Prime Line CEO Rick Brenner Says Industry Efforts at Product Safety and Compliance Must Go Beyond "Children's Products"
"But is it a good thing that certain products can be sold for use by young children without having to comply with child safety laws? Not for the promotional products industry," he said. "The risk is too great."
Brenner, a candidate for PPAI's Board of Directors, poses these questions to distributors: "If a product is going to be used by children—a general use product that is to be used by all ages—how would it play in the press if it was revealed that the product was full of lead or cadmium or phthalates? What embarrassment could that cause your customer if it became viral or on the web or, heaven forbid, the subject of a Keith Morrison expose on Dateline? Can you imagine the phone call you would get asking how you could have put the company in that position?"
- Companies:
- PPAI
- Prime Line
- People:
- Rick Brenner