What has Toys”R”Us, Inc. done to ensure compliance with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA)?
When it became apparent that more needed to be done to improve product safety, and as lawmakers worked actively toward finalizing this much-needed legislation, Toys”R”Us, Inc. moved quickly and decisively to enhance its own industry-leading rigorous quality assurance standards. We implemented additional tough safety standards for products sold in our stores, including testing by an accredited laboratory, date-coding on all products and stringent guidelines for content of lead and other heavy metals in surface coatings and substrate materials. Among other changes, we alerted manufacturers that by the end of 2008, juvenile products shipped to our stores must be produced without the addition of phthalates which have raised concerns about infant safety.
