The data and information available to the public has been enhanced by this 'Medical Waste Tracking Act' legislation. Consumers seek to identify good quality and reward the truth with clear communication to the manufacturer.
Consumers participate in a disposable society and vote with their dollars.
Unfortunately, narrow trade statistics do not provide broad information upon which informative purchase decisions can be based. Government bureaucracy should not define intellectual concepts for the private sector. This is an intellectual property and I lay my claim down upon my own piece of the American dream. Compliance requires a level playing field. Traditional trade has lost status-quo.