‘CPSC 2.0’ Launches Product Safety Agency into Social Media Consumers to Be Informed of Important Safety Issues Faster and More Frequently

Advsory vs. the following brands of luggage: Samsonite, Delsey, Pac-Safe, Echolac, Eagle Creek.
I saw Samsonite brand of soft luggage and Pac-Safe brand of soft luggage which was purchased locally and despite being hardly used and lightly used, the fabric on which the zipper was attached to the luggage, started to separate from said luggage. The said Samsonite luggage was purchased from the Travel Club store at SM Megamall, Mandaluyong, Metro Manila.


customer advisory vs. Robinsons Supermarket at Otis, Manila.
Details from: mis3624@yahoo.com

Customer advisory vs. "Rissa M. Mananquil" regarding the following claims which were published on page G-4 of the Wednesday September 23, 2009 issue of the Philippine Star newspaper:
"You and your husband will go crazy over MJ46 Center . . . It's got great products at great prices . . ." What, if any, proof, does said Mananquil have that said store has got great products at great prices? If said store does not have great products at great prices, will said Mananquil compensate customers? What, if any, is said store's policy on return or exchange?





Customer advisory re "Lucy Torres Gomez" regarding the following claims which were published on page G-4 of the Wednesday September 23, 2009 issue of the Philippine Star newspaper: "Dr. Sylvia Huang . . . prescription creams and lotions for the face are very good." What, if any, are the bases of said Gomez claims regarding said creams and lotions?




The following is not an endorsement but simply a statement.
Recently, I saw a Patriot brand of hard case luggage without any zipper. So zipper problems won't occur.




NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 2009
Release #09-346 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908


‘CPSC 2.0’ Launches Product Safety Agency into Social Media
Consumers to Be Informed of Important Safety Issues Faster and More Frequently

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In keeping with its commitment to protect the lives of children and families, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is launching “CPSC 2.0,” a comprehensive social networking initiative that will make lifesaving and other safety information more accessible to consumers. Utilizing a variety of technologies and social media sites, CPSC will rapidly expand its reach to millions of consumers.

“Through social media, CPSC can directly reach millions of the moms, dads and others who need our safety information the most,” said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum.

Today’s launch coincides with CPSC’s Furniture and TV Tip-over Education Campaign. By educating parents and caregivers about the dangers of unstable furniture through dramatic video, blogging and podcasting, CPSC hopes to raise the public’s awareness of tip-over dangers in the home.

Future CPSC 2.0 content will address other safety issues in and around the home in engaging, consumer-friendly ways.

Chairman Tenenbaum added, “Safety can often be achieved through education, and we plan to use every available technology to keep Americans informed.”

Consumers can find CPSC on its “OnSafety” blog, which has messages, articles, videos, podcasts and other information. The site also has a ‘Recall Widget’ tool that anyone can easily add to their Web site. CPSC will also have an official presence on a YouTube channel, a Twitter page, and a FlickR page.



CPSC Urges Parents to Inspect and Secure TVs, Furniture, and Appliances to Prevent Tip-Over Deaths and Injuries
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09345.html
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 2009
Release #09-345 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908


The Tipping Point: CPSC Urges Parents to Inspect and Secure TVs, Furniture, and Appliances to Prevent Tip-Over Deaths and Injuries

WASHINGTON, D.C. - For young children, the home is a playground, and while many parents childproof to ensure that their home is a safe place, some may not be aware that unsecured TVs, furniture and appliances are hidden hazards lurking in every room. Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents once again to take simple, low-cost steps to prevent deaths and injuries associated with furniture, TV, and appliance tip-overs.

CPSC staff estimates that in 2006, 16,300 children 5 years old and younger were treated in emergency rooms because of injuries associated with TV, furniture, and appliance tip-overs, and between 2000 and 2006, CPSC staff received reports (pdf) of 134 tip-over related deaths. Additionally, CPSC staff is aware of at least 30 media reports of tip-over deaths since January 2007 involving this same age group.

“Many parents are unaware of the deadly danger of this hidden hazard. I urge parents to include securing TVs, furniture, and appliances in their childproofing efforts,” said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. “Taking a few moments now can prevent a tip-over tragedy later.”

“You may think your home is safe, but everyday things like a television can hurt your child. I was right there and it happened,” said Sylvia Santiago, of West Haven, Connecticut who lost her two-year old daughter in 2008.

Typically, injuries and deaths occur when children climb onto, fall against, or pull themselves up on television stands, shelves, bookcases, dressers, desks, chests, and appliances. In some cases, televisions placed on top of furniture tip over and cause a child to suffer traumatic and sometimes fatal injuries. “The most devastating injuries that we see resulting from furniture tipping on children are injuries to the brain and when a child is trapped under a heavy piece of furniture and suffocates,” said Gary Smith, MD, DrPH, Director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Recent revisions to the voluntary safety standards for clothes storage units provide for the inclusion of warning labels and additional hardware to secure the furniture to the floor or wall. To help prevent tip-over hazards, CPSC offers the following safety tips:

* Furniture should be stable on its own. For added security, anchor chests or dressers, TV stands, bookcases and entertainment units to the floor or attach them to a wall.

* Place TVs on a sturdy, low-rise base. Avoid flimsy shelves.

* Push the TV as far back as possible.

* Place electrical cords out of a child’s reach, and teach kids not to play with them.

* Keep remote controls and other attractive items off the TV stand so kids won’t be tempted to grab for them and risk knocking the TV over.

* Make sure free-standing ranges and stoves are installed with anti-tip brackets.

movie iconConsumers can also view a video clip (transcript) about this recall. This is in "streaming video" format. Watch the video on CPSC’s Blog site and on YouTube.

Download CPSC's new safety alert (pdf) and the Neighborhood Safety Network Tip Over Dangers Poster (pdf). Tip Over Dangers


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U.S. FDA Enforcement Report for September 23, 2009
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/EnforcementReports/ucm183504.htm
September 23, 2009
09-38


U.S. FDA New and Generic Drug Approvals


New and Generic Drug Approvals
September 22, 2009

* Accuretic (hydrochlorothiazide and quinapril hydrochloride) Tablets, Pfizer Inc., Labeling Revision
* AndroGel (testosterone) Gel, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Labeling Revision
* Pre-Pen (benzyl penicilloyl-polylysine) Injection, AllerQuest LLC, Manufacturing Change or Addition
* Sumatriptan Succinate Injection, APP Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Approval
* Testim (testosterone) Gel, Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Labeling Revision
* Valturna (aliskiren and valsartan) Tablets, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., Approval