US: Product safety agency to receive extra funding
Author: just-style.com | 12 March 2009
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will receive an extra $25m under a spending bill signed yesterday (11 March) by President Obama to oversee the safety of consumer products including clothing and footwear sold in the US.
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