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FCC cracks down on flat-panel TV manufacturers
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued "apparent liability for forfeiture" notices and found flat-panel TV manufacturers Syntax-Brillian and Regent USA "apparently liable" in the amount of $2,899,575, and $63,650 respectively for failing to comply with the digital television (DTV) reception capability requirements and warned the consumer electronics industry that more fines would be enforced on companies ignoring rules regarding DTV.
The Commission adopted the DTV reception capability requirement in 2002. The DTV reception requirement, which also is often termed the "DTV tuner requirement," requires that all new television broadcast receivers that are imported into the United States or shipped in interstate commerce be capable of receiving the signals of DTV broadcast stations over-the-air. The DTV tuner requirement was intended to facilitate the transition to digital television by promoting the availability of DTV reception equipment and to protect consumers by ensuring that their television receivers will provide off-the-air television reception of digital signals just as they have provided off-the-air television reception of analog signals.
For more information click on the Syntax-Brillian Notice and Regent USA Notice
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Toy Manufacturer Hit With Major Fine for Failing to Report
May 17, 2007
Fisher-Price Inc. of East Aurora, NY has reached an agreement with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in connection with its failure to report hazardous toys.
According to the CPSC, Fisher-Price sold about 67,000 Little People Animal Sounds Farms from June 2002 through July 2002. By September of that year, the company began receiving reports of a nail fastener coming loose from one of the toy barn's stall doors. During the next two months, Fisher-Price received nine additional reports, including one case of a child placing the nail fastener in her mouth.
However, it was not until March 2003 that the company reported the safety hazard to the CPSC. By that time, Fisher-Price had received at least 33 reports of the nail fastener coming loose from the stall doors, including four reports of children who put the metal nail fastener in their mouths, and one case in which a child aspirated the nail fastener.
Federal law requires companies to immediately report to the CPSC any information regarding product defects that could create a substantial risk of injury to the public, present an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, or which violates a federal safety standard.
Fisher-Price has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $975,000, but denies the CPSC's allegations that the company knowingly violated the law.
This article was reprinted with permission from Conformity Magazine
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Summer BBQs are back at Elliott Labs! |
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Please join us for our second summer BBQ on Friday, June 29, 2007 at our Sunnyvale, CA facility.
The BBQ will be fired up by noon and it is great opportunity to come out for a tasty lunch, see our world class test labs and meet some of our senior engineers and sales representatives.
We look forward to seeing you this summer!
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Elliott Laboratories to Exhibit at 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium |
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Elliott Laboratories will be exhibiting at 2007 IEEE EMC Symposium this July in Honolulu, Hawaii at booth 535. Please come visit us at the Honolulu Convention Center from July 8-July 13 if you plan on attending this event. We will have some of our EMC specialists on hand to answer your questions and to discuss ways that Elliott can help you achieve you compliance objectives.
We look forward to seeing you at the 2007 EMC Symposium!
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