CPSC Asks: How to Slash Safety Rules' Burdens Without Risking Harm?
Published Date: 6/12/2025
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Summary
The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants your ideas on how to make their rules easier and cheaper to follow without making products less safe. This affects businesses and consumers who deal with product safety rules. They’re asking for feedback now to help shape smarter, simpler rules that save time and money.
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CPSC Seeks Ideas to Cut Compliance Costs
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking the public for ideas on how to reduce burdens and costs of its existing rules, regulations, or practices without reducing product safety. This request for comment is aimed at businesses and consumers who deal with product safety rules and could lead to future changes that make compliance easier and cheaper.
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