New European Commission Product Safety Report

An EU press release notes that on June 5, 2008, European Consumer Affairs Commissioner Meglena Kuneva presented a report by independent experts entitled "Evaluating Business Safety Measures in the Toy Supply Chain."  The expert report is the culmination of a five-month analysis of product safety measures in the toy-supply chain.  The report concluded that significant progress has been made by Chinese manufacturers and authorities in addressing safety concerns.  One of the key conclusions in the report is that small European importers and small Chinese manufacturers "tend to be the weak link in the product safety chain."  The report makes a series of practical recommendations to strength supply chain safety controls.

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