ApocaDocs: Garage sales covered under new product safety laws

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Posted Tue Jun 2 2009: from McClatchy Newspapers:


	Garage sales covered under new product safety laws http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1243958074 Just like megasize toy manufacturers and stores that sell products from China, the notoriously broad and confusing federal Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act applies to you and your front yard. Anyone selling products, even used ones, that have been recalled or banned by the act is in violation. The act covers everything from toys with lead paint to cribs that might strangle babies. "Ignorance of the law is not an excuse," warns a 27-page Consumer Product Safety Commission resellers' handbook, released this month. "But more importantly ... you do not want to sell products that have the potential to harm anyone, especially a child."

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