Sears Canada Inc. is issuing a voluntary safety recall for a Nevada infant girl's shirt. It has been discovered that the small ribbon row can easily detach posing a potential choking hazard. The Nevada tee shirt was sold in sizes: 6 ...
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Traceability is a crucial topic of concern that reaches into all aspects of the packaging industry. It impacts prudct security, affects consumer safety, thwarts counterfeiters and facilitates quality improvements. Further, it's no longer ...
The furniture industry is ready to put out fires if Government proposals to cut unnecessary red tape spread to Britain's stringent flammability regulations. The British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the lobby group that represents the ...
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Several European standards for furniture including seating articles, tables and bunk beds or high beds have been amended and published and shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by ...
Tags: Bunk Bed, Chair, Table, Furniture Standards, European
Bucky Balls and other novelty desk toys made from rare earth metals face a looming ban by the US government due to consumer safety concerns. Gizmodo reports that Bucky Balls and Zen Magnets, popular office trinkets which are essentially ...
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A U.K. analytics firm that warned earlier this week of an information leak in Internet Explorer (IE) today rebuked Microsoft for downplaying the bug. Microsoft, however, has announced it is working on a fix, although the nature of the ...
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Microsoft refuted claims on Thursday that an information disclosure leak in its Internet Explorer browser poses a privacy risk, arguing that the company publicising the issue is seeking to put its competitors in an unfavourable light. ...
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has relaxed certain fish freezing requirements in the UK. Under the new requirements, certain farmed fish destined to be eaten raw in dishes like sushi no longer need to be frozen before use. This move ...
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A local report about consumer safety surrounding the use of laminated glass for sidelites which aired recently on NBC 6 South Florida asks the question: are vehicles becoming too safe? In January 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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Cytec Industries Inc. will be participating in the upcoming "Parquet & Furniture Coatings" conference organized by Vincentz Network. Bud Equi, Technology Director for the Crosslinker Business Team in the Cytec Coatings Resins Group, will ...
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The Ministry of Textiles and The Indian Silk Export Promotion Council (ISEPC) in association with Textiles Committee, under the Ministry of Textiles is organising a Capacity Building Programme (CBP) under the project “Implication of ...
Tags: Textiles Committee, Textiles Exports, Clothing Exports, textile industry
Nutritional products retailer in the US, GNC’s licensee partner, Shadow Beverages has selected Closure Systems International’s (CSI) Extra-Lok V 38mm OD cap for use on GNC’s new line of advanced nutrition beverages. The ...
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US-based supplier of packaging solutions CSP Technologies has announced the global launch of its Activ-Blister desiccated blister packaging for the pharmaceutical industry. According to the company, the Activ-Blister desiccant film ...
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Black Diamond Equipment, a leading global innovator in climbing, skiing and mountain sports equipment, announces Schoeller Textiles as a partner for their Fall 2013 apparel launch. Highlighting this new partnership, Black Diamond Equipment ...
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Mettler-Toledo has introduced XE 100 CC Compact,a product inspection machine integrating checkweighing and metal detection capability,for bulk food producersat the FachPack 2012 trade show in Nuremberg,Germany. XE 100 CC Compact model is ...
Tags: metal detection capability, equipment, product inspection machine