Consumer Product Safety
June 10, 2013
Hung Lam, 55, and Isabella Kit Yeung, 37, both of Miami-Dade County, and Florida corporations LM Import-Export, Inc. (LM), Lam’s Investment Corp. (LIC), and LK Toys Corporation, (LK) were sentenced for violations regarding the smuggling of hazardous children’s products from China, officials announced last month.
According to court documents, Lam, LM, LIC, and LK...
April 11, 2013
Five individuals and five corporations were charged in an indictment unsealed last month in Brooklyn, N.Y. , for allegedly importing and trafficking hazardous and counterfeit toys for sale in the United States, in violation of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), the Department of Justice announced.
For almost ten years, Chenglan Hu, Hua Fei Zhang, Xiu Lan...
February 14, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued its final rule today regarding phthalates in inaccessible component parts in children’s toys and child care articles. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) permanently prohibits the sale of any “children's toy or child care article” containing more than 0.1 percent of three...
Ban, BBP, Child Care Articles, Children, Consumer Product Safety, CPSC, CPSIA, DBP, DEHP, Di-isodecyl phthalate ("DIDP"), DINP, DnOP, Phthalates, Toys
August 5, 2013
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has amended existing regulations regarding exclusions from the strict lead limits of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).
With the amendments, consumer products are now exempt from the CPSIA lead limits if:
The product, material, or component part requires lead because it is not practicable or...
Consumer Product Safety, Consumer Product Safety Act, Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, CPSC, CPSIA, Lead
October 16, 2012
Three fleece hoodie and t-shirt sets have been recalled by manufacturer Children’s Apparel Network for containing excessive levels of lead in the coating on their zipper pulls, in violation of the federal lead paint standard. The hoodies came in three designs: a Snow White design, a Mickey Mouse design, and a Cars design. They were sold exclusively at Target...
Children's Apparel Network, Children's Clothing, Consumer Product Safety, CPSIA, Federal, Lead, Lead Paint, Recall, Target
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