Product Liability

Choice Shonky Awards for 2011

Product Liability

CHOICE held its 6th annual Shonky Awards, for bad goods and services, this morning at Simmer on the Bay for over 50 media representatives. The Shonky awards highlight the dodgy, dubious, deceitful and sometimes even dangerous goods and services that come to CHOICE’s attention. While winners may not be breaching regulations the people’s watchdog believes [...]

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Latest Product Recalls

Child Safety

Latest Hot Topics and Product Recalls from ACCC’s Product Recalls Website. The worry is with xmas coming, most of these are children’s products: Wiggles Toy Clock Recalled Next Media Pty Ltd have recalled a Wiggles Toy Clock due to a potential choking hazard for children up to and including 36 months of age. National Recall [...]

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China To Improve Product Safety

Child Safety

[picappgallerysingle id="5069185"] Following on from the drywall debacle and recent spate of lead paint in Chinese made toys, China’s consumer-safety agency, at the insistence of US and European officials, plans to strengthen product safety legislation in an attempt to reduce the incidence of defective and hazardous exports and to ease trade tensions between China and [...]

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Public Safety

Articles

Latest articles from the Public Liability Website: Public Swimming Pool Safety Public Safety in Hotels and Resorts Public Safety in Car Parks Public Liability Claim Examples Public Liability What is Product Liability Public Liability Insurance Quote New Swimming Pool Safety Legislation Public Liability Insurance Quote – Why You Need One How to get a better [...]

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Stupid Safety Signs

Product Liability

This website, Stupid Signs, claims to have over 350 examples of stupid safety signs collected from all over the world. Some examples: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it. On the door of a Moscow hotel room Automatic washing machines: please remove all your clothes when the light [...]

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Wacky Warning Labels

Product Liability

Wacky warnings — a light hearted look at product warning labels from the Australian Product Liability Reporter. Download the Full Article Here: Some examples: Directions: open packet. Eat contents. Instructions on a packet of airline peanuts. Do not use as an ice cream topping. Directions on a bottle of hair colouring solution. For external use [...]

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Toxic Sofas

Product Liability

  Liability – United Kingdom Toxic sofa claims: assessing the lessons for retailers Contributed by Kennedys May 27 2010 In June 2008 Nottingham Crown Court made a group litigation order relating to consumers who had allegedly suffered extensive skin reactions from sitting on sofas that were contaminated with fungicide. The sofas had been manufactured by [...]

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