AG candidate wants product safety law

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

By DAVID A. LIEB The Associated Press
August 15, 2007
The Columbia Missourian

JEFFERSON CITY—Democratic attorney general candidate Margaret Donnelly on Wednesday called for Missouri to enact a children’s product safety law that could penalize businesses that don’t quickly inform consumers of product recalls.

Donnelly wants Missouri to model its measure on one in Illinois, which makes it illegal to sell children’s products that have been recalled, are subject to safety warnings or don’t meet federal standards.

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