Reporting Choking Incidents to the Consumer Product Safety Commission Pursuant to the Child Safety Protection Act; Revision to Interpretative Rule

The Child Safety Protection Act (``CSPA'') requires manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and importers of marbles, small balls, latex balloons, and toys or games that contain such items or other small parts, to report to the Commission when they learn of choking incidents involving such products. On February 27, 1995, the Commission issued a rule interpreting the reporting requirements of the CSPA, but left open the question of whether the reporting requirement applies to toys or games that are exempt from the Commission's small parts banning rule (16 CFR Part 1501). This revision states that the reporting requirements apply to toys and games that would otherwise be exempt from the Commission's small parts regulation. The revision also clarifies that firms must report any time a child chokes on a small part from a toy or game regardless of whether the part was a small part at the time the product was distributed or sold.