CPSC Chairman Vows That Every CPSC Voluntary Corrective Action Will Be Called A "Recall"

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye announced in a meeting with consumer advocates that the agency will never again allow a company conducting a voluntary corrective action to call it anything other than a "recall."  Last year, after the announcement of a joint CPSC-IKEA "repair program" to address a furniture tip-over hazard involving the company's popular Malm dresser, we  asked whether the announcement indicated that the agency was possibly softening its practice of labeling every corrective action a recall.

The answer, according to Chairman Kaye, is a firm "no."

According to the news article, the consumer advocates in the meeting questioned Kaye as to why the agency allowed IKEA to call the corrective action a "repair program" as opposed to a "recall" and why the dresser is still on the market despite not complying with the industry voluntary standard when not anchored.  The advocates argued that the continued tip-over incidents,