Price Hike on the Horizon? Paying for the Cost of Safer Toys
In September, the Toy Industry Association (TIA) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced that they had begun implementing a new program to tighten up toy testing and inspections with unified practices and accredited testing labs. There's no word yet on when the program will fully roll out, but Daniel Grossman, TIA's chairman of the board and CEO and founder of Wild Planet, believes most manufacturers have already proactively and voluntarily improved their testing procedures to a level sophisticated enough to comply with the new regs.
November 1, 2007
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