CPSIA’s Efffects Reach Children’s Books

[ This is the fifth in a series of posts by Susan Maphis covering the impact of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). For more information about the CPSIA, read Susan's previous article: The End Of Handmade and sign up for her CPSIA Alerts Mailing List ]

Stacey Kannenberg is a small publisher of children’s books in Fredonia, Wisconsin who is scrambling to try to get her books in compliance with the Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) before its enactment on February 10.  “My printing company has been working hard to get their ink and manufacturing process tested to certify that I am in compliance,” Kannenberg says.  “But now the government wants me to have them tested too – that’s double dipping!!”

Cedar Valley Publishing has published some award-winning books for children, including “Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten” and “Let’s Get Ready for First Grade.” The CPSIA is already affecting Kannenberg’s livelihood. “I have been trying to go to press on my next book and due to this new law, we have had to hold everything to make sure we are not printing a product that I will not be able to sell,” she says. “It seems as if we were blindsided by this entire law!  I understand that products need to be safe but let’s start with the products that are made overseas first.”

To view and/or purchase Kannenberg’s company’s books, visit CedarValleyPublishing.com.
[ For more information about the CPSIA, read Susan's previous article: The End Of Handmade]