[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: 16CFR1117.6]

[Page 183-184]
 
                     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.  1117.6  Relation to section 15(b) of the CPSA.

    Section 15(b) of the CPSA requires subject firms to report when they 
obtain information which reasonably supports the conclusion that 
products they distributed in commerce fail to comply with an applicable 
consumer product safety rule or with a voluntary consumer product safety 
standard upon which the Commission has relied under section 9 of the 
CPSA, contain a defect which could create a substantial product hazard, 
or create an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death. The

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Commission's rules interpreting this provision are set forth at 16 CFR 
part 1115. The requirements of section 102 of the CSPA and this part are 
in addition to, but not to the exclusion of, the requirements in section 
15(b) and part 1115. To comply with section 15(b), subject firms must 
continue to evaluate safety information they obtain about their 
products. Subject firms may have an obligation to report under section 
15(b) of the CPSA whether or not they obtain information about choking 
incidents. Firms must also comply with the lawsuit-reporting provisions 
of section 37 of the CPSA, interpreted at 16 CFR part 1116.