United States, Canada is China's major export markets of consumer goods due to geopolitical and other reasons, Canada and the United States in consumption habits, consumer goods market regulation, there are many similarities, the circulation of consumer products market is also very close the last two years, the Consumer Product Safety has become the focus of attention in developed countries, Health Canada and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to strengthen cooperation in consumer product safety regulatory synergies become increasingly prominent.

Since 2008, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act CPSIA since the implementation of the United States of toys, children's products and other consumer goods increasingly stringent market regulation in Canada quickly followed, and in June 2011 introduced a new "Canada Consumer Product Safety Act." of consumer goods safety regulation has become the focus of the North American market, not only greatly increased the scope of supervision, failure means the disposal of consumer goods and more severe. "joint recall" has become the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada jointly important means of disposal of substandard goods According to Health Canada statistics, in 2010, the United States and Canadian joint recall of 48 cases of substandard goods from, but only from 1 July 2011, Health Canada and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission to recall the case of joint has reached 51, showing a continued strengthening of the trend.

The recalled product category from the joint point of view, children's products, household mechanical appliances become the focus of the joint goal of the recall, especially cribs, strollers and other products bear the brunt; the risk of product recalls from the point of view, children's products easily the risk of producing small parts may cause choking, electrical products, fire risk as the main reason for the recall, while the design flaws and defects in the product mix most of the products being recalled are the root cause; from the recall measure to deal with point of view, the vast Some products are required for a free repair and return.It is noteworthy, including the sound equipment including a variety of products does not indicate the presence of a clear recall of the quality of its products did not recall the reasons for the consumer in accordance with Canadian standards conformity assessment, the relevant enterprises should pay attention once was "Joint recall" notification, it means the product will be both in Canada and the United States a double blow.

Inspection and quarantine experts have warned that consumer goods production and export business: the timely collection of the United States and Canada related to the Consumer Product Safety Act, and the organization of corporate design, development and production departments to study and research, careful analysis of the specific requirements of legislation, and its effective combination of product design and production in raw material selection, product design, production processes, packaging and inspection done strictly to enhance the ability to respond to new regulations; effectively enhance the quality and safety awareness, and timely attention to the United States, China and Canada informed of the recall product information, organization and technical personnel analysis, according to the notification to verify the content of their own products, in strict accordance with Canada and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Act requiring the strengthening of export children's products, electrical products such as risk assessment, use third parties to carry out the necessary product compliance verification and issue relevant certificates information; inspection and quarantine departments take the initiative to seek regulatory consulting, training and technical standards, technical trade measures based on international market trends, timely adjustment of product structure and type of enterprise, to avoid the competition into a passive situation, to protect the health of North American market operations development.

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