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These types of questions have not
only grown more frequent over the past
few years but also more comprehensive
and targeted. Compliance has taken
hold in the promotional products indus-
try and it’s now firmly in the spotlight.
If you have not yet had a compliance
officer sitting next to you at a customer
meeting, you soon will. It’s now fair to
say that a well-run compliance program
PRODUCT SAFETY
F YOU WORK IN
product safety compliance you have
likely received these types of questions increasingly over
the past few years:
“Can you send me a copy of a third-party social audit performed in the past year?”
“Has the factory been audited to standards equivalent to FLA, QCA, SMETA, etc?”
“What test reports do you have to ensure compliance to CPSIA, Prop 65 and
CCPSA?”
JANUARY 2015 •
PPB
• 75
THINK
THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY
OUR INDUSTRY IS NOW IN THE SPOTLIGHT. HERE’S HOW TO MANAGE IT.
BY JOSH KASTELER
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