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Thoughts On PPAI’s Product
Safety Awareness Education
PPAI staff members have been on the road in
recent months to deliver the Association’s
Product Safety Awareness (PSA) program to
industry regional associations, and updating
and educating their members on the latest
product safety and regulatory news. PPAI
Director of Public Affairs Anne Lardner-
Stone and Product Responsibility Manager
Tim Brown, MAS, joined lunch-and-learn
sessions, trade shows and other regional
events to bring industry members the latest
in product safety news and bring their com-
panies up to Product Safety Aware status.
At first glance, seeing the Product
Safety Aware program is like being a
deer in the headlights—overwhelming.
But sitting through Tim Brown’s face-to-
face session, I began to realize two main
things. One, you can chunk it down so
that you are only focusing on an element
at a time. Two, you are
not
alone. As a
PMANC member and a PPAI member,
there is help every step of the way. All
you have to do is reach out. PMANC is
really proud that we had a great turnout
for our October 27 session and that so
many were distributors who “got it” that
everyone plays a role in product safety.
The more you know, the better chance
you have at success.
MaryAnne P. Bobrow, CAE, CMP,
CMM, CHE
Executive Director
Promotional Marketing Association of
Northern California
Citrus Heights, California
In any position within the promo-
tional products industry, product safety is
going to affect you in some way. I have
heard a lot of people say, “Well, I don’t
sell XYZ products, or I don’t sell to peo-
ple in California, so this stuff doesn’t
affect me.”The truth is, throughout Tim’s
presentation, I heard many people com-
ment that the information they gathered
impacted their business more than they
could have expected. Tim covers the most
important, relevant product safety topics
and keeps it interesting and engaging. I
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