Peanut Butter Product Recall
Everyone in my family loves peanut butter. I’m feeling grateful these days that I have the kids make their own peanut butter crackers after all the recalls started happening with products made with peanut butter. The recall doesn’t cover everything made with peanut butter — but items made from peanut butter or peanut paste from [...]
A Great CPSIA Visual
You’ve read my posts about the CPSIA and how it will affect so many small (and large) businesses when it goes into effect on February 10, 2009. Over at Etsy.com, a bunch of sellers have put together a gallery showing exactly how much they will need to charge for items when they have everything tested [...]
Books and the CPSIA
When I first learned about the CPSIA (Consumer Products Safety Information Act) I was concerned about what would happen to small businesses. I didn’t fully realize until this week that this act would also affect all children’s books. Some libraries aren’t sure if they will need to pull all children’s books from the shelves on [...]
Update on the CPSIA (Handmade & 2nd Hand Goods)
A few weeks ago I blogged about the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act and the effect it would have on handmade goods. One thing I didn’t realize at the time was that it would also affect second-hand sales of children’s products. Thankfully, the act has been modified so that second-hand stores will still be able [...]
Buy Some Cookies!
Growing up, my mom used to buy Archway cookies. When she visited this past summer, she bought some Archway coconut macaroons and my 6yo declared them the best packaged cookie ever! So, I was disappointed to learn that Archway suddenly closed its bakery this past October. Apparently, the closing was sudden and left their 300 [...]
