"Product safety is a focal area of mutual concern"
Trilateral Declaration, China, EU and the USA, September 2008
"Consumer safety is a vitally important public issue" Bethesda Declaration 2006
The ICPSC is a platform to facilitate the exchange of information on consumer product safety issues in the area of governmental policy, legislation and market surveillance with a view to strengthening the collaboration and cooperation among governments and regulatory agencies around the world.
Current active members of the ICPSC are representatives from several countries in Asia, Australasia, North and South America and Europe. Regulators of several other countries have shown interest in becoming active in ICPSC.
The sharing and dissemination of information, the collaboration and the co-operation is carried out in accordance with the applicable statutes of the respective government or regulatory agency.
The Caucus meets at least twice a year with additional meetings, if required. The Caucus held a mini-workshop on product traceability in conjunction with the ICPHSO Annual Meeting in Florida in February 2009, a major conference on product traceability and tracking labels in September 2009 and is planning a larger workshop on recall effectiveness and information exchange in February 2010.
Workshop February 2010
The ICPSC will next hold a Workshop in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of ICPHSO. The Workshop will focus on recall effectiveness carrying on the dialogue begun in Orlando last February and continued in Stockholm in September. Information exchange and the results of the OECD work will also be discussed. The Workshop will be held in Washington DC on Monday the 15th of February. More information is available from the ICPHSO web site.
Conference on Product Traceability and Tracking Labels
Seventy-four delegates from twenty countries gathered in Stockholm Sweden on the 10th of September for the ICPSC International Conference on Product Traceability and Tracking Labels. Regulators and interested stakeholders from around the world discussed the latest regulatory and policy developments in this important area. The presentations are now available from our web-page.