[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 77 (Thursday, April 20, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 21117-21118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10005]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 77 / Thursday, April 20, 2000 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Proclamation 7294 of April 14, 2000

                
National Recall Round-Up Day, 2000

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Every year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission 
                (CPSC) researches the safety of more than 15,000 types 
                of products used by the American people and secures the 
                recall of defective or potentially dangerous products. 
                Last year alone, the CPSC negotiated almost 300 recalls 
                involving more than 74 million individual consumer 
                products that presented a significant risk to the 
                public. Despite these recalls and additional safety 
                alerts issued by the CPSC, many consumers are still 
                using products that may seriously injure or even kill 
                them or their children, and people are still able to 
                purchase these products at flea markets, secondhand 
                stores, and garage or yard sales.

                The CPSC estimates that some 29 million Americans will 
                suffer injuries involving consumer products this year, 
                and 22,000 will lose their lives. To reduce these 
                tragic statistics, the CPSC is working to increase 
                public awareness of recalled products and to ensure 
                that such potentially hazardous products are removed 
                from people's homes. As a vital part of this effort, 
                the CPSC is conducting the fourth annual Recall Round-
                Up Campaign this year in partnership with the U.S. 
                Postal Service. With the cooperation and active 
                involvement of State and local officials, health and 
                safety organizations, the media, and community groups, 
                this innovative public safety campaign will sponsor 
                activities in communities across the Nation to 
                publicize the products that have been recalled, to 
                encourage Americans to repair, return, or destroy any 
                recalled products that may still be in their homes or 
                businesses, and to urge them to stay alert and informed 
                about such products when purchasing secondhand items.

                This year's Recall Round-Up will focus on a number of 
                previously recalled consumer products that pose a 
                threat to children in particular, including certain 
                infant car seats; swimming pool dive sticks that can 
                cause impalement injuries to young children; television 
                carts that can tip over; tubular metal cribs that can 
                entrap children; and old cribs, hair dryers, and 
                children's drawstring jackets that fail to meet the 
                most current safety standards. Last year's campaign 
                succeeded in reaching some 55 million consumers; this 
                year, with the assistance of the U.S. Postal Service, 
                the CPSC hopes to reach millions more--especially 
                parents and child care providers--with these lifesaving 
                messages.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim April 18, 2000, as National 
                Recall Round-Up Day. I call upon all Americans to 
                observe this day by working with safety, health, and 
                consumer agencies and other appropriate community 
                organizations to organize and conduct local round-ups 
                of dangerous and defective consumer products and to 
                warn parents, child care providers, and the general 
                public about the hazards of using recalled consumer 
                products.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and twenty-fourth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)<Clinton1><Clinton2>

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