The CPSIA significantly overhauls product safety regulation in the United States. This sweeping legislation, which came into effect on August 14, 2008, affects an extremely broad array of products, including children’s jewelry, toys and child care articles, apparel and children’s sleepwear, prescription and Over-the-Counter drugs, carpets and rugs, and refrigerators, and imposes additional obligations on manufacturers, importers, private labelers, and specialty retailers. Congress created an ambitious schedule for company compliance with the CPSIA, and we counsel clients on all aspects of the new legislation. Examples include: Drafting certificates of compliance for importers and domestic manufacturers to provide to distributors and retailers for products subject to a CPSC rule, standard, regulation, or ban in accordance with Section 102 of the CPSIA. Creating corporate compliance policies to assist companies in identifying products that are subject to the various rules, regulations, standards, and bans that CPSC enforces to ensure compliance with the CPSIA. Drafting comments on behalf of clients with respect to the CPSIA requirements for compliance certificates. Arent Fox actively monitors CPSC rulemakings, requests for comments, public meetings, and policy interpretations with respect to the CPSIA.