[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1101.51]

[Page 153-154]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1101--INFORMATION DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 6(b) OF THE CONSUMER 
PRODUCT SAFETY ACT--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart F--Retraction
 
Sec.  1101.51  Commission interpretation.


    (a) Statutory provisions. Section 6(b)(7) of the CPSA provides: If 
the Commission finds that, in the administration

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of this Act, it has made public disclosure of inaccurate or misleading 
information which reflects adversely upon the safety of any consumer 
product or class of consumer products, or the practices of any 
manufacturer, private labeler, distributor, or retailer of consumer 
products, it shall, in a manner equivalent to that in which such 
disclosure was made, take reasonable steps to publish a retraction of 
such inaccurate or misleading information.
    (b) Scope. Section 6(b)(7) applies to inaccurate or misleading 
information only if it is adverse--i.e., if it reflects adversely either 
on the safety of a consumer product or on the practices of a 
manufacturer, private labeler, distributor or retailer. In addition, the 
Commission will apply section 6(b)(7) to information about products, and 
about manufacturers and private labelers of products, the Commission may 
regulate under any of the statutes it administers. Section 6(b)(7) 
applies to information already disclosed by the Commission, members of 
the Commission, or the Commission employees, agents, contractors or 
representatives in their official capacities.