What sort of documents would industry be required to prepare and maintain?
To facilitate the tracing of products found to be unsafe and help define the scope of corrective action that might be required, the proposed CCPSA would require those who manufacture, import, advertise, sell or test consumer products for commercial purposes to prepare and maintain certain documents. In the vast majority of cases, these records would already be part of regular business practice. For example, a retailer would be required to document the name and address of the person from whom they obtained the product, and the location and the period during which they sold the product. Document retention does not apply to individual consumers who buy for products for their own personal use.
