Consumer Product Health Issues
With expertise in exposure assessment, product labeling, product health communications, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance, COEH can help you develop and implement an effective program.
Services
COEH provides the following health-based services for the consumer products industry.
• Risk Assessments for Consumer Products. Using available quantitative and qualitative information, COEH will provide product health risk assessments. We excel at determining the health risks associated with products made using specialty chemicals, as well as emerging technologies (e.g. nanotechnologies). Our reports include practical recommendations for risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.
• Foreign Plant Audits & Quality Control Reviews. Manufacturing operations outside of the United States provide additional challenges with respect to consumer product health risks. COEH will arrange foreign plant audits and conduct quality control reviews to ensure that the imported products meet all applicable regulatory requirements.
• Customer Complaint Evaluations. COEH scientists will review customer complaint data, develop a concise narrative of common health complaints, and provide recommendations for mitigation measures. As a value added service, COEH will provide product-related health training for customer service personnel who interact with consumers.
• Label & Marketing Material Review. COEH will ensure that product labels and marketing materials adequately communicate health concerns to consumers and that product efficacy claims be substantiated by reliable scientific data.
Experience
Over the past 20-years, COEH has been retained to assist with litigation matters involving health complaints relating to alleged exposures to chemicals in consumer products, regulatory compliance issues, and risk mitigation strategies for an array of consumer products, including textiles, bedding, and lead in toys. Recently, COEH made a presentation in Washington, DC on aspects of the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act and potential impacts on juvenile products and toys.