[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1117.5]

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                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1117--REPORTING OF CHOKING INCIDENTS INVOLVING MARBLES, SMALL BALLS, LATEX BALLOONS AND OTHER SMALL PARTS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1117.5  Information that must be reported and to whom.

    (a) Reports shall be directed to the Division of Corrective Actions, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, 
Maryland 20815 (Mailing Address: Washington, D.C. 20207) (Phone: 301-
504-0608, facsimile: 301-504-0359).
    (b) Subject firms must report as much of the following information 
as is known when the report is made:
    (1) The name, address, and title of the person submitting the report 
to the Commission,
    (2) The name and address of the subject firm,
    (3) The name and address of the child who choked and the person(s) 
who notified the subject firm of the choking incident,
    (4) Identification of the product involved including the date(s) of 
distribution, model or style number, a description of the product 
(including any labeling and warnings), a description of the marble, 
small ball, latex balloon or other small part involved, and pictures or 
sample if available,
    (5) A description of the choking incident and any injuries that 
resulted or medical treatment that was necessary,
    (6) Copies of any information obtained about the choking incident,
    (7) Any information about changes made to the product or its 
labeling or warnings with the intention of avoiding such choking 
incidents, including, but not limited to, the date(s) of the change and 
its implementation, and a description of the change. Copies of any 
engineering drawings or product and label samples that depict the 
change(s).
    (8) The details of any public notice or other corrective action 
planned by the firm,
    (9) Such other information as appropriate.
    (c) Retailers or distributors should supply as much of the 
information required in paragraph (b) of this section as is available to 
them but are not required to obtain information about product design 
changes or recall activities from the product manufacturer.
    (d) Within ten days of their initial report, subject firms must 
supplement their reports to supply any of the information required by 
paragraph (b) of this section that was not available at the time of the 
initial report.