| Abstrakt: |
The Federal Small Parts regulation banned toys with small parts intended for children less than three years old because of the hazard of choking. However, choking incidents continued to occur because children had access to older children's toys. To address this problem, Congress recently passed an Act requiring choking hazard labels for balloons, small balls, marbles, and toys containing small parts intended for children between three and six years old. This paper discusses the analysis of choking incidents, the development of labels, the events leading to passage of the Act requiring labels for toys, and a critique of the final labels. Balloons and toys most likely to be given to children less than three will now be labeled with an explicit warning about choking. However, these labels would have been more effective had they followed standardized labeling format. This deficiency has negative implications for other labels. |
