CPSC
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Commissioner Mary Gall, Bush Administration nominee to assume chairman's post, is not expected to have "same ideological bent vis-a-vis child-resistant packaging as [current chairman] Ann Brown," Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council Exec Director Peter Mayberry suggests at HCPC's patient compliance symposium in Philadelphia May 8. CPSC's three commissioners serve staggered, seven-year terms; chairman serves at President's discretion. HCPC has criticized proposed rule requiring CRP on all new oral Rx-to-OTC switches and Gall has voiced concerns about placing added burdens on manufacturers. CPSC staff briefing package on proposed rule and comments is expected to be distributed to commissioners in late May/early June. Mayberry says