
members, PPAI has a team of staff bringing Safety Awareness to our Regionals.
Anne Lardner-Stone, PPAI’s Director of Public Affairs, and Tim Brown, MAS
Product Responsibility Manager, have planned sessions across the country to
present basic compliance training designed to help our members both become
aware of the importance of product safety in our industry, and obtain the
minimum requirements that will be needed for all members to participate in PPAI
events and marketing channels in the future.
You can see a list of upcoming
sessions here:
For more information on our
Industry’s Product Safety Initiatives, please visit the PPAI Website:
Mark Shinn, MAS, Incentives West
Mark is a Multiline Supplier
Representative on the West Coast, based in Seattle, and was 2008 President of
RAC, the Regional Association Council. He can be reached at 866.601.8958 or
email to mshinn@incentiveswest.com
1 comment:
If you discover that you have placed an unsafe product on the market, or distributed an unsafe product, you must notify your local authority trading standards department. Tell them what has happened and what action you have taken to remove the risks to consumers.
Thanks.
Adam L. Zach
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